Welcome from the Dean

For Undergraduate Students

• UNSW Law comprises the Law School and 12 affiliated legal research, education and advocacy centres. These centres connect the faculty with the broader community and provide excellent opportunities for our students.

• Our students are taught top quality doctrinal and analytical skills, preparing them for work in the legal profession and in a wide range of other areas. We teach our students to see law from many perspectives. This connects with our strong commitment to principles of social justice and the rule of law. It also leads naturally to an interdisciplinary, contextual approach to studying and learning which (employers tell us) gives our graduates a crucial advantage.

• We are acknowledged for the quality of support we offer our students from first year right through to PhD. We accept the best students, we expect the best performance, and we give our students the best possible support to achieve that.

• The calibre of our students is exemplified by the number who win prestigious awards and scholarships, international internships, and international moot and law essay competitions.

• We teach Law in small to medium sized seminar-style classes based on interactive dialogue between lecturer and students. We do not teach in the conventional large lecture & tutorial format.

• The depth and breadth of our programs allow us to offer undergraduate and postgraduate students a very wide choice of study options in law. These programs help to maintain the Law School's pre-eminence in tertiary legal education.

• Our research and community centres provide many opportunities for students to be involved through internships which are undertaken for course credit.

• An integral part of UNSW Law is Kingsford Legal Centre, our community legal centre on campus in which all law students gain clinical legal experience.

• UNSW is a member of the Go8, the group of Australia’s leading research universities. Many of our academics are national and international leaders in their fields, writing books, reports and articles which lead debates and set agendas. The interdependence of research, teaching and learning is crucial. Students are taught by lecturers whose teaching draws on their current research.

• UNSW Law is committed to engagement through its research and teaching programs with many external partners in the professions, business, government and community organisations.

• Our building is home to the Law School and Centres, as well as the Freehills Law Library. The building includes excellent facilities for our growing group of postgraduate and research students.

Undergraduate Information