Undergraduate Law @ Sydney - Combined Law - LLB

(UAC Course Code: 511801 - CSP)

The Combined Law program allows students to study the Bachelor of Laws (LLB) in conjunction with another degree. It works by spreading out the first year of the Sydney LLB over three years of an Arts, Media and Communications, Commerce, Economics, Economic and Social Sciences, Engineering, International Studies or Science degree. Students enrol with our partner faculties for the first 3 years (or 4 years for Engineering or Media and Communications) and then transfer to the Law School at the completion of their other degree to finish the last 2 years of their law studies.

The following combinations are available:

• Arts/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 006441D)
• Arts (Media & Communications)/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 060620G)
• Commerce/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 017835F)
• Economics/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 06443B)
• Engineering/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 032885D)
• Information Technology/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 068767B)
• International & Global Studies/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 063746C)
• Political, Economic & Social Sciences/Law*
  (CRICOS CODE: 068552F)
• Science/Law
  (CRICOS CODE: 016237C)

Each combination is five years in duration with the exception of Arts (Media & Communications)/Law and Engineering/Law.

* Subject to approval by the University of Sydney

Program Structure

The number of credit points required for completion is dependent on the other degree. Please consult the relevant sections of the following Faculty websites for details:

Arts/Law
Arts (Media & Communications/Law)
Commerce/Law
Economics/Law
Engineering/Law
Information Technology/Law
International and Global Studies/Law
Political, Economic & Social Sciences/Law
Science/Law

The program structure for Combined Law is listed below:

Year 1
Selected Arts, Arts (Media & Communications), Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, International and Global Studies, Political, Economic & Social Sciences or Science units of study
Foundations of Law
Legal Research I
Torts

Year 2
Selected Arts, Arts (Media & Communications), Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, International and Global Studies, Political, Economic & Social Sciences or Science units of study
Contracts
Civil and Criminal Procedure
Criminal Law

Year 3
Selected Arts, Arts (Media & Communications), Commerce, Economics, Engineering, Information Technology, International and Global Studies, Political, Economic & Social Sciences or Science units of study
International Law
Legal Research II
Public Law
Torts & Contracts II

Year 4* or Year 5* Arts (Media & Communications)/Law and Engineering/Law
Administrative Law
Federal Constitutional Law
Introduction to Property and Commercial Law
The Legal Profession
Corporations Law
Equity
Evidence
Real Property

*You may choose, instead, to do a maximum of two electives and take the remaining compulsory units of study in Year 5 or Year 6 for Arts (Media & Communications)/Law, Information Technology/Law or Engineering/Law.

Year 5 or Year 6 Arts (Media & Communications)/Law, Information Technology/Law and Engineering Law
48 credit points of the following elective subjects:
(a) a maximum of 42 credit points from table 1 units
(b) a minimum of 6 credit points from table 2 units

For more details visit Undergraduate Units of study

Elective Program

Sydney Law School offers one of Australia's most diverse undergraduate elective programs in law, with around 50 units of study taught in any given year. Students can select to undertake advanced study in core and compulsory areas such as Contracts, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Corporate Law and International Law. Alternatively, they may select to undertake study in specialist areas such as Intellectual Property, Environmental Law, Health Law, Taxation, and Media Law. Students must complete eight units of study in their final year, although they may elect to substitute two compulsory units for an elective in Combined Law Year 4 and Graduate Law Year 2. They must complete at least one unit in a Jurisprudence or Legal Philosophy area such as Law and Gender, Criminology and International & Comparative Jurisprudence. The Law School's elective units are therefore organised into two sets. A maximum of 42 credit points are taken from Table 1, and a minimum of 6 credit points are taken from Table 2 electives. The list of elective units is below:

