University of Sydney Law School Undergraduate Table
Unit outlines will be available through 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.
Not all units of study listed are offered in a given year. Please refer to the latest Sydney Law School lecture timetable.
Students are advised that given the current pandemic context, it may be necessary, at very short notice, to change unit of study details, including mode of delivery and assessment. Students should check unit of study details provided in the unit outline at the start of each unit of study and continue to check for any changes throughout the semester.
| 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 LAWS5000 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1012 Torts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS5001 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1024 Legal Research |
N LAWS1013 or LAWS1019 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
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Year 2 |
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| LAWS1014 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1012 N LAWS5003 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1015 Contracts |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS5002 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS1016 Criminal Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014 N LAWS5004 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 |
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| LAWS1017 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P LAWS1012 and LAWS1015 N LAWS5006 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1019 Legal Research II |
P LAWS1013 N LAWS1024 Only students who previously completed LAWS1013 should enrol in this unit. |
Semester 1 |
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| LAWS1021 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS5007 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS1023 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N 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 | N LAWS5010 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | N LAWS5011 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2012 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS1006 N LAWS5008 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2013 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS5009 |
Semester 1 |
| LAWS2014 Corporations Law |
6 | N 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 LAWS5015 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2016 Evidence |
6 | P LAWS1006 and LAWS1014 N LAWS5013 |
Semester 2 |
| LAWS2017 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS2012 N LAWS5012 |
Semester 2 |
Years 5 and 6 |
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| LAWS2018 Private International Law A |
6 | N LAWS5017 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |