The defining nature of our law degree is the unique balance between theory and practice. During your degree, you will complete the academic law units required for admission to legal practice, plus choose elective units that align with your career interests. Crucially, you will develop legal skills such as interviewing, negotiation, drafting and advocacy. You will complete assessment tasks that prepare you for the work you will undertake in the real world. You can also opt for a work placement in law firms, government departments and community organisations. There are opportunities for virtual work placements where you will complete an online project for a real client.

By combining your law degree with a science degree, you could help develop solutions in the areas of climate change, long-term ecological impacts, energy and geosystems, food security and water resource management. Our science degree is designed in consultation with industry, government and the professions. You will apply theories to real-world situations.

QUT’s Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree, as it has honours-level content integrated throughout the course. The advanced knowledge and skills in this course will benefit your professional career, or future research and study.

As a graduate, you may enter legal practice with an education in both the content and process of science and data analysis. This will enable you to deal with the complexities of litigation that have a scientific or technological focus such as inventions, trade secrets, quantitative evidence, genetic modification and constitutional disputes giving rise to environmental issues.

On the other hand, you may choose to follow a career path in the sciences, enhancing your opportunities in a particular discipline such as environmental science or biotechnology through your knowledge of the law.

Professional recognition

This course is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. If you want to become a lawyer at the end of your degree, you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply for admission to practice. We offer PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Graduates will satisfy the requirements for membership in the relevant professional body for their science major.

Possible careers

• Analytical Chemist
• Astrophysicist
• Barrister
• Biochemist
• Biologist
• Biotechnologist
• Biotechnology Scientist
• Chemist
• Chemist Industrial
• Coastal Scientist
• Conservation Biologist
• Contract Administrator
• Corporate Secretary
• Crown Law Officer
• Ecologist
• Environmental Health Officer
• Environmental Scientist
• Environmental manager
• Exploration Geologist
• Forensic Biologist
• Forensic Chemist
• Geologist
• Geophysicist
• Geoscientist
• Government Officer
• Hydrogeologist
• In-House Lawyer
• Industrial Chemist
• Inventor
• Laboratory Assistant
• Laboratory Technician (Chemistry)
• Lawyer
• Legal Risk Manager
• Life scientist
• Mapping Scientist/Photogrammetrist
• Marine Scientist
• Medical Physicist
• Microbiologist
• Mine Geologist
• Molecular Biologist
• Natural Resource Scientist
• Physicist
• Plant Biotechnologist
• Policy Officer
• Policy analyst
• Population Ecologist
• Project Manager
• Public Servant
• Scientist