School of Law

Our students experience a supportive and vibrant environment, and learn to expand their world view.

The School of Law offers students a setting rich in history and diversity.

We ensure that our graduates satisfy the requirements for legal practice and that they view the law not only as an end in itself but also as a vehicle for making society fairer in Tasmania, Australia and globally.

We have a strong research focus on environmental and Antarctic Law, human rights and criminology. In addition, the Law School houses the Centre for Law and Genetics as well as the Tasmania Law Reform Institute.

Graduates from the School have pursued a wide variety of careers encompassing all forms of legal practice, as well as engaging in business, industry, government, politics strategy, journalism, Law reform, publishing and academia. We’ve also produced many governors and premiers of Tasmania.

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Experience

For over 125 years, Australia’s fourth-oldest Law School has built an enviable reputation of distinction in teaching and research, with its boutique size and personalised focus.

Careers

After successfully completing the Bachelor of Laws, students can apply for the six-month Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice and be admitted to legal practice.

Connections

As Tasmania’s only tertiary educator in law, we are closely connected to the State’s legal profession, legal institutions and judiciary. Joining one of the world’s leading Law programs will set you up for the legal profession globally.

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Student opportunities and engagement

TULS is a student-run society that focusses their efforts on events and opportunities for law students, but welcomes any University of Tasmania student to join.

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Enables students to experience the practice of international law and policy first-hand, through legal research, analysis and service in the public interest.

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Check out the TULS guide for students about the opportunities to pursue social justice and gain valuable practical legal skills while at law school.

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COMET is a social justice initiative powered by law students that aims to empower disadvantaged youth through the teaching of key criminal law concepts.

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The Law School offers opportunities in advocacy both within the curriculum and as extracurricular activities. There are also internal competitions organised by TULS.

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Clinical Legal Education offers students the opportunity to gain real-world legal experience during their undergraduate degree, as well as the chance to improve the lives of others by supporting individuals and community groups to access justice. This experience is available to penultimate and final-year law students with good academic results who want to make a positive impact.

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Sandy Duncanson Social Justice Scholarship

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The 2024 application period is now open for current students and will close at 5:00pm Friday 7th June 2024. To apply, complete the Postgraduate Prizes Application Form (PDF 323KB).

Andrew Inglis Clark has been described as the 'true architect of the Australian Constitution'. He was a distinguished lawyer, the Attorney-General of Tasmania, a parliamentarian, a member of the various conventions which created the federal constitution and the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Tasmania.

This Scholarship is available to a student who has completed undergraduate study in law, history or classics at honours level and who is undertaking studies towards a higher degree in law, history or legal history at the University of Tasmania. It is also available to a University of Tasmania student who is undertaking studies towards a higher degree in law or history at an overseas tertiary institution approved by the relevant University of Tasmania school or faculty.

John Francis Arthur Burke was born in Tasmania and educated at St Virgil's College in Hobart. He worked most of his life as a general and psychiatric nurse in the New South Wales health System.

In his estate, Mr Burke arranged to endow a scholarship in the Faculty of Law to allow graduates of the Faculty of pursue postgraduate study in the United Kingdom. This scholarship is valued at approximately $5000.

The McDougall Postgraduate Scholarship is available to students who have completed a Bachelor of Law with Honours (or its equivalent); or a Masters of Laws at an approved tertiary institution and who wish to undertake studies towards a higher degree in Law at the University of Tasmania; or graduates of the University of Tasmania who wish to undertake studies towards a higher degree in Law at an Australian or overseas tertiary institution. The award is not available to full-time academic staff or previously successful applicants.

The total value of the Scholarship is determined annually but is expected to in the region of approximately $7,500.

This scholarship was established to honour the memory of the late Frank Neasey AO. Neasey was an honours graduate in Law at the University of Tasmania, a respected legal practitioner, and a distinguished judge of the Supreme Court of Tasmania for 27 years.

This scholarship is available to a student who has completed the Bachelor of Laws with Honours (or its equivalent) or Masters of Laws at an approved tertiary institution, to undertake studies towards a higher degree in law at the University of Tasmania.

This scholarship is valued at approximately $500.

The Sir Henry Baker Memorial Fellowship is available to graduates of the University of Tasmania for study or research in the disciplines of Law or Political Science. The Fellowship may be held in conjunction with other awards and is available either on a full-time or part-time basis. It is tenable at the University of Tasmania or, with the approval of the Selection Committee, at an interstate or overseas institution.

The rules of the award are sufficiently flexible to allow for applications from postgraduate students seeking support for higher degree studies as well as practitioners in law, administration and related fields wishing to make shorter-term investigations of some aspect of professional practice.

While the Selection Committee may support a general program, preference is normally given to applicants who propose to undertake a specific project in an area of study that is of particular benefit to Australia.

The Selection Committee will determine the duration and value of the award according to the circumstances of the particular application and the research project.

The total value of the Fellowship is determined annually but is expected to be in the region of approximately $2,500.

LawFest aims to inspire year 11 and 12 students to explore and question topical legal issues.

Designed in collaboration with Tasmanian Legal Studies school teachers, the School of Law, and the School of Social Sciences, LawFest aligns with the Tasmanian Legal Studies curriculum.

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Our research

Law, crime and justice lie at the heart of many of the complex challenges of our time. Our researchers have a deep commitment to social and criminal justice exemplified by the work of the Tasmania Law Reform Institute. Individual staff also specialise in contemporary legal research areas including law and genetics; environmental, Antarctic, marine and climate law; human rights and international law.

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Sandy Bay campus
School of Law
Grosvenor Crescent
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University of Tasmania
School of Law
Private Bag 89
HOBART TAS 7001
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