Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

School of Law & Business

If your ambition is to study law and you have a Bachelor's degree in any discipline, The University of Notre Dame Australia's Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) is the postgraduate degree for you. The degree is a fully accredited program that can be completed in three years of accelerated full-time study. Upon graduation and completing an approved Practical Legal Training program, you are eligible to apply for admission as a legal practitioner in Australian jurisdictions. Start your legal career today.

The Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) degree is an accelerated program aimed at students who already have a Bachelor's degree in another field. It is designed to be completed as an accelerated program over three years of full-time study, with five subjects taken in the first semester of the first two years and four subjects per semester in all other terms.

The program has been designed in collaboration with eminent judges, senior barristers and leading solicitors to create an academically challenging and efficient curriculum. In addition, the School of Law continues to call on prominent members of the profession to assist in teaching, adding to the efficient nature of legal education at Notre Dame.

Through our Legal Clinic, mentoring program, courtroom visits, mooting and internship programs, our law students have multiple opportunities to experience the law in practice. Furthermore, you cultivate professional legal skills, including negotiation, advocacy and alternative dispute resolution within small, interactive class settings.

Students are also encouraged to learn outside the classroom by participating in law competitions and attending professional development events such as our prestigious Eminent Speakers Series. This forum connects students and graduates with leading experts in discussing contemporary legal and professional matters.

Graduates of this program can follow diverse career paths in the private and public sectors; career opportunities range from solicitor, barrister, judge's associate, and research assistant.

Year One

• Legal Research and Writing
• Legal Process and Statutory Interpretation
• Criminal Law A
• Contract Law A
• Torts A
• Criminal Law B
• Contract Law B
• Torts B

Year Two

• Advocacy
• Equity
• Property Law A
• Constitutional Law
• Corporations and Partnerships
• Evidence
• Trusts
• Property Law B
• Administrative Law

Year Three

• Remedies
• Civil Procedure
• Legal Philosophy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Practice and Ethics
• Law Elective One
• Law Elective Two (International)
• Law Elective Three

Law Electives*

• Advanced Administrative Law
• Advanced Civil Procedure
• Advanced Constitutional Law
• Advanced Evidence Law
• Advanced Research Project (i.e. Honours Research)
• Bioethics and the Law
• Advanced Taxation Law
• Commercial Law
• Commercial Drafting
• Construction and Building Contract Law
• Contemporary Legal Issues
• Directed Research Project
• Employee Relations Law
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental Law
• Family Law
• Health Law
• Human Rights Law
• Indigenous law
• Insolvency
• International Commercial Dispute Resolution
• Intellectual Property Law
• Introduction to Canon Law (i.e. Church Law)
• Law and Religion
• Law in Context (Externships) - involves work experience
• Legal History
• Mining and Petroleum Law
• Occupational Safety and Health Law
• Introduction to Australian Taxation Law
• Succession
• Competition and Consumer Law
• Trial Advocacy

Core Curriculum

The Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) requires you to partake in one core curriculum elective from the list below.

• CORE II: Elective
  • Electives in philosophy and\or theology
  • Professional embedded electives that integrate studies in a profession with philosophy and\or theology
  • An option to undertake a pilgrimage embedded in the study of the philosophy and theology of pilgrimage, e.g., World Youth Day
  • An option to undertake a course that integrates philosophy & theology with community service and charity work
  • An option to undertake an elective in philosophy, theology, and the liberal arts contained within an international experience

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

Please note: the availability of these courses is indicative only and may be subject to change.