Your pathway to practice
The Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) will assess your qualifications and determine the areas of study you need to undertake in order to qualify for practice in Victoria. You will then receive a letter outlining the unit/s you need to enrol in. This letter must be supplied with your application.
Make sure you check Deakin’s equivalent units of study below carefully, as some require you to enrol in two parts to fulfil VLAB requirements. For example, to complete the VLAB Property unit, you'll have to undertake both Property and Land Law to comply.
Bridging units available for study
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Administrative Law
Single unit
Consider the nature of public power in the context of Australian constitutionalism, with a particular emphasis on administrative decision-making. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Administrative Law and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Civil Procedure and Dispute Resolution
Single unit
Examine procedural law, which is the law of 'how' one enforces substantive legal rights and duties, or the method through which rights (no matter what they are) get realised in our courts. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Civil Dispute Resolution and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Contract A
Single unit
Learn the principles of Australian contract law and how to analyse and evaluate them. Learn how to apply contract law and to construct and communicate well-substantiated legal arguments. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Contracts and needs to be combined with MLP219 Contract B.
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Constitutional Law
Single unit
Gain an understanding of the principles of constitutional law at the state and federal levels, including an elaborate study of the Commonwealth Parliament's powers and federalism. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Federal and State Constitutional Law and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Contract B
Single unit
Extend your ability to analyse and evaluate principles of Australian contract law and to apply it to resolve problems and respond to the needs of clients. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Contracts and needs to be combined with MLP119 Contract A.
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Corporate Law
Single unit
Uncover the law in Australia governing the various forms in which businesses are conducted and familiarise yourself with the concept of corporate legal personality. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Company Law and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Criminal Law
Single unit
Examine the current theories concerning the nature and purpose of criminal liability and punishment, including principal criminal offences and the defences to those offences. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Criminal Law and Procedure and needs to be combined with Criminal Procedure MLP218.
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Criminal Procedure
Single unit
Become familiar with the statutes and case law shaping the law of criminal procedure. You’ll also be encouraged to consider the adequacy of our procedural laws and whether reform is appropriate. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Criminal Law and Procedure and needs to be combined with Criminal Law MLP114.
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Equity and Trusts
Single unit
Examine equitable principles and remedies in transactions and also their relationship with existing common law principles. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Equity (including Trusts) and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Evidence
Single unit
Gain an understanding of the law relating to the collection and use of information pertaining to the subject matter of criminal and civil proceedings. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Evidence and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Land Law
Single unit
Gain an understanding of the law relating to the creation, ownership and transfer of interests in land, including the statutory schemes of registration applicable in Victoria. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Property and needs to be combined with Property MLL327 (only available Trimester 1).
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Legal Practice and Ethics
Single unit
Gain an understanding of the practice of law and begin to realise and put into practice the ethical obligations you will assume upon becoming a lawyer. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Ethics and Professional Responsibility and does not need to be combined with another course.
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Misleading Conduct and Economic Torts
Single unit
Gain an understanding of the tortious and statutory liability for false or misleading statements. A limited number of other economic torts and consumer protection provisions are covered. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Torts and needs to be combined with Torts MLL213 (only available Trimesters 1 and 3).
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Property
Single unit
Understand the concept of property and proprietary interests in relation to both real and personal property. It will also act as an introduction to Land Law. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Property and needs to be combined with Land Law MLL325.
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Torts
Single unit
Gain an appreciation of the principles and policies involved in tort law and study those areas of tort law which are most commonly relied upon in practice. This unit is equivalent to VLAB's Torts and needs to be combined with Misleading Conduct and Economic Torts MLL117.
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