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Juris Doctor

The Juris Doctor (JD) is a full-fee professional legal qualification approved by the Legal Practitioners’ Admission Board for admission purposes.

Graduates of the JD having completed a short Practical Legal Training (PLT) course will meet admission requirements. Employment prospects include law firms, business and government.

The Juris Doctor is designed for graduates from non-law disciplines and lawyers with a civil law degree seeking to practise law in Australia. Another outstanding feature of this full-fee course is that graduates will receive advanced standing for half an LLM at UNE. JD graduates will only need to complete another four LLM electives to be eligible for a Master of Laws. Outstanding students may graduate with honours.

Rules governing the course and necessary amendments to other rules

  1. Admission to Candidature
    Applicants for admission to the Degree of Juris Doctor shall have fulfilled all the requirements for admission to a degree, or qualification of equivalent standing, accepted by the faculty as sufficient qualification for admission to the course and obtainable after a minimum of three years’ full-time study or its equivalent.
  2. General Requirements for the Degree
    1. To complete requirements for admission to the degree of Juris Doctor a candidate shall complete:
      1. compulsory units as described in Rule 1.5.1 to the value of 102 credit points; and
      2. elective units identified in Rule 1.5.1 to the value of 42 credit points.
  3. Other Requirements
    1. Except with the permission of the course coordinator the maximum number of units which a full-time student may complete in any semester shall be four, and in any one year, eight.
    2. Except with the permission of the course coordinator the maximum number of units which a part-time student may complete in any semester shall be two, and in any one year, four.
    3. The restrictions shown in Schedule 1 which follow these rules shall apply.
  4. Requirements for Honours
    A candidate may proceed to Honours if they have satisfied the rules in Chapter 15, Bachelor of Laws with Honours, of the Faculty of Economics, Business and Law Rules.
  5. Units Offered
    1. The following 24 units shall qualify towards the degree:
      • Compulsory
        • LS 100, 160, 200, 210, 220, 231, 232, 240, 281, 282, 320, 351, 355, 371, 372, 480, LLM 600
      • Electives
        • Four units from: ELS 378, LS 301, 311, 321, 331, 334, 335, 336, 341, 342, 352, 357, 358, 360, 361, 368, 370, 377, 378, 400, 403, 459, 471, 478
        • Three units from: LLM 601, 602, 603, 604, 605, 606, 607, 609, 610, 611, 612, 613, 614, 615, 616, 617, 618, 619, 620, 623, 624, 625, 626, 627, 628, 629, 630
    2. The Faculty shall not be obliged to offer in any year all of the units listed in Rule 1.5.1. The units offered in any year shall be determined by the faculty on the recommendation of the Head of the School of Law. Units proposed to be offered by the School of Law in the Faculty of Economics, Business and Law are set out in Schedule 1 which follows these rules.

Curriculum design and rationale

The curriculum is designed around students completing the 16 core LLB units, four elective LLB units, one core LLM unit and three elective LLM units. The curriculum offers graduates of another discipline and civil system lawyers the opportunity to take advantage of either face to face or asynchronous online learning strategies to suit their learning needs. The curriculum is designed to provide a wide variety of units relevant to legal practice and professional admission. The teaching and assessment strategy is tailor made for part-time external students who will most likely comprise the bulk of the student cohort. There is a pathway to complete a coursework LLM by completing four additional LLM units. It is expected that this will prove very attractive to full-fee students.