Table 1

Unit of study	Pre/co-requisite
Advanced Constitutional Law	P: Federal Constitutional Law
Advanced Contracts	P: Contracts; Equity
Advanced Corporate Law	P: Corporate Law
Advanced Environmental Law	P: Environmental Law. C: Administrative Law
Advanced Evidence	P: Evidence or Litigation
Advanced Family Law	P: Family Law
Advanced Public International Law	P: International Law
Animal Law
Anti-Discrimination Law
Banking and Financial Instruments
Bioethics and the Law
Biosciences and the Criminal Law	P: Criminal Law
Business Taxation	P: Personal Taxation
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Clinical Environmental Law	P: Environmental Law
Commercial Land Law	P: Real Property
Comparative Constitutional Law: Australia and the United States	P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law
Competition Law
Contemporary Issues in Health Law
Conveyancing	P: Real Property
Copyright, Design and Patents
Corporate and Securities Regulation	P: Corporations Law
Criminal Law Reform	P: Criminal Law; Civil and Criminal Procedure
Criminology
Death and Inheritance Law
Defamation and Privacy
Dispute Resolution
Environmental Law
External Placement Program
Family Law
Gender and Constitutional-Making	P: Federal Constitutional Law
Independent Research Project
International Commercial Arbitration	P: Contracts
International Economic Law	P: International Law
International Human Rights Law	P: International Law
International Law of War, Crime and Terror	P: International Law
Issues in Property Law	P: Real Property
Interpretation	P: Public Law; Contracts
Japanese Law
Jessup International Law Moot	P: International Law
Labour Law	P: Contracts; Federal Constitutional Law
Law and Commercial Transactions	P: Contracts; Equity; Real Property
Law of Work	P: Labour Law
Media, Contempt and Open Justice
Medical Law
Migration Law	P: Administrative Law
Personal Taxation
Policing, Crime and Society
Poverty and Social Security Law
Private International Law	C: International Law
Refugees and Forced Migration	P: Administrative Law; Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law. C: Administrative Law; International Law; Migration Law
Roman Law
Seminar*
Sports Law
State Constitutional Law	P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law
Sydney Law Review
The Constitution and the Crown	P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law
The High Court of Australia	P: Public Law; Federal Constitutional Law
Trade Marks and Passing Off

*Seminar (Seminar units may be offered with the approval of the Pro-Dean to bring together research interests of staff and students, or to permit a visiting staff member to teach in their area of expertise.

Table 2

Unit of study	Pre/co-requisite
Constitutional Theory
International and Comparative Jurisprudence
Law and Economics
Philosophy of Law
Right Morality and Law
Seminar*
Sociological Theories of Law
Theories of Justice
Theories of Legal Reasoning
Theories of Obedience

*Seminar (Seminar units may be offered with the approval of the Pro-Dean to bring together research interests of staff and students, or to permit a visiting staff member to teach in their area of expertise.

For all details on units of study please visit this section of the website.

Teaching and Learning

Units of study are taught seminar-style and this structure permits an opportunity for active participation, to share ideas, experiment and innovate. Lecturers facilitate clinical and problem-based learning approaches, as well as skills development. Assessment emphasises individual autonomy, creativity, and academic freedom.

Honours

There is no separate Honours year in Law. Honours are awarded on the basis of your weighted average marks in all law units, including those taken as part of a combined degree and any failures.

From second semester 2008 no more than 10% of students can be awarded High Distinctions and no more than 30% can be awarded Distinctions in LLB courses.

In many cases in the past, the award of these grades has not exceeded these stipulated targets.

The new Faculty standard is comparable to that of other law schools.

In those cases where students are now awarded fewer High Distinctions and Distinctions, this ought not to reflect on the quality of the student or their academic and potential capabilities.

Students who attain credit grades have achieved a commendable academic standard.

Proficiency in English

While there is no assumed knowledge for law, the Sydney Law School suggests that future local students study the highest level of HSC English or equivalent of which they are capable. Weakness in the English language and its expression will adversely affect your studies and assessment results. If your first language is not English, you may care to seek assistance through the University's Learning Assistance Centre. Phone: +61 2 9351 3853.

Professional Recognition

A Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) from the University of Sydney satisfies the academic requirements for admission as a legal practitioner in NSW.

Additional requirements must be met before a Law graduate can practise as a lawyer in NSW. Information on these requirements is available from:

The Legal Profession Admission Board
Level 4
37 Bligh Street
Sydney NSW 2000
Phone: +61 2 9338 3500

www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lpab

If you intend to practise in another State or overseas, you must consult the relevant professional body or equivalent to determine whether the Sydney LLB is acceptable as a legal qualification. It is not the responsibility of the Sydney Law School to do so.