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Bachelor of Laws

Program overview

Bond University is one of Australia’s leading law schools, renowned for its practical focus on developing legal skills and the calibre of its graduates. 

The Bachelor of Laws, in conjunction with the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP), will prepare you for a career as a legal professional. Studying law will provide you with a thorough understanding of key legal topics including criminal law, property law, climate law, corporate law, and more.  With the option to specialise in a specific area, including the world-first climate law and legal transformation double majors, you can choose from a wide range of electives and tailor your qualification to your interests and ambitions. 

From your first semester, you will develop practical legal skills including legal writing and reasoning, oral communication, advocacy, dispute resolution, negotiation, and legal ethics, all of which are embedded throughout the degree.

You will also have the opportunity to gain industry experience through internships and work placements.

Program code: LA-40005

CRICOS code: 093922K

Program overview

Bond University is one of Australia’s leading law schools, renowned for its practical focus on developing legal skills and the calibre of its graduates. 

The Bachelor of Laws, in conjunction with the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP), will prepare you for a career as a legal professional. Studying law will provide you with a thorough understanding of key legal topics including criminal law, property law, climate law, corporate law, and more.  With the option to specialise in a specific area, including the world-first climate law and legal transformation double majors, you can choose from a wide range of electives and tailor your qualification to your interests and ambitions. 

From your first semester, you will develop practical legal skills including legal writing and reasoning, oral communication, advocacy, dispute resolution, negotiation, and legal ethics, all of which are embedded throughout the degree. 
 
You will also have the opportunity to gain industry experience through internships and work placements. 

Bond graduates are now practising law throughout America, Europe, Canada and Asia, using skills and knowledge gained during their undergraduate law degree.   A law degree from Bond University may allow graduates to practise in overseas jurisdictions, although students should check admission requirements in that jurisdiction. When you join Bond Law, you will enter a professional and skills-based law school.

Program code: LA-40005

CRICOS code: 093922K

Learn Law in the Now for a Career of the Future

About this program

The Bachelor of Laws prepares students for a career as a legal professional. It provides students with a thorough grounding in essential areas of substantive law and access to a wide choice of law elective subjects, including the option of completing a specialisation. An integrated skills and professionalism program is embedded in the degree and focuses on core legal skills essential to the practice of law. The Bachelor of Laws provides an engaging learning experience that challenges students academically and prepares them for a legal career.

What you'll be studying

  • Year 1

    In your first year of study, you will complete foundational law subjects and subjects focussing upon contract law, tort law and criminal law, as well as the University core subjects.

Program features

  • Acquire legal skills

    In addition to learning about key legal doctrines, theories, and principles, you will in each of your compulsory law subjects focus upon the development of one or more practical legal skills, ensuring that by the time you graduate you are immediately prepared to succeed as a legal professional.

  • Gain practical experience

    While studying the Bachelor of Laws at Bond, you will have many opportunities to gain work experience, whether in the Bond Law Clinic Program or through law firm work experience opportunities facilitated by the Career Development Centre (CDC).

  • Unrivalled access

    You will benefit from access to our world class Legal Skills Centre, including purpose-built rooms and moot courts designed for mediation, negotiation, and advocacy training.

  • Enhance your knowledge

    With a specialisation, major or double major you can choose to enhance your knowledge in an area of law that interests you, including:

    • Climate Law
    • Contemporary Legal Issues
    • Corporate and Commercial Law
    • International and Comparative Law
    • Legal Practice
    • Legal Transformation
    • Canadian Law and Practice
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Inherent requirements

Inherent requirements are the essential abilities, knowledge and skills required to successfully complete the program. Learn more about the inherent requirements and make an informed decision about your capacity to undertake the program.

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Hear from our Bondies

  • Law/International relations

    I chose Bond University because I wanted the opportunity to get to know my classmates and professors personally. I did not want to just be another face in the crowd, and when I was considering different universities, Bond was the only institution that made me feel as though it would be invested in my immediate and long-term success.

    Marryum Kahloon - Aluma
  • My Bond experience is irreplaceable. I gained so much during my time at Bond - my closest friends, amazing work experience opportunities and the benefit of lecturers/tutors that cared about my success and development.  

    Jaimee Lee-Jessop - Law alumna
  • The field of Law is dynamic and responds to changes in several areas of international and local importance. The study of Law not only enables your entry into the legal profession but can also be a pathway into diverse fields such as law enforcement, national security, border control, politics, and business.

    Umair Ghori - Associate Professor
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Hear from our Bondies

  • β€œAs a former litigator with a leading law firm in Canada, I really appreciate Bond’s integrated practical skills curriculum.  This is something that most law students don’t get to experience and, in my view, really sets our graduates apart.”

    Lisa Bonin - Assistant Professor
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