Undergraduate · Law
Bachelor of Laws
University of Tasmania, Hobart/Launceston, TAS, Australia
About this program
The Bachelor of Laws at the University of Tasmania is one of the older law schools in the country, and it trades on a genuine structural advantage over larger mainland schools: a small, tight-knit cohort in Hobart means students get more direct contact with judges, practitioners and the Tasmanian legal profession than is realistic in a Sydney or Melbourne law school with several hundred students per year group. The Tasmanian Supreme Court and legal profession are compact enough that moot courts, clerkships and work placements tend to be genuinely accessible rather than intensely competitive scarce slots.
The degree covers the standard Priestley 11 core subjects required for admission to legal practice anywhere in Australia, and the law school has historically had a particular strength in constitutional and public law given Tasmania's role in several significant High Court cases (the Tasmanian Dam Case being the best known), which shows up in how constitutional law is taught here.
Graduates go on to practical legal training and admission, with a notable number staying in Tasmania to article with the state's law firms, courts and government legal service, a smaller but less saturated market than the graduate glut common in the eastern mainland capitals.
Cost & duration
English test scores
Course structure
4 terms of coursework
- Year 1: Introduction to Law, Contracts, Torts, Legal Research and Writing
- Year 2: Criminal Law, Property Law, Administrative Law, Constitutional Law
- Year 3: Equity and Trusts, Evidence, Company Law, elective units
- Year 4: Civil Procedure, Professional Responsibility, further electives (public international law, environmental law, and similar), capstone or clinical legal education placement
Admissions
Completion of Australian Year 12 (or equivalent); ATAR of approximately 80 recommended