This program combines the professional Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program with the Bachelor of Jurisprudence (BJuris). The BJuris degree is available either as part of the combined Jurisprudence/Law program or an "exit degree" for students who decide after admission not to proceed with an LLB degree. It is not available as a separate pass degree for admission purposes. Students wishing to graduate with a BJuris must satisfy the requirements as listed in Rule 10 of the Rules for the Award of Degrees.

The Bachelor of Jurisprudence, unlike the LLB degree, is not designed to provide a qualification for the professional practice of law. It provides a basic knowledge of law, an opportunity to study selected legal courses of special interest, and significant study in other faculties. Various combinations of non-law courses are possible and the program may be moulded to meet various vocational ends, eg for industrial officers or advocates, public servants, business executives or law librarians.

Teaching methods in Law courses are the same as in the LLB program.

Duration/Awards
The program is a five year full-time combined program leading to the award of the two degrees of Bachelor of Jurisprudence and Bachelor of Laws (BJuris LLB).

Assumed Knowledge
Students must satisfy any assumed knowledge requirements (but not general Faculty assumed knowledge requirements) for courses studied in other faculties.

Non-Law Courses
The non-law courses shall include, unless otherwise approved, a major sequence of 48 units of credit approved by the Faculty offering the major sequence. There is an additional requirement of 12 units of credit of non-law courses.

Students are required to obtain the approval of the Faculty of Law for their proposed program of non-law courses and the order in which they are to be studied. In approving such courses, the Faculty shall have regard to the contribution the study of such courses may reasonably be expected to make to the development of his or her capacity as a lawyer and understanding of the law.

BJuris
Candidates may be awarded the degree of Bachelor of Jurisprudence subject to satisfying the requirements as listed in Rule 10 of the Rules Award of Degrees, including satisfaction of General Education requirements for the single pass degree (12 units of credit).

On completion of this combined degree program, students should have attained a basic knowledge of the theory and practice of law.

Approved Sequence of Study

Students must study non-law courses in a sequence approved by the non-law Faculty and the Faculty of Law, and law courses in a sequence approved by the Faculty of Law. Approved sequences for each combined program are given below; other sequences may be approved under special circumstances.

An approved sequence can be found here:

Plan for Jurisprudence/Law 4780

Candidates for the BJuris/BLaws must complete 6 units of credit of General Education and are not permitted to enrol in GENL courses offered by the Faculty of Law. BJuris/LLB is the only combined law degree which has a General Education requirement.

For further information, please refer to General Education in the Table of Contents (see left-hand side of this page).

The Bachelor of Laws (LLB) will be awarded with the following levels of Honours:

Honours Class 1
Honours Class 2, Division 1
Honours Class 2, Division 2

The award of Honours in the LLB program is based on two requirements:

1) the Weighted Average Mark (WAM); and
2) satisfactory performance in written research.

1) Weighted average mark

In general terms, students who score a Law WAM in the top 10% of the graduating cohort in each semester will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 1; students with a WAM in the next 10% will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 2, Division 1; and students with a WAM in the next 10% will be eligible for the award of Honours Class 2, Division 2.
All courses taken towards the Law degree will be taken into account for written research requirements, but only those taken at UNSW Law School will count towards the WAM.

2) Satisfactory performance in written research

To demonstrate “satisfactory performance in written research” a student must complete one long substantial piece or three shorter substantial pieces of research writing in their program. In particular, a student must attain at least a credit grade either in LAWS2423 Research Thesis (8 uoc) or (16 uoc); or LAWS3423 Research Thesis (6 uoc) or (12 uoc); or in each of three (3) research papers of at least 3000 words each, taken in any three (3) courses in the LLB program.
At the time of enrolment in courses in their final semester, students who have demonstrated satisfactory performance in written research must submit an approved Honours Nomination Form to the Honours Committee detailing the basis upon which the research requirement has been met, and the course or courses in which the requisite grades were attained. If a student has not met the Honours research requirement before the end of their penultimate semester, he or she must notify the Honours committee of the LLB courses in which they propose to meet the requirement before the census date in their last semester.

Failures and Academic Misconduct

In no circumstances will a student be eligible for the award of Honours if he or she has

(a) failed more than one course in the LLB program;
(b) been found guilty of plagiarism or serious misconduct on more than one occasion.

For Academic Rules relating to the Bachelor of Laws component of this combined degree program, please refer to progam 4790. Although 4790 program is no longer on offer, all combined law students enrolled in the LLB will need to comply with the rules stated here. A direct link is given below:

Bachelor of Laws 4790

For information regarding fees for UNSW programs, please refer to the following website:  https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/fees/FeesMainPage.html