The Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Biomedicine is a five year combined degree providing an accredited professional qualification in law, as well as a degree in biomedicine. The program offers an innovative, high quality legal education with a social justice perspective and a real emphasis on hands-on experiences. It includes all the compulsory law subjects required by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board for admission to the legal profession in Victoria and a wide range of law electives, relevant to Science such as Intellectual Property Law. The specialised subject, Law and Medicine is a core subject in this degree.

In the biomedicine component of this degree, students will learn not only the theoretical underpinnings of biomedicine, but will also develop practical research and laboratory skills required to learn about the human body in health and sickness, and gain knowledge of medical biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacology, cell and molecular biology, anatomy, physiology, infectious diseases and neuroscience.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Graduates could find work in areas like scientific and industrial ethics, regulatory affairs, environmental protection and policy development.

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. 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 practise must also satisfy the Admissions Board that they are a fit and proper person to be admitted to practise.

International graduates would need the relevant visa to complete a supervised workplace traineeship in Australia. You're advised to obtain assurance of recognition of the course by relevant professional bodies in your preferred country of practice.