You may be eligible for credit towards the Bachelor of Laws degree for legal studies done in other courses and at other institutions.
These guidelines may be applied at the discretion of the Dean and Associate Dean, taking into account the merits of each individual applicant.
The only people who are eligible for credit set out here are those who have obtained entry into the Bachelor of Laws degree course through the normal admissions quota.
- To be eligible to apply for candidature in the LLB degree program, applicants must have completed the Western Australian Tertiary Entrance Examination or its equivalent.
- LLB degree candidates who enter as category B applicants (that is, university degree graduates) are credited with 18 points of unspecified elective subjects towards the LLB.
Crediting LLB Studies
Credit will be given towards the LLB for studies undertaken in:
- LLB courses in other Australian law schools; and
- Common law degree courses in overseas tertiary educational institutions of equivalent status to the University of Western Australia, whose courses are recognised as qualifications for professional legal practice.
This credit will be:
- specific subject equivalent subjects; and
- unspecified elective subjects
to a maximum value of 96 points for the undergraduate LLB degree, or 90 points for the graduate LLB degree.
Credit will also be given towards the LLB degree for non-common law degree courses in overseas tertiary educational institutions of equivalent status to the University of Western Australia, whose courses are recognised as qualifications for professional legal practice, on the basis of unspecified elective subjects to a maximum value of 48 points.
Crediting non-LLB studies
- If you have undertaken non-degree law studies which satisfy legal practice admission requirements and are studies normally offered for a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent legal qualification, you will be credited with up to 30 points towards the LLB degree. The study should have been undertaken at UWA or an equivalent university.
- Legal work experience by itself will never be sufficient to gain credit for completion of the LLB degree requirements. However, sufficient relevant legal work experience may be recognised for the purposes of satisfying prerequisite studies for advanced elective subjects in the same subject area.
- All studies and work experience which are to be considered for the purposes of degree studies must have been undertaken at a time which enables the LLB degree requirements to be completed within a period of 10 years.
- The Law Faculty does not deny the academic and practical value of law studies and work experience for which it does not give degree credit. However, the objectives of consistency and preservation of the integrity of the LLB require that the Faculty give credit only for law studies with the equivalent recognisable standards of academic and professional training. It may be that some uncredited studies and work experience will equip the candidate with a substantial knowledge of certain subjects and assist the candidate to pass those subjects. This is consistent with the Faculty's policy, which ultimately is concerned to maintain the standard of its own LLB degree.
- A candidate who is seeking credit towards the LLB for previous studies and work experience is responsible for providing all information required by the Faculty of Law to make an assessment of the credit application. The decision regarding degree credit in any particular case is the responsibility of the Faculty of Law. This credit policy is a set of guidelines applied at the discretion of the Dean or Associate Dean.
For further information, contact the Associate Dean Jill Howieson.
