南澳大学

Gain a competitive edge by combining law with human resource management and graduate with two degrees in just five years.

A double degree expands your knowledge and opens doors to a broad range of career opportunities.

You will graduate with honours and an advanced understanding of legal principles of Australian law and the latest advanced legal concepts in Human Resource Management. This legal expertise, combined with the knowledge and skills you’ll gain from your specialisation, will set you on track for a leadership career.

In your law studies you’ll gain practical real-world experience by undertaking an industry or clinic placement, a law reform project or high-level research in your final year. You’ll also be involved in mock-trials in our moot court, learning what it’s like to act as an advocate and argue a case before a judge. You can also gain valuable experience at our Legal Advice Clinic, solving legal problems of clients under the guidance of a managing solicitor.

In your human resource management studies you will develop the skills and knowledge to manage people to achieve positive outcomes. You’ll understand recruitment, staff performance appraisal, training and development, and staff retention. During your studies, you will also develop a solid understanding of management systems.

In your human resource management studies you will develop the skills and knowledge to manage people to achieve positive outcomes. You’ll understand recruitment, staff performance appraisal, training and development, and staff retention. During your studies, you will also develop a solid understanding of management systems.

What you'll learn

This degree is made up of 40 courses. You will do 24 courses in law and 16 courses in human resource management.

Your career

Our quality teaching, focus on developing your practical skills and opportunities to connect with industry beyond the classroom will ensure you graduate career-ready. You will hold a desired skillset for a diverse range of careers including:

Employment relations specialist: providing high level policy advice on current legislation and coordinating policy projects of national and international scale
Mediator: facilitating negotiation and settlement between disputing parties by providing direction and encouragement; working collaboratively with the parties and finding creative ways to reach a mutual solution
Negotiation consultant: working with clients to discuss, identify, test, and evaluate specific strategies or elements of a negotiation
Project manager: ensuring projects are delivered on time and according to project plans; managing project team resources; scheduling, preparation and resource forecasting; managing vendors and suppliers; managing budgets
Solicitor (with further study): commercial solicitor: focusing on business-specific legal practice such as: corporate, contract, competition, communications, commercial property, finance, employment, intellectual property, transport, sports and media law
personal solicitor: focusing on areas such as personal injury, family and tort law, criminal litigation, succession and inheritance, residential property, taxation and trusts

Alternative Pathways

There are other pathways you can follow to study this degree. You could consider the Bachelor of Business (Legal Studies).