If you want a marketing and public relations career with a sound knowledge of compliance, The University of Notre Dame Australia’s double degree in Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Marketing and Public Relations is the perfect duo. As the modern marketplace continues to change at an unprecedented rate, understanding marketing and public relations becomes increasingly essential for lawyers looking to operate their legal practices effectively. Completed in five years of full-time study, this double degree is also particularly valuable to students interested in working in Corporate Law or Media Law. Start your learning journey today.

Why study this degree?

Our Bachelor of Marketing & Public Relations degree studied in conjunction with the Bachelor of Laws degree is your pathway into several rewarding careers such as working as a legal practitioner, marketing, or public relations. These days marketing and public relations are heavily regulated industries.

Understanding the law helps those working in these areas comply with the law and enable lawyers to provide those working in marketing and public relations with sound legal advice. Law firms are also effective marketing service users, so this combination is very versatile for your future.

The Bachelor of Laws degree is accredited for admission to legal practice. It combines excellent coverage of underlying legal and ethical principles with an explanation of how they are applied in legal practice. Meanwhile, the Marketing & Public Relations degree is designed for people who wish to gain extensive knowledge of marketing and promotional strategies while underpinning their studies with a rigorous understanding of media and public relations practice.

You will cover areas such as accounting and information technology for business, consumer behaviour, market research, events management, and media planning.

Year One

• Legal Research & Writing
• Legal Process & Statutory Interpretation
• Legal History
• Economics
• Quantitative Methods for Business
• Business Information Technology
• Accounting
• Principles of Marketing
• Principles of Management

Year Two

• Criminal Law A
• Contract Law A
• Torts A
• Introduction to Public Relations
• Consumer Behaviour
• Criminal Law B
• Contract Law B
• Torts B
• Marketing  Research
• Professional Writing
• Integrated Marketing Communications

Year Three

• Property Law A
• Property Law B
• Strategic Marketing
• Corporate Public Relations
• Issues and Crisis Management
• Social Media
• International Marketing
• Events Management
• Business Internship

Year Four

• Advocacy
• Constitutional Law
• Equity
• Corporations & Partnerships
• Evidence
• Administrative Law
• Trusts
• Law Elective One

Year Five

• Remedies
• Civil Procedure
• Legal Philosophy
• Alternative Dispute Resolution
• Commercial Practice & Ethics
• Law Elective Two
• Law Elective Three
• Law Elective Four

Law Electives*

• Advanced Administrative Law
• Advanced Civil Procedure
• Advanced Constitutional Law
• Advanced Evidence
• Advanced Research Project (i.e. Honours research – two courses)
• Bioethics and the Law
• Advanced Taxation Law
• Commercial Drafting
• Commercial Law
• Construction and Building Contract Law
• Contemporary Legal Issues
• Directed Research Project
• Employee Relations Law
• Entertainment Law
• Environmental Law
• Family Law
• Health Law
• Human Rights Law
• Indigenous Law
• Insolvency
• Intellectual Property Law
• International Dispute Resolution
• Canon Law (i.e. Church Law)
• Law and Religion
• Law in Context (Externships) – involves work experience
• Mining and Petroleum Law
• Occupational Safety and Health Law
• Introduction to Australian Taxation Law
• Succession
• Competition and Consumer Law
• Trial Advocacy

Core Curriculum

• CORE I: Foundations of Wisdom
• CORE II: Elective
  • Electives in philosophy and\or theology
  • Professional embedded electives that integrate studies in a profession with philosophy and\or theology
  • An option to undertake a pilgrimage embedded in the study of the philosophy and theology of pilgrimage, e.g., World Youth Day
  • An option to undertake a course that integrates philosophy & theology with community service and charity work
  • An option to undertake an elective in philosophy, theology, and the liberal arts contained within an international experience

*Available law electives are subject to change and may vary depending on your campus and year of study. Please check with your school for the current electives on offer.

More information regarding courses can be found at the course descriptions pages Fremantle Sydney.

Full details of the program requirements are contained in the Program Requirements.

Graduates of this program can follow diverse career paths in the private and public sectors; career opportunities range from banking and finance, courts (federal and state/territory), foreign affairs, corporations and businesses, not-for-profit organisations, personnel and human resources,  social and consumer research, private practice, politics

Applicants must meet High school qualifications (or equivalent) to apply for undergraduate program. Academic minimum entry requirements for international applicants vary from country to count

IELTS (Academic) - 6.5 overall, with no individual band score lower than 6.0; CAE/CPE - 176 overall, with no individual band score lower than 169; PTE Academic - 58 overall, with no individual band score lower than 50; TOEFL (iBT) - 84 overall, with no score lower than 21 in writing and no other band score lower than 17.