Information for Continuing Bachelor of Laws Students for 2008

Course Requirements
To qualify for the degree a student must pass units to the value of 144 cp comprising:

All compulsory units to the value of 96 cp:
LS 100 Introduction to Legal Systems and Methods
LS 160 Criminal Law and Procedure
LS 200 Administrative Law
LS 210 Civil Procedures and Evidence
LS 220 Constitutional Law
LS 231 Law of Torts I
LS 232 Law of Torts II
LS 240 Equity and Trusts
LS 281 Property Law I
LS 282 Property Law II
LS 320 Professional Conduct
LS 351 Corporation Law
LS 355 Jurisprudence
LS 371 Law of Contract I
LS 372 Law of Contract II
LS 480 Advanced Research, Writing and Advocacy

Elective units to the value of 48 cp:
ELS 378 Law and Literature (withdrawn as an elective in 2008)
LS 301 Succession
LS 315 Criminal Processing, Sentencing and Punishment
LS 321 Conveyancing
LS 331 Intellectual Property Law
LS 332 Industrial Law
LS 334 Banking and Finance Law
LS 335 Human Rights
LS 336 Local Government Law
LS 341 Introduction to Environmental Law
LS 342 Medico-Legal Issues
LS 352 Taxation Law
LS 357 Alternative Dispute Resolution
LS 358 Natural Resources Law
LS 360 Conflict of Laws
LS 361 Public International Law
LS 364 Indigenous Australians and Law
LS 368 Commercial Transactions
LS 370 Family Law
LS 377 Information Technology Law (off campus only)
LS 378 Media Law
LS 379 Commercial Law
LS 400 Honours in Law
LS 403 Research Topic in Legal Studies
LS 459 Advanced Torts
LS 471 Advanced Contract Law (new unit title)
LS 478 Advanced Criminal Law

Note: A student who has completed at least 96 cp of LS units with a GPA of 5 or better may include one LLM unit in the program of study (but not LLM 619, 620, 621, 622).

Eligibility for Honours in Law
Students who, on entering their final year, have obtained a grade point average of 5.5 or better in the preceding eight units (where High Distinction = 7; Distinction
= 6; Credit = 5; Pass = 4) with no failures, are eligible to enrol in LS 400, Honours in Law, and be admitted to the Honours program. The Course Coordinator has discretion to allow a student to enrol in LS 400 and be admitted to the Honours program if the student does not meet the preceding criteria. Students who completed any of their preceding eight LS units prior to the start of Semester 1, 2006 may, with the permission of the Course Coordinator, enrol in
LS 400 with a grade point average between 5.0 and 5.499.

Requirements for Honours
LS 400 Honours in Law is listed in the elective offerings and is completed in the final year of the Bachelor of Laws program.
Students enrol in and complete the unit LS 400, Honours in Law and, if the thesis component and final grade for that unit are Pass or better, must lodge with the Unit Coordinator both a hard-bound and electronic copy of their Honours thesis for retention in the Law Library.
The award of Honours is at the discretion of the faculty on the recommendation of the School of Law. However the following matters shall be considered in determining the level of award:
(a) the student's level of performance in LS 400;
(b) the student's performance in their best 15 LS units taken for the Bachelor of Laws component of a double degree program;
(c) the student's rate of progress through the degree program.

Professional Legal Training
Graduates who wish to be admitted to practise as a solicitor, barrister or legal practitioner anywhere in Australia will also have to undertake a course of professional legal training. This can consist of approximately half a year's full-time or part-time equivalent training, undertaken on-campus or off-campus. In some jurisdictions, it is still possible to do articles of clerkship instead of a course of professional legal training. Because the system adopted varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, enquiries should be made to the admission authority in the state or territory in which you intend to practise; this is usually a committee of the Supreme Court of that state or territory.

Admitting Authorities in Australia
New South Wales
Legal Profession Admission Board
GPO Box 3980
Sydney NSW 2001
Ph: 02 9338 3500
Fax: 02 9392 0315
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lpab

South Australia
Legal Practitioners Registry
GPO Box 2066
Adelaide SA 5001
Ph: 08 8229 0237
Fax: 08 8231 1929
www.lssa.asn.au/profession/registry.htm

Northern Territory
Legal Practitioners Admission Board
GPO Box 3946
Darwin NT 0801
Ph: 08 8999 6574
Fax: 08 8999 5446

Queensland
Legal Practitioners Admission Board
GPO 1785
Brisbane QLD 4001
Ph: 07 3842 5985
Fax: 07 3221 7193
www.courts.qld.gov.au/publications/admissions.htm

Australian Capital Territory
Legal Practitioners Admission Board
ACT Supreme Court, Law Courts,
Knowles Place, Canberra ACT 2601, DX 5699 Canberra
Ph: 02 6267 2735
Fax: 02 6257 3668
www.courts.act.gov.au/supreme

Tasmania
Board of Legal Education
GPO Box 167
Hobart TAS 7001
Ph: 03 6233 6245
Fax: 03 6223 7816
www.courts.tas.gov.au/supreme/users/lawyers/overseas.htm

Victoria
Supreme Court of Victoria
210 William Street
Melbourne VIC 3000
Ph: 03 9603 4388
Fax: 03 9602 4326
www.supremecourt.vic.gov.au

Western Australia
Legal Practitioners Admission Board
5th Floor, Kings Building
533 Hay Street, Perth WA 6000
Ph: 08 9325 1311
Fax: 08 9325 2743
www.lpbwa.org.au