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Bachelor of Laws
3.5 years full-time, up to 8 years part-time
Hobart
Minimum 3.5 years
Hobart*
CRICOS 102757F
Specialise your legal education
Explore specialist legal areas including Environmental, Antarctic, Marine and Climate Law, taught by leading researchers.
Unmatched access and networking
Gain close access to the Tasmanian legal community.
Develop practical legal skills
Develop the research, writing and presentation skills needed for professional practice.
Gain close access to the Tasmanian legal community.
The Bachelor of Laws gives you all the skills you need to become a legal practitioner. During your studies you'll have the chance to develop skills in advocacy, legal reasoning, critical thinking, communication, research, ethics and social responsibility, and more. You'll also be able to put your skills to work in national and international competitions.
Studying with us, you receive more than an in-depth knowledge of the law. We are closely connected to the Tasmanian legal community and our network of alumni. With opportunities to connect with the judiciary, senior practitioners, leaders from government and key legal institutions. You’ll develop all the practical skills to become a successful practitioner, whether that’s in law, business, government, or the community sector.
After successfully completing the Bachelor of Laws, you can move straight into the six-month Tasmanian Legal Practice Course and be admitted to legal practice the same year that you graduate.
Further study options
For postgraduate course information, please visit Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Diploma of Paralegal Practice
1 year full-time, up to 3 years part-time
Hobart, Launceston, online
1 year full-time
Online
Complete fully online
Study fully online, and complete your Diploma in just 12 months
Prepare for a career in the legal industry
Gain foundational knowledge about legal principals and legal systems.
Specialise your legal education
Choose subjects covering national and international political issues relating to human rights and environmental law
Gain essential legal skills
The Diploma of Paralegal Practice will prepare you for legal support work with foundational knowledge about legal principles and legal systems. You'll learn how to analyse legal policy and consider its implications for practice.
Your studies explore historical and contemporary legal matters, including contentious national and international political issues relating to human rights and environmental law.
Assessment tasks will enhance your ability to prepare written advice and develop arguments in response to legal problems. You will graduate with an understanding of ethical practice with essential skills across legal reasoning, research, and effective communication.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
Tasmanian Legal Practice Course
0.5 years full-time
Hobart
0.5 years full-time*
Hobart
CRICOS 040663G
Unmatched industry support
Access outstanding support from the legal profession, judiciary and magistracy for practical skills training, including weekly sessions at the Supreme Court or Magistrates Court.
Develop high level skills demanded by industry
Through face-to-face workshops and simulated transactional files, advocacy training and three weeks work experience in a law firm or government agency.
Professional networks and exclusive opportunities
Join a collegial training environment with links to Young Lawyer networks and access to employment opportunities often advertised exclusively to TLPC trainees.
Prepare to conduct legal practice
The Tasmanian Legal Practice Course (TLPC) is a postgraduate professional legal training program whose graduates are eligible to apply for admission as legal practitioners. As a graduate, you are awarded a Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice.
The TLPC is delivered by the Centre for Legal Studies at the Hunter Street campus at Hobart’s waterfront. It offers a unique and practical experience unlike any other professional legal training program, with an emphasis on face-to-face engagement with the legal industry.
You will develop critical skills in leadership, collaboration, advocacy, negotiation, client interviews and letter writing through face-to-face workshops and simulated transactional files, and three weeks work experience in a law firm or government agency.
This course prepares law graduates for the conduct of legal practice. It is an approved course of practical legal training in the duties of a legal practitioner.
Find out more about what you'll study, entry requirements, fees and scholarships - and to apply.
* Subject to international student visa conditions if applicable.
Career opportunities
A law degree is a prerequisite to admission as a legal practitioner. Today, however, employers f rom a widening range of disciplines value the skills that law graduates possess. A range of career choices are 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.
Employers across the legal, business, government and community sectors are increasingly seeking individuals with high-level skills in law and a sensitivity to the way that those skills can be used to advance a range of interests. These are some of the top careers projected to grow in the next five years: ^
15.9%
Legal Professionals
Projected job growth to 2024
15.8%
Barristers and
Solicitors
Projected job growth to 2024
9.6%
Court and Legal
Clerks
Projected job growth to 2024
^ ABS Labour Force Survey, National Skills Commission trend data to May 2019 and projections to 2024.