Juris Doctor

Launch your law career with Deakin’s online Juris Doctor, a progressive, engaging and flexible course at one of Victoria’s top 3 law schools. Designed for non-law graduates the Juris Doctor provides a comprehensive legal education with a focus on policy that will enhance your versatility and career opportunities.
Through core units you will meet academic requirements for legal practice and develop your critical thinking and communication skills. Choose specialist electives ranging from business taxation through to animal, technology or health law. Sharpen your practical skills through mooting, legal research, policy analysis and real-world experience at the Deakin Law Clinic, while exploring how law and law reform shape society.
By graduation, you will bring a solid combination of legal knowledge, practical experience and professional networks to pursue admission as a legal practitioner or build a career in areas such as legal practice, policy, regulation or advocacy.

To be considered for admission to this degree you will need to meet at least one of the following criteria:

• completion of a bachelor degree in a different discipline with a minimum Weighted Average Mark (WAM) (or equivalent average grade indicator) of 65
• completion of a bachelor degree in a different discipline with a WAM of 60 and at least two years' relevant work experience (or part-time equivalent)
• completion of a graduate certificate in a law or related discipline* with a minimum (WAM) (or equivalent average grade indicator) of 65
• completion of a masters degree in a different discipline.

A) A bachelor degree in a different discipline must be a non-law bachelor degree that is not accredited or approved by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (previously COLE) as meeting the requirements for admission to the legal profession.

B) Applicants with a law degree from an overseas jurisdiction, deemed to be the AQF equivalent of a three year bachelor degree, will be eligible to apply.

C) A masters degree in a different discipline must be a masters degree that is not accredited or approved by VLAB as meeting the requirements for admission to the legal profession.

Examples of related disciplines include, but not limited to: Graduate Certificate of Law, Graduate Certificate of Business Law, Graduate Certificate of Migration Law, Graduate Certificate of Property Law, Graduate Certificate of Criminology, Graduate Certificate of Cyber Law, Graduate Certificate of Legal Studies, Graduate Certificate of International Law etc.