Bachelor
This unique four-year combined degree in laws and creative writing provides you with clear professional pathways as both legal and writing practitioner. You'll gain fluency in written and oral expression, reading and research skills, and above all, writing across a range of genres, both professional and imaginative - complementing the rigor, research and writing skills developed by studying the law.
Such skills are invaluable to today's media companies, advertising agencies, film companies and many other organisations. The University has strong links to the writing and publishing industry and is a partner in the Byron Writers Festival and other literary events, with diverse work placement opportunities for students.
Career options include intellectual property, commercial or academic publishing, corporate communications, and legal work in a range of creative industries, government departments and professional practices.
The Bachelor of Laws fulfils the academic requirements for admission to the legal profession in Australia. Professional admission authorities also require law graduates of all universities to complete practical legal training or similar to practise as a lawyer.
Students study core units, plus select units from electives to suit their career aspirations. These can include human rights, race and the law, animal law, climate law and policy, psychiatry, psychology and the law and ecological jurisprudence.
Graduates can pursue career opportunities that combine knowledge of creative writing and law; and those specific to each discipline in fields such as intellectual property, commercial or academic publishing, corporate communications, as well as legal work in a range of creative industries, government departments and professional practices.
To be eligible to receive the Bachelor of Laws and Creative Writing, students must complete 32 units (384 credit points), comprising: