Program Overview

Bachelor of Laws

The Bachelor of Laws program is designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of the fundamental and underlying rules, principles, concepts, and practices of law.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Bachelor of Laws will demonstrate:

1. An integrated understanding of the fundamental and underlying rules, principles, concepts, and practices of law that apply in Australia and the many broader contexts in which law operates and develops.
2. An ability to identify, analyse, and respond critically and creatively to legal questions by applying and integrating knowledges, reasoning, and research.
3. Intellectual and practical skills to identify, find, evaluate, and synthesise relevant factual, legal, scholarly and policy information in an ethical manner.
4. An understanding of respectful and ethical conduct, and an ability to recognise and reflect upon their responsibilities to the profession, the legal system, the community, and the pursuit of justice.
5. Ngara: An understanding of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledges and perspectives, including the ongoing effects of colonisation, and an ability to reflect upon the cultural specificity of law.
6. An ability to work independently and collaboratively as appropriate, and to communicate with diverse legal and non-legal audiences in ways that are effective, respectful, and persuasive.