The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) provides an accredited qualification in law whilst enabling learning to be contextualised to the discipline of engineering. The degree also provides students with a broad, well-rounded legal education that inculcates an understanding of the role the law plays in our society and of how it can assist Australia as a trading nation. Graduates will also have the technical expertise and management skills to lead to a future within biomedical, civil, construction, manufacturing, mechanical, network and telecommunication environments.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Graduates will have the theoretical and practical knowledge required to operate effectively in diverse settings – using both law and engineering skills in workplaces such as law firms and barristers’ chambers, not-for-profit organisations, government, small businesses and corporate organisations.

In particular, the specialisation in intellectual property law equips graduates for careers in the new knowledge economy, giving them the skills to additionally work in media and entertainment, design, branding and advertising, and in internet companies and firms advising information-dependent industries.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The Bachelor of Laws satisfies the academic requirements for admission to practice as a lawyer in the Victorian and Australian Federal legal systems as set by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board. Please be advised that non-academic requirements must also be satisfied for admission to practice and that no law degree allows graduates to practise straight away.

Graduates are eligible to apply for graduate membership of Engineers Australia.