Bachelor of Laws

Course codes: 2708 and 3354 * Course abbreviation: LLB * Total credit points: 192 * 4 years full-time, 8 years part-time

Study mode and course location

On-campus (Clayton)

Course description

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) requires students to complete 192 points of study consisting of 12 compulsory units (72 points) and a further 120 points of elective units.

Students who have, prior to admission to the LLB, successfully completed a minimum of 48 points of bachelor-degree-level study in a discipline other than law at Monash University or at another university will receive 36 points of unspecified credit towards the LLB. This may reduce the requirements for the LLB to 156 points of study and may allow students to complete the program in three years of full-time study.

Course structure

Course requirements

First year - 48 points

LAW1101 Introduction to legal reasoning
LAW1102 Law in society
LAW2101 Contract A
LAW2102 Contract B
LAW2201 Torts A
LAW2202 Torts B
LAW3301 Criminal law and procedure A
LAW3302 Criminal law B

Second year - 48 points

LAW3201 Constitutional law
LAW3401 Property A
LAW3402 Property B
LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
LAW5159 Evidence
18 points of elective law units

Third year - 48 points

LAW4169 Equity
LAW4170 Trusts
LAW4171 Corporations law
30 points of elective law units

Fourth year - 48 points

LAW3101 Administrative law
LAW5104 Civil procedure
36 points of elective law units

Students have a maximum time limit of eight years to complete the course from the date of commencement. Students awarded 36 points of unspecified credit will have a maximum time limit of seven years to complete the course from the date of commencement.

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