The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Science offers students a course focused on commercial law with emphasis on intellectual property law. As the only double degree in Victoria with this specialisation, students learn about trade marks, patents, copyright, the prohibition of misleading or deceptive conduct and competition law. The course also provides an understanding of complex scientific information.

Students complete law-related professional experience placements and are introduced to the practical aspects of legal practice through moot court scenarios and advocacy exercises.

The combination of degrees equips students with the skills to work within the knowledge economy and information technology businesses, as patent attorneys, and in legal fields specialising in intellectual property, media, and science.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

Graduates will have the theoretical and practical knowledge required to operate effectively in diverse settings such as law firms and barristers’ chambers, professional scientific environments, not-for-profit organisations, government, small businesses, corporate organisations and as patent attorneys.

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.

Depending on the choice of major, or minor studies, graduates of the Bachelor of Science may be eligible to apply for membership of the following professional societies:

• AusBiotech
• Australian and New Zealand Industrial and Applied Mathematics
• Australian Computer Society (ACS)
• Australian Institute of Physics
• Australian Mathematical Society
• Australian Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB)
• Australian Society for Microbiology (ASM)
• Australian Sustainable Built Environment Council (ASBEC)
• Environmental Health Australia
• Environmental Institute of Australia
• Genetics Society of AustralAsia (GSA)
• National Business Leaders Forum for Sustainable Development
• Professionals Australia
• Royal Australian Chemical Institute (RACI)
• Sustainability Practitioners Association (SPA)