Juris Doctor

A successful career in a demanding profession requires comprehensive training. The Juris Doctor gives you the knowledge and skills necessary to become the lawyer you want to be and a lawyer the world needs. You'll enter the competitive graduate market with an edge, with a prestigious qualification offered by institutions such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia universities.By studying the Juris Doctor at UWA, you'll benefit from our Law School’s longstanding and deep links with the legal profession. These ties contribute to consistently high rates of employment for our graduates. You'll also have the opportunity to learn from the very best of the legal profession as well as academic staff recognised nationally for excellence in teaching and research. You can participate in practical skill-building programs including mooting (legal advocacy) competitions and internships, and build lifelong friendships with a talented, diverse and vibrant cohort of future leaders.After completing the Juris Doctor you'll enter the competitive graduate market with an edge, armed with both an undergraduate degree and the JD, which is a prestigious qualification offered by institutions such as Harvard, Yale and Columbia universities. You'll join the ranks of nationally and internationally renowned UWA Law School graduates including Rhodes Scholars, the members of the Judiciary and legal profession, as well as leaders at the highest level of business and government.

(1) To be considered for admission to this course an applicant must have— (a) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and; (b) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.5*. (2) To be considered for admission to this course an Indigenous applicant must have— (a) met the general admission requirements under 4.(1); or (b) (i) a bachelor's degree via the UWA Indigenous Direct Pathway; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0*; or (c) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) a School of Indigenous Studies' Law Admission Test and interview (3) To be considered for admission to this course via the Equity and Diversity Pathway an applicant must have— (a) (i) held a protection, refugee or humanitarian visa within seven years prior to applying for admission to this course; or (ii) experienced significant personal, medical, social, educational, cultural or financial disadvantage or hardship, including any disadvantage or hardship resulting from an applicant's sexual orientation or gender identity that has had an effect on their prior academic studies; and (b) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (c) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0. (4) To be considered for admission to this course via the alternative experience pathway an applicant must have— (a) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) demonstrate competency for legal studies derived from a minimum of five years' unpaid or paid work, study or other experience, since completion of the undergraduate degree in (i); and (iii) completed the equivalent of one year full time in a UWA undergraduate course with a minimum GPA of 5.5 undertaken within the past two years; or (b) (i) a bachelor's degree, or an equivalent qualification, as recognised by UWA; and (ii) the equivalent of a UWA grade point average (GPA) of at least 5.0; and (iii) demonstrate competency for legal studies derived from a minimum of five years' unpaid or paid work, study or other experience since completion of the undergraduate degree in (i); and (iv) personal statement; and (v) interview. To be considered for transfer to this course an applicant must— (a) have been enrolled in a recognised Juris Doctor course at another Australian University; and (b) have successfully completed at least one full semester (or equivalent part time study) in that Juris Doctor; and (c) have achieved the equivalent of a UWA weighted average mark (WAM) of at least 60 per cent in that Juris Doctor course. *All completed tertiary studies will be used when calculating the WAM and GPA.