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Juris Doctor
University of Western Australia, Perth, WA, Australia
About this program
By studying the Juris Doctor at UWA, you'll benefit from our Law School's longstanding and deep links with the legal profession. These ties contribute to consistently high rates of employment for our graduates. You'll also have the opportunity to learn from the very best of the legal profession as well as academic staff recognised nationally for excellence in teaching and research. You can participate in practical skill-building programs including mooting (legal advocacy) competitions and internships, and build lifelong friendships with a talented, diverse and vibrant cohort of future leaders. After completing the Juris Doctor you'll enter the competitive graduate market with an edge, armed with both an undergraduate degree and the JD, which is a prestigious qualification offered by institutions such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia universities. You'll join the ranks of nationally and internationally renowned UWA Law School graduates including Rhodes Scholars, the members of the Judiciary and legal profession, as well as leaders at the highest level of business and government.
Fees & duration
English test scores
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Course structure
- LAWS4101Foundations of Law and Lawyering
- LAWS4102Criminal Law
- LAWS4103Contract
- LAWS4104Property Law
- LAWS4106Torts
- LAWS4107Land Law
- LAWS4108Foundations of Public Law
- LAWS4110Legal Interpretation
- LAWS5101Constitutional Law
- LAWS5102Administrative Law
- LAWS5103Equity and Trusts
- LAWS5104Corporations Law
- LAWS5105Remedies
- LAWS5107Evidence
- LAWS5108Professional and Ethical Practice
- LAWS5109Ethical Dispute Resolution
- LAWS5115Procedure Option - Group A: LAWS5117 Advanced Evidence and Proof
- LAWS5118Family Law
- LAWS5132Income Taxation Law
- LAWS5144Mining and Energy Law
- LAWS5150Intellectual Property Law
- LAWS5158Mediation Practice and Skills
- LAWS5160Law Review Part 1
- LAWS5161Law Review Part 2
- LAWS5174Legal Internship
- LAWS5181Health Law and Policy
- LAWS5182Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples and the Law
- LAWS5183Environmental Law
- LAWS5189Advanced Topics in Private Law
- LAWS5218Corporate Insolvency
- LAWS5307Mooting Advocacy
- LAWS5360Employment Law
- LAWS5501Advanced Criminal Law and Procedure
- LAWS5512Supervised Research
- LAWS5528Unjust Enrichment and Restitution
- LAWS5590Water Resources Law
- LAWS5596Mergers and Acquisitions Option - Group B: LAWS5111 Corporate Environmental and Social Governance
- LAWS5114International Environmental Law: Addressing the triple planetary crisis
- LAWS5162Jessup International Moot Competition
- LAWS5165Public International Law
- LAWS5167Comparative Legal Method
- LAWS5192Introduction to Roman Private Law
- LAWS5209Advanced Public Law
- LAWS5215Risk Regulation
- LAWS5220International Humanitarian Law
- LAWS5223Theories for Contemporary Criminal Justice
- LAWS5226International Human Rights Law
- LAWS5241International Dispute Settlement
- LAWS5251International Sales Law
- LAWS5254International Trade and Investment Law
- LAWS5296Selected Issues in AI and Internet Law
- LAWS5503Conflict of Laws
- LAWS5521Climate Change Law
- LAWS5576International Commercial Arbitration
- LAWS5577Governing the Commons: Oceans
- ice and outer space
- LAWS5813Legal Issues for Not-for-Profit Entities
Career & PR pathway
Occupations this degree typically leads to, and their skilled-migration list status
SolicitorANZSCO 271311
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, but a positive skills assessment is not the same as being able to practise. You must first be admitted to an Australian state legal profession, which for an overseas or JD graduate means passing the assessed academic subjects, completing Practical Legal Training, and being admitted by the state Supreme Court, before the occupation is realistically usable for a visa.
Assessed by VETASSESS
BarristerANZSCO 271111
On both MLTSSL and CSOL, supporting the points-tested 189, 190, and 491 as well as the employer-sponsored 482 and 186. As with Solicitor, a positive skills assessment is not the same as being able to practise: you must be admitted to the bar in an Australian state or territory before the occupation is realistically usable for a visa. Assessed by the state or territory Legal Admissions Authority, not VETASSESS.
Assessed by State or Territory Legal Admissions Authority
List membership changes over time and does not guarantee an invitation. See the skilled occupation lists guide and the points calculator before relying on this for a visa decision.
Admissions
(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have- (a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and; (b) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.5*. (2) To be considered for admission to this course an Indigenous applicant must have- (a) met the general admission requirements under 4.(1); or (b) (i) a bachelor's degree via the UWA Indigenous Direct Pathway; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0*; or (c) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) a School of Indigenous Studies' Law Admission Test and interview (3) To be considered for admission to this course via the Equity and Diversity Pathway an applicant must have- (a) (i) held a protection, refugee or humanitarian visa within seven years prior to applying for admission to this course; or (ii) experienced significant personal, medical, social, educational, cultural or financial disadvantage or hardship, including any disadvantage or hardship resulting from an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity that has had an effect on their prior academic studies; and (b) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (c) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0. (4) To be considered for admission to this course via the alternative experience pathway an applicant must have- (a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) demonstrate competency for legal studies derived from a minimum of five years' unpaid or paid work, study or other experience, since completion of the undergraduate degree in (i); and (iii) completed the equivalent of one year full time in a
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