Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

Build the knowledge and expertise to establish yourself as a forward-thinking legal professional with La Trobe's Bachelor of Laws (Honours). Combine intellectual and skills-based legal training with a progressive approach to law. Explore the principles of key areas of legal practice, then tailor your degree to your career goals with a range of electives. Study how legal practice shapes the most pressing challenges of our time, including contract law, environmental law, international law, intellectual property law, cyber law and policy. By completing La Trobe's Bachelor of Laws (Honours), you will: develop key skills in negotiation and examine the processes of arbitration, conciliation and mediation in private and commercial disputes build your understanding of the criminal justice system, apply criminal law to real-world scenarios and provide legal advice apply the legal principles governing the creation, interpretation and termination of a contract hone your skills in critical thinking, research, writing and teamwork, then apply them with work-integrated learning opportunities in community legal centres, law firms and government agencies. join our leading moot court program, with opportunities to take part in competitions both nationally and internationally complete the subjects required by the Victorian Legal Admissions Board (VLAB) to meet the requirements for admission to the legal profession in Victoria.

To enter our undergraduate programs, at a minimum you’ll need to have completed Australian Year 12 (or an accepted international equivalent) with a certain grade and minimum English language requirements. You may also need to meet subject prerequisites.Subject prerequisitesUnits 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.