Bachelor degree
60 months
Application deadlines: 17 May
Processing time: 30 days
Full-time
Intakes: July
International tuition: A$23,200
Domestic tuition: A$10,958
Program overview
Completion of this program ensures you meet the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. With a depth of knowledge and understanding in both law, and criminology and justice, graduates have extended career prospects. You will cover all the academic courses required for admission as a legal practitioner in Australia. You will engage in active learning experiences and gain practical skills right from your first year. For example, you will observe volunteer lawyers conducting client interviews at an advice clinic operated by Suncoast Community Legal Service.
You will research answers to legal problems, prepare advice, present legal argument, observe court proceedings, and take part in simulated court presentations in our new Moot Court venue. You can further develop your skills by working with Legal Service clients under legal supervision in law professional practice, or undertake a legal internship.
The Criminology component will hone your focus to the causes and impacts of crime, and what works in reducing crime and improving justice from an applied social science perspective. You'll be prepared for real world challenges through guest lectures and opportunities for practical learning.
Study options

This program can be done
On campus
Requirements
Exams:
- PTE
- TOEFL iBT
- IELTS
- TOEFL iBT
Successful completion of the Certificate of Secondary (Complete) Education (requirements are country-specific)
English proficiency requirements:
IELTS (Academic) Overall score of 6.0 with minimum 5.5 in each subtest
TOEFL: Paper-based Overall score of 550 with minimum essay score of 4
TOEFL: Internet-based Overall score of 76 with minimum score of 18 for writing Pearson Test of English Overall score of 50 with no subscore less than 50
Career opportunities
This double degree will be valuable for those graduates who intend to practise in criminal law. A broad range of career opportunities exist for graduates, in areas such as legal research, law reform research and policy development, advocacy, political advising; corruption and white collar crime investigations, prosecutions and crime prevention.
Campus location
Sippy Downs
,
Australia



