The Bachelor of Laws - Graduate Entry is specifically for students who have completed a non-law undergraduate degree and who wish to diversify their career options, including those in full-time employment. It is a prestigious and relevant additional qualification, with a unique focus on intellectual property within a commercial law context. It will attract a cohort of mature students, forming a cohesive peer group to provide a network of like-minded professionals.

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 degree equips students with the skills to work in commercial and general legal practice and in a range of industries, including media and entertainment, design, branding and advertising.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

In addition to career opportunities arising from a graduate’s initial degree, graduates of the Bachelor of Laws - Graduate Entry will have the theoretical and practical knowledge required to operate effectively in diverse settings 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 work in media and entertainment, design, branding and advertising, and in internet companies and firms advising information-dependent industries. The specialisation in intellectual property law also equips science and engineering graduates with the skills to work as patent attorneys and in legal fields specialising in science and engineering.

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION

The Bachelor of Laws - Graduate Entry 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.