Juris Doctor Units

Unit Number Unit Name Semester Offered Year
16 × LS Compulsory Units
LS 100 Introduction to Legal Systems & Methods 1st Semester Every year
LS 100 Introduction to Legal Systems & Methods 2nd Semester Every year
LS 160 Criminal Law and Procedure 2nd Semester Every year
LS 200 Administrative Law 2nd Semester Every year
LS 210 Civil Procedure and Evidence 2nd Semester Every year
LS 220 Constitutional Law 1st Semester Every year
LS 231 Law of Torts I 1st Semester Every year
LS 232 Law of Torts II 2nd Semester Every year
LS 240 Equity and Trusts 1st Semester Every year
LS 281 Property Law I 1st Semester Every year
LS 282 Property Law II 2nd Semester Every year
LS 320 Ethics, Trust Accounting and Professional Conduct (Ext) 1st Semester Every year
LS 351 Corporation Law 1st Semester Every year
LS 355 Jurisprudence 1st Semester Every year
LS 371 Law of Contract I 1st Semester Every year
LS 372 Law of Contract II 2nd Semester Every year
LS 480 Advanced Research, Writing and Advocacy 1st Semester Every year
4 × LS Elective Units
ELS 378 Law and Literature (Ext) 1st Semester Odd years
LS 301 Succession 2nd Semester Every year
LS 311 Criminology 2nd Semester Every year
LS 321 Conveyancing 1st Semester Odd years
LS 331 Intellectual Property Law 1st Semester Even years
LS 334 Banking and Finance Law (Ext) 2nd Semester Even years
LS 335 Human Rights 2nd Semester Every year
LS 336 Local Government Law (Ext) 1st Semester Even years
LS 341 Environmental and Planning Law 1st Semester Odd years
LS 342 Medico Legal Issues 1st Semester Even years
LS 352 Taxation Law (Ext) 2nd Semester Odd years
LS 357 Alternative Dispute Resolution 2nd Semester Every year
LS 358 Natural Resources Law 1st Semester Even years
LS 360 Conflict of Laws (Ext) 2nd Semester Even years
LS 361 Public International Law 1st Semester Odd years
LS 368 Commercial Transactions 2st Semester Every year
LS 370 Family Law 2nd Semester Every year
LS 377 Information Technology Law (Ext) 2nd Semester Odd years
LS 378 Media Law 1st Semester Even years
LS 400 Honours in Law Year-Long Every year
LS 403 Research Topic in Legal Studies 1st Semester Every year
LS 459 Advanced Torts 1st Semester Odd years
LS 471 Advanced Contract Law (Ext) 2nd Semester Every year
LS 478 Advanced Criminal Law 1st Semester Even years
LS 2/364 Indigenous Australians and Law (Ext) 2nd Semester Odd years
1 × LLM Compulsory Unit
LLM 600 Research Methodology and Theory 1st Semester Every year
3 × LLM Elective Units
LLM 601 Trade Practices 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 602 Constitutional Law and Theory 2nd Semester Odd years
LLM 603 Criminal Law and Theory 1st Semester Even years
LLM 604 Securities and Financial Services Law 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 605 Taxation of Capital Gains 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 606 Current issues in Tort 1st Semester Even years
LLM 607 Comparative Corporate Governance 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 609 Principles of Evidence 2nd Semester Odd years
LLM 610 Health and Medical Law 2nd Semester Odd years
LLM 611 Sport Law 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 612 Issues in Public International Law 2nd Semester Odd years
LLM 613 Telecommunications Law 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 614 Immigration Law 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 615 Electronic Commerce Law 1st Semester Even years
LLM 616 Goods and Services Taxation 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 617 Civil Procedure 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 618 Law of the Sea 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 619 LLM Research Topic (6 cp) 1st or 2nd Semester Every year
LLM 620 LLM Research Topic (12 cp) 1st or 2nd Semester Every year
LLM 623 Local Government Law 2nd Semester Odd years
LLM 624 Commercial Leasing 1st Semester Even years
LLM 625 International Trade Law 1st Semester Even years
LLM 626 International Environmental Law 1st Semester Even years
LLM 627 Resource Management Risk and Responsibility 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 628 Resource Rules 1st Semester Odd years
LLM 629 Strategy and Sustainability 2nd Semester Even years
LLM 630 Catchment, Contracts and Conflicts 2nd Semester Even years

Fees

See our fees page.