The UNE Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws provides you with the opportunity to combine your study of law with an area of interest drawn from a wide variety of the arts, humanities and social sciences. As a double degree for the future, it has been developed in response to the needs of today’s rapidly changing workplaces and a growing employer demand for double degree graduates.

Your choice of arts major allows you to become an expert in a discipline of your choice. The legal knowledge and practical skills will also enable you to pursue many pathways in law, benefiting from UNE’s deep expertise in regional, rural and remote legal issues.

Why study the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Laws with UNE?

Studying law in conjunction with another discipline gives you the freedom to take an interdisciplinary approach to both your studies and your future employment. It equips you with contemporary knowledge and legal skills in demand by employers. You will not only graduate with a solid foundation in law, a sharpened analytical mind and a range of portable and adaptable skills, you will also be ready to take advantage of many career opportunities in a rapidly changing landscape.

What makes our course different?

Develop well-rounded knowledge and skills to increase your employment options and add value to your chosen pathway. You will have the opportunity to:

• Gain contemporary knowledge and skills in how to write for, research, argue and apply the law. You will learn from Australia’s largest law school outside a capital city with specialist expertise in legal issues related to regional, rural and remote Australia, not just metropolitan areas.
• Become an expert in an arts major of your choice in areas ranging from ancient history, archaeology, languages and philosophy to environmental futures, global politics, gender studies, criminal justice, community planning, sociology and more.
• Major in psychology and graduate with a three-year sequence in psychology accredited by the Australian Psychology Accreditation Council.
• Benefit from UNE’s Work Integrated Learning Program to apply your academic knowledge in a relevant professional setting and have it count towards your Bachelor of Arts.
• Build a solid foundation in communication, problem solving, resilience, flexibility, perseverance and contemporary legal research skills — skills in high demand by a wide range of employers.
• Gain versatile knowledge to apply to new legal careers which are emerging as a result of new technology developments.
• Apply your professional judgment and knowledge of the ethical responsibilities associated with a law degree including an understanding of international and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander perspectives.
• Use innovative technology to study online or join us on campus and take advantage of our small staff-student ratio and supportive environment.

By choosing UNE, you are choosing an industry leader in the provision of online lifelong learning for aspiring and qualified professionals in arts and legal fields. In fact, year after year, students award UNE 5-star ratings for Overall Experience and Student Support in The Good Universities Guide.

To qualify for the two awards a candidate must pass units to the value of 240 credit points comprising:
Bachelor of Arts component: 96 credit points including 12 credit points of Core Units, one Minor and one Major. The Bachelor of Arts component shall include not more than 36 credit points at 100-level, at least 36 credit points at 300-level and not more than 12 credit points at 400-level.
Candidates who fail to meet this course progression requirement will be asked to show cause as to why they should not have conditions placed on their continued enrolment or be discontinued from the course; and
Bachelor of Laws component: 144 credit points with not more than 48 credit points at 100-level and at least 36 credit points at 300-level or higher.
To qualify for the award with Honours a candidate must pass units to the value of 144 credit points with not more than 36 credit points at 100-level and at least 36 credit points at 300-level and at least 36 credit points at 400-level or higher including LAW490 and LLM500.

• Bachelor of Arts component
• Bachelor of Laws component

See UNE Handbook for more details. The Handbook contains detailed course information designed for enrolled students, including course plans, exit awards, intensive schools, and work placement requirements.

A Bachelor of Arts component is, in many ways, the most valuable degree of all. This is because Arts graduates are not as restricted in what they can undertake relative to those with highly specialised degrees. Examples of career paths include management, public relations, foreign affairs, education, business, human resources, research, psychology and archaeology. The employability of Arts graduates is a reflection of the skills they acquire during their study and this is becoming widely acknowledged.

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree is accredited by the Legal Profession Admission Board of NSW. Upon completion of the LLB, graduates may complete a period of practical legal training and be qualified to apply for admission as an Australian Lawyer. After admission you are then eligible to apply for a practising certificate as a solicitor from the Law Society of NSW or undertake further studies to obtain a practising certificate as a barrister from the Bar Association of NSW.

At the completion of the five years you will have a range of employment options from which to choose.

A candidate shall: For direct admission into undergraduate courses offered by UNE you must have completed an educational qualification considered to be at least equivalent to completion of Y

An IELTS (Academic) overall score of at least 6.5, with a minimum sub-band of 6.5 for writing and no other sub-band less than 6.0, or

TOEFL IBT score of 91 with no less than 22 in writing and no less than 20 in listening, speaking and reading.