Courses

What is Law?

Law is a challenging and intellectually demanding discipline that is socially and personally rewarding. Deakin's Bachelor of Laws is designed to produce first-class commercial lawyers. The courses provide in-depth studies in each of the major areas of legal practice. You will study many areas of law including core units in Commercial Law, Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Constitutional Law, Contract, Legal Practice and Ethics, Taxation, Administrative Law, Equity and Trusts, Torts, Competition Law and Policy, and Law, Society and Civil Rights. Our Practical Legal Skills program is designed to give you experience in a variety of dispute resolution methods (moot, mediation, arbitration and witness examination) to complement the rigorous academic program.

Career opportunities

Obtaining a law degree is normally the first step towards becoming a barrister or solicitor, and most students entering law school aspire to enter one of these branches of the legal profession. A law degree is a qualification which offers unequalled opportunities. You may choose to enter business (as a corporate lawyer, company administrator or business manager); government service (as a lawyer with departments or authorities as diverse as the Attorney Generals Department, the Office of Parliamentary Counsel, the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Australian Securities Commission); industrial relations; public administration, teaching (at a university) or in law reform (as a law reform commissioner or research officer).