University of Western Sydney

Course Details

Bachelor of Laws (Non-graduate entry)

Course Description

The Bachelor of Laws (Non-Graduate Entry) gives you a broad liberal legal education with a strong practical orientation. The course is designed to equip you with the required knowledge and skills for legal practice. Even if you are not seeking to practise as a lawyer, your learning will be enriched by exposure to the ethos and practice of law. The course provides you with professional legal skills, including the ability to analyse legal material and understand fundamental legal principles, an understanding of the relationship between law and society, general analytical skills for analysing and solving non-legal problems, and specialised study into the Australian legal system. During the course you will develop skills in advocacy, negotiation, legal drafting and legal research. The award of Honours Class 1 for the LLB (Honours) requires achievement within the range of 85-100 for Honours Research and a GPA of 6.0 or greater in the LLB units. The award of Honours Class 11 Division I for the LLB (Honours) requires achievement within the range of 75-84 for Honours Research and a course GPA of 5.8 or greater in the LLB units. The award of Honours Class 11 Division II for the LLB (Honours) requires achievement within The range of 65-74 for Honours Research and a course GPA of 5.5 or greater in the LLB units. Honours Class 111 are not awarded in the LLB (Honours).

Course Duration

NumberDuration
4year

Career outcomes

Graduates of Law degrees at Western Sydney University have pursued careers such as: solicitor or barrister criminal prosecutor human rights advocate corporate legal advisor in the banking or finance industries legal advisor to an interest group such as the Aboriginal Legal Service judge's associate law academic non-legal executive in banking, finance, accounting, corporate management, education, publishing, marketing, telecommunications, government or human resource management lawyer in government service.

Bachelor of Laws (Non-graduate entry) University of Western Sydney