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Prepare yourself for a thriving legal career.

La Trobe’s Bachelor of Laws is a practical, skills-based and social-justice oriented approach to legal education. Our accredited course offers a diverse range of electives, tailoring your learning to your specific career aspirations.

Develop essential legal skills such as advocacy, mediation, negotiation, critical thinking and dispute resolution. Learn the versatility and skills that make you more employable. Prepare for the future of law by exploring emerging areas such as law and technology and legal entrepreneurship.

You’ll also benefit from over 150 clinical placement opportunities, industry networking events and classes with practicing scholars.

Reasons to study law at La Trobe:

• Study at a leading Law School, with a 45-year history of teaching law
• Take advantage of clerkship or placement opportunities at law firms and community legal centers
• Participate in mooting competitions in Hong Kong, Vienna and Frankfurt
• Enjoy a personalized learning experience with small class sizes
• Study future-focused and industry-leading technology and cyber law subjects
• Be mentored by experienced barristers, solicitors and judges
• Study at a university with a strong global reputation: La Trobe Law subjects are rated in the top 200 worldwide
• Access study abroad opportunities in Europe, the USA, Asia and South America.

The qualification awarded on graduation is recognized in the Australian Qualifications Framework (AQF) as Level 7.

We look forward to welcoming all of our students back onto our campuses once it is both safe and practical to do so, and in line with Government directions. We anticipate offering a mix of face-to-face and online teaching in Semester 1, 2021 across all of our campuses - detailed planning is underway based on the likely requirement for physical distancing.

Professional recognition

All La Trobe University Bachelor of Laws and Juris Doctor law courses include the subjects required by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board to qualify for admission to the legal profession in Victoria as an Australian lawyer. To qualify requires ongoing training and/or courses. International graduates require a relevant visa to complete a supervised workplace traineeship in Australia. Contact the relevant professional body for details

Admission to the legal profession by the Supreme Court of Victoria also requires the completion of practical legal training either by a 12-month period of Supervised Legal Training or by completing an approved practical legal training course (for example, at the Leo Cussen Institute or The College of Law). Candidates for admission to practice must also satisfy the Admissions Board that they are a fit and proper person to be admitted to practice. Professional registration may be subject to additional or ongoing requirements beyond completion of the degree.

International students are advised to obtain assurance of recognition of the course by the relevant professional bodies in your preferred country of practice.

Career outcomes

This course satisfies the academic requirements for admission to practise law in Victoria. For more information on admission to practise. Graduates work as lawyers, strategic advisers, workplace relations analysts, government staff, law librarians, policy advisors and intelligence analysts.