The Melbourne Law School offers the following degrees and related programs:
You may also be interested in considering enrolment in an Australian Commonwealth Supported Place (CSP), whilst being enrolled concurrently in an Australian Fee place. For further information about this option, please click here.
Bachelor of Laws (LLB) (4 years)
The Melbourne LLB is a professional degree allowing you to specialize in a particular field of Law and to meet the academic requirements for admission to legal practice.
The Melbourne LLB comprises 32 semester subjects or the equivalent, taken over 4 years (full-time) or 8 years (part-time). The program is condensed to 3 years (24 subjects) for graduate students who meet the requirements for admission.
Current students who commenced the LLB prior to 2006, can check My Course Plan, to see the degree pathway and components of study they will need to complete to meet the academic requirements for admission to legal practice.
From 2006, the Melbourne LLB will comprise the following components of study:
- 14 Compulsory subjects (required for admission to legal practice)
- 2 quasi-compulsory subjects (required for admission to legal practice)
- 8 Optional law subjects (taken for purposes of specialization or interest)
- 8 Subjects taken from other Faculties (for broader education and general knowledge)
Pre-requisite subjects for admission into the LLB include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30. Click here for admission requirements.
Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (4 years)
The Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree does not require the completion of an extra year of study. The Honours degree is awarded solely on the basis of academic merit and demonstrated legal research capacity within the LLB.
Read more about Honours requirements here.
Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications)/LLB (5 years)
The BA (Media and Communications)/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Media and Communications, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in media and communications.
All compulsory, and a specified number of optional, law subjects must be taken, as well as first, second and third year level media and communications subjects, including practicums and internships.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30.
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Bachelor of Creative Arts/LLB (5 years)
The Bachelor of Creative Arts/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Creative Arts, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Creative Arts.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30. Auditions and folios are not required.
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Bachelor of Arts/LLB (5 years)
The BA/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Arts, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Arts.
Please note that an Arts course with two majors requires the completion of two extra subjects beyond the 200 points required for the Arts component of the combined degree.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30.
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Bachelor of Music/LLB (6 years)
The Bachelor of Music/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 3 years of study in Music, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Music.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30. All applicants for Music are also required to complete an audition with the Music Faculty.
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Bachelor of Commerce/LLB (5 years)
The Bachelor of Commerce/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Commerce with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Commerce.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission into the LLB include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30, and Maths Methods with a study score of at least 25.
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Bachelor of Computer Science/LLB (5 years)
The Bachelor of Computer Science/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Computer Science, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Computer Science.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission into the LLB include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30, and Maths Methods with a study score of at least 25.
Click here for admission requirements.
Bachelor of Science/LLB (5 years)
The Bachelor of Science/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 2 years of study in Science, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Science.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30, with a study score of at least 30 in Mathematical Methods, and in two of Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or an additional mathematics. For applicants with an ENTER of 92.0 or higher, a study score of at least 30 in each of English (any), Mathematical Methods and in one of Biology, Chemistry or Physics.
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Bachelor of Engineering/LLB (6 years)
The Bachelor of Engineering/LLB allows students to graduate with two degrees after completing 3 years of study in Engineering, with 3 years of Law.
This course offers students a professional legal qualification that provides an understanding of the principles of law and skills in legal reasoning, and equips graduates for admission to legal practice in Australia, combined with an education in Science.
Pre-requisite subjects for admission include: VCE English (any) with a study score of at least 30, with a study score of at least 30 in each of: Mathematical Methods; Specialist Mathematics; and in one of Chemistry, or Physics. For applicants with a study score of at least 39 in Mathematical Methods, Specialist Mathematics is not required.
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Community Access Program (CAP)
The Community Access Program allows approved students who are not enrolled in a degree program at the University of Melbourne to enrol in subjects for interest. Subjects are taken on an upfront fees basis. More detailed information on CAP can be found on the Community Access Program website.
Please note that the first year subjects, Torts, Legal Method and Reasoning, Principles of Public Law, and Dispute Resolution are not usually available in the CAP Program. CAP students must satisfy any subject prerequisites and most Law subjects do have prerequisites.
Furthermore, there is no guarantee of selection into the LLB or combined LLB via CAP.
Overseas legal practitioners seeking admission to practise in Victoria are permitted to enrol on a Community Access Program basis in those subjects required by the Council of Legal Education.
Information about undergraduate and graduate subjects is available from the Manager, Undergraduate Studies (Law), and the Program Manager, Graduate Studies (Law), respectively. Overseas legal practitioners seeking admission to practise in Victoria are permitted to enrol on a Community Access Program basis in those subjects required by the Council of Legal Education.
Cross-Institutional Study (Complementary Course)
Complementary course enrolments are available to students who are enrolled in a degree course at one university, who apply to enrol in specific subjects at another university, usually for the purposes of credit towards their degree.
Complementary course enrolments are available for students from other universities wishing to study specific subjects at the University of Melbourne. Applicants must have at least a 70-75% (H2A) average in their previous Law studies in order to apply, and they must also meet any relevant pre-requisite requirements for the subjects they wish to study.
Applications for Complementary course must be submitted prior to the commencement of the relevant semester. You can download an electronic version of this form, by selecting from the following:
University of Melbourne LLB students wishing to study specific subjects at another university - download form
Students from other universities wishing to study specific subjects at the University of Melbourne - download form
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