University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table
Unit outlines will be available though Find a unit outline two weeks before the first day of teaching for 1000-level and 5000-level units, or one week before the first day of teaching for all other units.
| Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Bachelor of Laws |
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| To qualify for the award of the Bachelor of Laws, a student must successfully complete: | |||
| (i) 102 credit points of compulsory units of study; and | |||
| (ii) 42 credit points of elective units of study, of which a maximum of 36 credit points are taken from Part 1 - Elective Units of Study table; and | |||
| (iii) a minimum of 6 credit points are taken from Part 2 - Elective Units of Study table. | |||
Compulsory units of study |
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Year 1 |
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| LAWS1006 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000 or LAWS5000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1005 or LAWS1010 or LAWS3001 or LAWS5001 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1024 Legal Research |
N LAWS1013 or LAWS1019 |
Semester 1a Semester 2a |
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Year 2 |
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| LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1012 N LAWS5003 or LAWS2006 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1002 or LAWS2008 or LAWS5002 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014 N LAWS1003 or LAWS2009 or LAWS5004 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 |
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| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS1010 or LAWS1012) and LAWS1015 N LAWS5006 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1019 Legal Research II |
P LAWS1013 N LAWS1008 or LAWS1022 or LAWS1024 Only students who previously completed LAWS1013 should enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1004 or LAWS2002 or LAWS3003 or LAWS5007 Note: Department permission required for enrolment in the following sessions:Intensive January |
Intensive January Semester 2 |
| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS5005 |
Semester 1 |
Years 4 and 5 |
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| Students in the Bachelor of Engineering Honours/Law do not undertake any law units in Year 4 and enrol in the Bachelor of Laws in Year 5, after completion of their first degree. | |||
| For all other Combined Law streams, students enrol in the Bachelor of Laws in Year 4, after completion of their first degree. | |||
| Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one elective unit in each semester of their penultimate year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to final year. Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their penultimate year. | |||
| LAWS2010 Administrative Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 C LAWS2011 N LAWS2002 or LAWS5010 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS1021 N LAWS1004 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 or LAWS5011 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2012 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS2004 or LAWS2007 or LAWS5008 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2013 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001 or LAWS3002 or LAWS3004 or LAWS5009 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003 or LAWS5014 Students who enrol in the evening stream should consult and be guided by the unit description for LAWS5014 as the evening stream will follow precisely the course outline and structure, including assessment regime, of that unit. The present description applies only to students enrolled in the daytime stream of LAWS2014. |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2015 Equity |
6 | A LAWS2012 N LAWS2004 or LAWS5015 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2016 Evidence |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014 N LAWS2006 or LAWS5013 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2017 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS2007 or LAWS5012 |
Semester 2 |
Years 5 and 6 |
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| LAWS2018 Private International Law A |
6 | N LAWS2005 or LAWS1018 or LAWS5017 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |