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#1 Victorian university for course satisfaction
Study law at Deakin and prepare for your future career. From internships and work-integrated learning to international study programs – as a Deakin law student you’ll gain access to plenty of opportunities to develop your skills and stand out to prospective employers.
Invaluable real-world experience
Choose from law internships, industry placements, work-based learning and volunteering. You'll gain invaluable experience in your profession and the skills to help you succeed in your career.
Community legal internships
Complete a 15-day placement in a not-for-profit, community legal organisation. Get involved to understand the impact you can make in society through a range of opportunities.
Workplace learning
This self-sourced placement can be in a private practice law firm, community legal centre, consultancy firm legal team, in-house counsel team, court, government department, with barristers and mediators or offering research assistance to legal academics.
Deakin Law Clinic
Work on real client matters under the supervision of a practicing solicitor in Deakin’s own community law practice. Choose one of five practice areas including criminal, family, civil and employment law or policy and advocacy.
Get involved in mooting and advocacy
Mooting is the closest experience to working in a courtroom that you can have at law school. Mooting competition will develop your skills in advocacy, problem solving, legal research, persuasion, collaboration and presentation, while deep diving into a particular area of law. Deakin law students participate in a range of national and international mooting competitions.
Join our global mooting competition
Test your commercial law knowledge and skills through the Deakin International Commercial Arbitration Moot, the renowned global law mooting competition developed by Deakin Law School. Not only will you compete with law schools from around the world but the skills and recognition you’ll gain will give you the edge your future employers are looking for.
Mooting at Deakin Law School - Swathika’s story
Meet Swathika, a Deakin Law graduate who discovered her voice through mooting and now uses law as a tool for change. Discover how Deakin Law School nurtured Swathika’s confidence and built career readiness through our mooting program and practical legal experiences.
Explore critical legal questions with our law PhD program
Passionate about advancing our understanding of the law and its role in our society? A law PhD is a great opportunity to investigate legal issues, create new insight and generate positive change.
Explore our law courses
Join the #207 university worldwide and be ready to take on tomorrow with confidence. Find out more about our Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor and law PhD, as well as the new Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Psychological Science double degree.
I have been fortunate enough to study law in four different countries through my degree which has exposed me to the way different legal systems work, and I hope to be able to take my legal training into a career overseas in the future.
Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws
Overseas study opportunities
Learn from world experts and develop your knowledge of international law, all while earning credit towards your degree. Opportunities like our Indonesian study tour will give you an understanding and appreciation of the differing assumptions that underpin the law in different jurisdictions and their impact on transnational commercial practices. We also have study opportunities in Europe.
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