(a) to provide an undergraduate education leading in three years to a first degree (with a core of basic legal studies) which will rank with other first degrees in the humanities and the social sciences;
(b) to provide an education in law such that - (i) candidates preparing themselves for admission to practise in the legal professions will have the benefit of an adequate training in legal subjects and a general and liberal undergraduate education; and (ii) education in the basic elements of the common law system will be readily available to undergraduates who do not intend to practise in the professions;
(c) to provide an education in the law which will satisfy the academic requirements for admission to practise as a barrister and solicitor in the State of Victoria;
(d) to enable candidates to combine studies in law with advanced studies in other disciplines;
(e) to encourage advanced studies in branches of law requiring understanding of specialised materials and techniques; and
(f) to make it possible for candidates for the degree of Bachelor of Laws to specialise in particular areas of the law in their senior years.
An overview of the various undergraduate degree courses offered by the faculty is given in the chapter called `Outline of undergraduate studies'.