Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)

During your study, you'll benefit from the wisdom and experience of our adjunct professors who include:

• the Hon. Michael Kirby AC, CMG former High Court Judge
• the Hon. Justice Chris Maxwell, former President of the Victorian Supreme Court of Appeal
• Professor Robert Richter KC, Barrister
• the Hon Robert Stary, Magistrate at the Melbourne Magistrates' Court
• Ian Gray AM, former Victorian Chief Magistrate
• David Denton KC, Barrister
• Picha Djohan, Barrister and member of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal
• David S Thomson OAM, FACE, fellow at Sir Zelman Cowen Centre
• Melissa Kirby, Legal Director at Sharpe and Able.

Benefit from the unique flexibility of the VU Block Model^®, which means you’ll focus on one subject at a time in four-weeks blocks. Like many of our graduate entry students, you can continue to work while you study.

Plus, you may be able to study some of your units fully online so you can manage work and family commitments. 

With 150 hours of legal work placement embedded in your Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry), you’ll benefit from VU’s commitment to connecting you with experiences that will get you work-ready before you graduate.

Take advantage of our extensive connections in the legal sector, including internship programs with the Supreme Court and County Court and other legal placement opportunities including:

• State Trustees Program
• Victoria Police (Prosecutions Division)
• Victoria Legal Aid
• Magistrate’s Courts program
• Family Law Clinic
• Infringements Clinic
• Sunshine Youth Clinic
• Family Law Clinic
• Refugee Clinic.

Undertaking a work experience legal placement in the final years of your degree means you’ll work under the supervision of experienced legal professionals on cases that have a real impact on people – preparing you to begin your career in law with confidence.

Or, if you’re already working in the legal profession as a paralegal, legal clerk, legal assistant or similar, you may be able to use your work experience to gain credit towards the practical component of your degree (conditions apply).

As a Victoria Law School student, you’ll have the opportunity to take part in our renowned moot program in our new state-of-the-art moot court facilities in the Victoria Law School Heritage Building. Mooting involves you and your team participating in advocacy skills, simulating the proceedings of a live courtroom.

Give yourself a professional edge by sharpening your legal skills ready for the real world by taking part in mooting competitions both locally and internationally.

As a VU law student, you’ll study at our City Campus law hub building in the heart of Melbourne's legal district.

Take advantage of the facilities in our dedicated law campus, both in the Heritage Building and in the VU City Tower, including:

• specialised law library
• legal centres including the Sir Zelman Cowen Centre
• moot court.

We also offer computer labs, seminar rooms, lecture theatres, state-of-the-art classrooms, student lounges, study spaces, a parenting room, cafes, a pride room and a prayer room.

You may also gain a global perspective on the law by exploring international legal systems on a law and justice study tour.

As part of your law degree, you may choose to take part in VU’s annual law and justice study tour to India, where you’ll gain a better understanding of the Indian justice system.

Study abroad options are also available – where you can complete some of your law studies with our international partner institutions.