Overview 2021
Location
This course may not be available to international students. Please see the list of distance courses (i.e. online and taken outside Australia) that are offered to international students
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From Hobart to The Hague
Matias Thomsen has helped put war criminals on trial in The Hague, taught children in Greek refugee camps, assisted asylum seekers at an Australian detention centre.
This version of the Bachelor of Laws has been replaced by a new, streamlined coure which can be completed within 3.5 years.
Please refer to L3C Bachelor of Laws for more information and to apply.
This on-campus course at Hobart is offered by the Faculty of Law and is available full time (a minimum of 4 years) or part time (a maximum of 9 years).
Students who are granted entry with an ATAR 90+ or equivalent are guaranteed progression into year 2 of the course.
Student who are granted entry with an ATAR below 90 are not guaranteed progression into year 2 of the course and will be assessed on completion of their first year of study.
Should you not be successful in progressing to Year 2, you will be transferred to a Bachelor degree related to your first year studies. It is therefore recommended that you choose your six non-Law first year units carefully to ensure you are able to continue your studies in the other degree if required.
Help others navigate the law.
Throughout this course, you will develop the values and critical thinking skills necessary to marshal facts, assess and evaluate information for a variety of professional roles.
A degree in law is the first step towards entering the legal profession. After graduating from the University, if you wish to practice in Tasmania you are required to undertake a Legal Practice course over six months.
Course objectives
The Bachelor of Laws course is the basic academic preparation for persons who wish to enter the legal profession and other careers involving legal work. The course also has wider applicability in developing the attributes and skills inherent in a general university education. Students develop the values and intellectual abilities necessary to marshal facts and to critically assess and evaluate information, theories and doctrines thus preparing themselves for a variety of career roles.
A degree in law is the first step towards entering the legal profession. After graduating from the University, a law student wishing to practise in Tasmania is required to undertake a 6 month Legal Practice course.
Career outcomes
A law degree is a prerequisite to admission as a legal practitioner. Today, however, employers from a widening range of disciplines value the skills that law graduates possess. A range of career choices lie open to law graduates as a solicitor, barrister, industry legal officer or ministerial adviser, as well as in legal aid, community legal centres, the Attorney-General's department, law reform commissions, consumer affairs, environment, foreign affairs, police, legal drafting, politics, banking, finance, journalism, publishing and teaching.
Course structure
Entry requirements
Fees & scholarships
Domestic students
Scholarships
High Achievers Scholarship for interstate students offered Bachelor of Laws with an ATAR 90+.
For information on general scholarships available at the University of Tasmania, please visit the scholarships website.
How can we help?
Do you have any questions about choosing a course or applying? Get in touch.
- Domestic
- 13 8827 (13 UTAS)
- International
- +61 3 6226 6200
- Course.Info@utas.edu.au
- Online
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