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Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) (Honours)

  • Bachelor (Honours)

The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program is designed for high achieving law students who wish to undertake an extended level of study and research. There is no direct entry into the Honours program.

Key details

Degree Type
Bachelor (Honours)
Duration
3 years full-time, 6 years part-time
Course Code
108412E
Study Mode
In person
Intake Months
Mar
Domestic Fees
$30,800 per year / $92,400 total

About this course

The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program is designed for high achieving law students who wish to undertake an extended level of study and research. There is no direct entry into the Honours program. Entry is by application only following completion of at least 160 credit points of Law study and by meeting other specified criteria.

Study locations

Campbelltown

Parramatta South

Career pathways

As a Laws graduate, you can look forward to exciting career opportunities including:

  • Criminal prosecutor

  • Corporate legal advisor in the banking or finance industries

  • Legal advisor to an interest group, such as the Aboriginal Legal Service

  • Judge's associate
  • Non-legal executive in banking, finance, accounting, corporate management, education, publishing, marketing, telecommunications, government or human resource management.
  • Lawyer in government service
Solicitor

Solicitors provide legal advice, prepare and draft legal documents, and conduct negotiations on behalf of clients on matters associated with the law.

Barrister

Barristers receive briefs and verbal instructions concerning cases from Solicitors, other specialist Legal Professionals and clients to plead cases before civil, criminal and industrial courts and other tribunals.

Human Rights Advocate

Advocacy is about speaking out on human rights issues and taking action to improve a situation. Advocates can be lawyers, professionals working for an organisation and individual citizens, like friends, relatives and co-workers.

Legal Clerk

Court and Legal Clerks provide administrative and operational support to Legal Professionals by performing clerical work associated with the functions of courts, legal practices and the administration of trusts and estates.

Law Academic

University Lecturers and Tutors prepare and deliver lectures and conduct tutorials in one or more subjects within a prescribed course of study at a university and conduct research in a particular field of knowledge.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Law & Paralegal Studies courses at Western Sydney University.
68.4%
Overall satisfaction
81.6%
Skill scale
63.2%
Teaching scale