UNDERGRADUATE

Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business (Economics and Finance)

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Degree Details

The knowledge and skills you will acquire throughout this degree and how they can be applied in your career are described in the learning outcomes.

Graduates from this double degree have the opportunity to work in various areas of law, for example, as corporate lawyers, financial services advisory lawyers or dispute resolution or litigation lawyers in legal service organisations or public and private enterprises.

You will able to provide value-adding advice from two disciplines that will enable individuals, public and private organizations to make commercially informed decisions.

To be eligible to be admitted to practise law in Australia, graduates must additionally complete the Practical Legal Training (PLT) requirements, either: one year of Supervised Workplace Training with a law firm or an approved PLT course. The PLT course can be undertaken on a fee-paying basis through Leo Cussen Centre for Law or The College of Law.

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent qualification).

Prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Throughout this double degree you’ll complete a total of 42 subjects (each 12 credit points). Your 17 core law subjects contain all the academic areas of knowledge you will need to be accredited to legal practice.

You will undertake subjects including:

  • Becoming a Lawyer in a Globalised World
  • Technology, Ethics and the Law
  • Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions
  • Law, Business and Human Rights

The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) subjects in the Justice Innovation and Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions, Investment, and Quantitative Analysis.

In Justice Innovation you will work in partnership with industry and with your peers to develop an innovative justice solution to a current social problem. Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions includes a law firm simulation advising technology start-ups on their legal issues. The capstone subject Evidence includes a major courtroom simulation that teaches you about advocacy and legal argument.

You will also choose from a number of practical internship and clinical education subjects, as well as subjects such as Business StatisticsIntroduction to ManagementMacroeconomicsRisk Management, and more.

In addition, you will be able to access a range of elective subjects from practice areas such as:

  • intellectual property law
  • international commercial law
  • insolvency law
  • acquisitions and mergers
  • law of investments
  • employment law
  • tax
  • public international law
  • law of climate change
  • wills
  • family law

These subjects will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context. These learning opportunities may be in the form of industry-based projects, simulations or placements.

 

How To Apply

RMIT University

Complete your details and we'll make sure your enquiry is sent to RMIT University who will contact you to discuss this degree. For more details, feel free to contact one of the educational consultant at EDVISE HUB

Degree Details

The knowledge and skills you will acquire throughout this degree and how they can be applied in your career are described in the learning outcomes.

Graduates from this double degree have the opportunity to work in various areas of law, for example, as corporate lawyers, financial services advisory lawyers or dispute resolution or litigation lawyers in legal service organisations or public and private enterprises.

You will able to provide value-adding advice from two disciplines that will enable individuals, public and private organizations to make commercially informed decisions.

To be eligible to be admitted to practise law in Australia, graduates must additionally complete the Practical Legal Training (PLT) requirements, either: one year of Supervised Workplace Training with a law firm or an approved PLT course. The PLT course can be undertaken on a fee-paying basis through Leo Cussen Centre for Law or The College of Law.

You must have successfully completed an Australian Year 12 (or equivalent qualification).

Prerequisites

Units 3 and 4: a study score of at least 30 in English (EAL) or at least 25 in English other than EAL.

Throughout this double degree you’ll complete a total of 42 subjects (each 12 credit points). Your 17 core law subjects contain all the academic areas of knowledge you will need to be accredited to legal practice.

You will undertake subjects including:

  • Becoming a Lawyer in a Globalised World
  • Technology, Ethics and the Law
  • Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions
  • Law, Business and Human Rights

The designated Work Integrated Learning (WIL) subjects in the Justice Innovation and Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions, Investment, and Quantitative Analysis.

In Justice Innovation you will work in partnership with industry and with your peers to develop an innovative justice solution to a current social problem. Enterprise Law: Designing Legal Solutions includes a law firm simulation advising technology start-ups on their legal issues. The capstone subject Evidence includes a major courtroom simulation that teaches you about advocacy and legal argument.

You will also choose from a number of practical internship and clinical education subjects, as well as subjects such as Business StatisticsIntroduction to ManagementMacroeconomicsRisk Management, and more.

In addition, you will be able to access a range of elective subjects from practice areas such as:

  • intellectual property law
  • international commercial law
  • insolvency law
  • acquisitions and mergers
  • law of investments
  • employment law
  • tax
  • public international law
  • law of climate change
  • wills
  • family law

These subjects will provide you with opportunities to apply your academic skills to a work-based context. These learning opportunities may be in the form of industry-based projects, simulations or placements.

 

How To Apply

RMIT University

Complete your details and we'll make sure your enquiry is sent to RMIT University who will contact you to discuss this degree. For more details, feel free to contact one of the educational consultant at EDVISE HUB

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Duration: Full Time 5 years

Location: Melbourne City

Fees: AU$39,360

Next intake: February

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