Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Course Code V72
The ECU Bachelor of Laws degree satisfies the academic requirements for the admission of law graduates as legal practitioners in Western Australia. As with other Bachelor of Laws degrees in Australia, before a law graduate may be admitted to the legal profession in that state or territory, certain additional requirements must be satisfied following completion of the Bachelor of Laws. Law graduates seeking admission in Western Australia should refer to the Legal Practice Act 2003 (WA).
The Bachelor Award is granted after the successful completion of four years of full time study (or equivalent).
In order to complete the degree students are required to complete thirty two units comprising 21 core units and 11 elective units.
Location: Joondalup
Availability: Full-time / Part-time
Duration: 4 years Full-time or Part-time equivalent
Course structure
The course is designed to develop coherence through thematic doctrinal coverage in a structured program.
The core units to be undertaken to complete the course are given in the following list. Where possible, units will address relevant issues relating to ethics, alternative dispute resolution, social justice and law reform as part of the coverage in units.
To complete the degree a student must achieve a total 480 points, comprising 315 points of compulsory units and 165 points of electives.
Core Program
The following units are core units (each unit is 15 points, unless otherwise indicated), having a total of 315 points. Students should take care in ensuring that they satisfy the pre-requisites for any unit.
- LAW1113 Criminal Law I
- LAW1214 Criminal Law II
- LAW1111 Contract Law I
- LAW1212 Contract Law II
- LAW1117 Torts I
- LAW1218 Torts II
- LAW1116 Legal Process
- LAW2102 Property Law I
- LAW2312 Property Law II
- LAW2103 Administrative Law I
- LAW2313 Administrative Law II
- LAW2104 Constitutional Law I
- LAW2314 Constitutional Law II
- LAW3102 Corporations Law
- LAW3106 Evidence
- LAW3107 Law of Trusts
- LAW3103 Equity
- LAW4604 Civil Procedures I
- LAW4614 Civil Procedures II
- LAW4605 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting I
- LAW4615 Commercial Practice, Conveyancing & Drafting II
Elective Program
Each unit is 15 points unless otherwise indicated. Selecting 11 units of 15 credit points will meet the requirement of 165 credit points Students should check with the School of Law and Justice to determine which elective units are offered by the University in any semester and any pre-requisites, before enrolling.
- CRI1103 Criminology
- LAW2106 Intellectual Property Law
- LAW3109 Taxation Law
- LAW2105 Employment Law
- LAW3105 Alternative Dispute Resolution
- LAW4609 Remedies
- LAW4206 Advanced Criminal Law
- LAW4108 International Law
- LAW4607 Family Law
- LAW3260 Asian Legal and Political Systems III
- LAW2600 Terrorism and the Law
- LAW3201 Law of Banking and Credit II
- CRI3101 Professional Ethics
- LAW2601 Planning and Development Law I
- LAW2602 Environmental Law and Administration
- LAW3601 Planning and Development Law II
- LAW3602 Community Legal Practice
- LAW3700 Supervised Legal Research Paper
- LAW1600 Legal writing and Research
Contact for more information:
Tel: +61 (0)8 6304 5666
E-mail: businessandlaw@ecu.edu.au
