Bachelor of Arts - Bachelor of Laws

at James Cook University

Course Structure

CORE SUBJECTS

Level 1
 

• Time, Truth, and the Human Condition
• Our Space: Networks, Narrative and the Making of Place
• Legal Institutions and Processes
• Legal Research, Writing and Analysis
• Contract Law 1
• Contract Law 2
• Contemporary Practice: The New Lawyer
• Human Rights Law or Public International Law

• Australian People: Indigeneity and Multiculturalism

Level 2
 

• Personal Property and Land Law 1
• Land Law 2
• Principles of Criminal Law A
• Principles of Criminal Law B
• Torts B - Negligence
• Torts A - Specific Torts

Level 3
 

• Arts Edge
• Evidence
• Administrative Law
• Principles of Equity
• Law of Trusts
• Constitutional Law
• Company and Partnership

Level 4
 

• Civil Procedure
• Legal Ethics and Trust Accounting

Course pre-requisites
English (Units 3/4,C)

Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD32,960.00

Courses are charged per year of full-time study. International course fees are reviewed annually and subject to change.

A JCU Arts-Law degree gives you the versatility and diversity of skills to choose from many different careers.

Career pathways — depending on what majors you choose — may include law, land rights and Indigenous affairs, arts and culture, media, film, and television, politics, economics, public policy, or human rights

You could perform roles such as barrister, solicitor, public prosecutor, community lawyer, legal officer, or in-house counsel for large companies.