Bachelor
If you want to be a first-class lawyer, fight for justice in the courtroom, or branch out into government, business or the community sector, study the Bachelor Laws/Bachelor of Commerce at ECU.
This double degree opens your career options and will equip you with skills for the courtroom and beyond, providing greater scope and options for a rewarding career in the legal, corporate, commercial and social justice fields.
Through industry work placements, networking opportunities, as well as learning from academics with industry backgrounds, you'll graduate with the skills you need to forge a career in your chosen field. The majors available cover a broad range of disciplines, and are all created in consultation with industry with many being professionally accredited and recognised by relevant industry bodies.
ECU's law program goes beyond the classroom. You'll have the chance to put theory into practise and work on real life cases in our Law Access Program, compete in mooting competitions around the world, and gain access to the Law Society Peer Mentoring Program.
The course is fully accredited and can be studied on-campus or online. This means you can fit study around your life. You can also tailor the course to your area of interest and select elective units in specialised areas of law.
This course has been accredited by ECU as an AQF Level 7 Bachelor Degree Award.
Admission requirements you'll need to meet for this course.
All applicants must meet the academic admission requirements for this course. The indicative or guaranteed ATAR is as published (where applicable) or academic admission requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
* Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.
For international students, requirements include your secondary school results.
English competency requirements may be satisfied through completion of one of the following:
* Further information can be found on the Study course entry page.
Applications for this course are not accepted through ECU's Experience Based Entry Scheme.
There are career opportunities in private practice, in-house corporate practice and in-house government roles in legal and business careers relevant to your chosen Commerce major. Corporate planning, government policy, politics, journalism, creative writing and many other careers that require excellent written and verbal communications skills, and logic and analytical ability are also options for graduates.
Possible future job titlesCompany Secretary, Corporate Lawyer, Legal Executive, In-house Counsel, Legal Advisor, Legal Practitioner, Barrister, Solicitor
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