Bachelor degree
48 months
Application deadlines: 30 June
Processing time: 20 days
Application fee: A$100
Full-time
Intakes: March, July
International tuition: A$33,800
Domestic tuition: A$10,958
Program overview
Throughout a Deakin law degree you will develop real-world legal skills including negotiation, mediation, preparing for court appearances, legal drafting, and statutory interpretation. A Deakin law degree develops transferable skills in critical thinking, evaluation, analysis, problem solving, communication, research and formal document drafting that will launch you on a variety of career paths.
Deakin’s Bachelor of Laws is accredited by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board, and satisfies the university component of the requirements to become an Australian Lawyer. If you wish to practise as a lawyer you will then complete an additional 12-month traineeship or a 6-month legal practice course.
Study options
This program can be done
On campus
Requirements
Exams:
- PTE
- TOEFL PBT
- TOEFL iBT
- IELTS
Completion of secondary school comparable to Australian Year 12 or equivalent academic achievement.
IELTS: minimum score of 7.0, with no subscore less than 6.5 or
TOEFL: a minimum score of 600 (Writing 5) or
Internet-based (IBT) TOEFL: a score of 94 (Writing 24) or
Pearson Test of English (Academic): an overall score of 65 with no score less than 58
Career opportunities
Obtaining a law degree is normally the first step towards becoming a barrister or solicitor, and many students entering law school aspire to enter one of these branches of the legal profession. Upon completion of your degree and the additional practical legal training, you will be qualified to work as a solicitor or barrister in all legal fields, including commercial law, criminal law, family law, public international and human rights law, refugee law and personal injury law.
Campus location
Melbourne
,
Australia
