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  • Location:
    Joondalup
  • Study Mode:
    Full-time
    Part-time
  • Delivery Mode:
    On-campus
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  • Duration:
    5 years full-time or equivalent part-time
  • Faculty:
    Business and Law
  • School:
    Law and Justice
  • Code:
    K30
  • Indicative ATAR (TER):
    80

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Bachelor of Laws Bachelor of Criminology and Justice

This course structure contains information about the units which comprise the course as well as the credit points required to successfully complete it.

The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Criminology and Justice consists of 750 credit points (50 units).

The program consists of:

Bachelor of Laws Core units 330 credit points (22 units)
Bachelor of Laws Elective units 150 credit points (10 units)
Bachelor of Criminology and Justice Core units 270 credit points (18 units)
 



Year One - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
LAW1111Contract Law I 15
LAW1600Legal Writing and Research 15
LAW1113Criminal Law I 15
CRI1103Criminology 15
CRI1102Quantitative Research Methods in Criminology & Justice 15
 


Year One - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
LAW1212Contract Law II 15
LAW1214Criminal Law II 15
LAW1116Legal Process 15
CRI1104The Psychology of Criminal Behaviour 15
CRI1105Psychology and Criminal Justice 15
 


Year Two - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
LAW1117Torts I 15
LAW2102Property Law I 15
CRI2101Professional Skills - Case Management 15
CRI2102Qualitative Research Methods in Criminology & Justice 15
CRI2103Correctional Studies - Theory and Practice 15
 


Year Two - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
LAW1218Torts II 15
LAW2312Property Law II 15
CRI2105The Family and Family Law 15
CRI2104Professional Skills - Counselling and Managing Conflict 15
CRI1106Minority Groups as Offenders and Victims 15
 


Year Three - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
LAW3103Equity 15
LAW2104Constitutional Law I 15
CRI3101Professional Ethics 15
CRI3103Juvenile Justice 15
Plus one LLB elective
 


Year Three - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
LAW2350Administrative Law 15
LAW3107Law of Trusts 15
LAW2314Constitutional Law II 15
CRI3102Indigenous Offenders and Victims 15
Plus one LLB elective unit
 


Year Four - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
LAW4604Civil Procedure I 15
LAW3102Corporations Law 15
CRI3104Organised Crime 15
Plus one LLB elective
Plus one LLB elective
 


Year Four - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
LAW4614Civil Procedure II 15
LAW3106Evidence 15
CRI3108Justice and Forensic Science 15
CRI3109International Human Rights 15
Plus one LLB elective
 


Year Five - Semester 1
UnitDescription Points
LAW4605Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting I 15
CRI3105Community Corrections (Theory and Practice) 15
Plus one LLB elective
Plus one LLB elective
Plus one LLB elective
 


Year Five - Semester 2
UnitDescription Points
LAW4615Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting II 15
CRI3107Offender Profiling 15
LAW4704Legal Ethics and Professional Responsibility 15
Plus one LLB elective
Plus one LLB elective
 


Unspecified Law electives, based on previous studies under a recognised LLB course, may be credited towards the above course upon approval from the course coordinator and in accordance with the University's rules and policy on advanced standing.

HONOURS An undergraduate law student, who has not more than 120 points of study left to complete to qualify for a Bachelor of Laws degree and who has achieved a weighted average mark of not less than 70% across previously completed Bachelor of Laws units, may be eligible to graduate with Honours. Eligible students must complete LAW4710 - Advanced Legal Research Thesis in lieu of 30 credit points of law elective units.Completion of LAW4710 does not guarantee a student will receive a Bachelor of Laws (Honours). Except as otherwise provided, the policy Management of Honours Candidature, Grading of Honours Performance and Student Support applies. The Honours grade will be based on both completed units within the Bachelor of Laws degree as well as LAW4710. The coursework and dissertation mark are combined in proportion to the credit point values in determining the overall mark and honours grade. There is no third class honours.



ELECTIVE UNIT - HONOURS

UnitDescription Points
LAW4710Advanced Legal Research Thesis 30