Bond University
Bond University is Australia’s first private, not-for-profit university, offering a personalized academic environment that enables graduates to exceed the outer limits of their potential – in their career and in life.
Bond University
About Bond
As Australia’s first private non-profit university, Bond University seeks to be recognized internationally as a leading independent university, imbued with a spirit to innovate, a commitment to influence and a dedication to inspire tomorrow’s professionals who share a personalized and transformational student experience.
Location: Gold Coast
The Gold Coast has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. The most popular of the Coast’s 21 beaches are a haven for surfers and fishermen, and include perfect swimming beaches with volleyball, surfing, picnic and barbecue areas, trendy beach markets, bike tracks, children’s playgrounds and whale-watching headlands.
What’s the weather like?
Sunshine, sunshine, sunshine! The Gold Coast has more than 300 days of sunshine per year! Average temperatures in summer range from 20°C to 28°C and in the winter, the average temperature range is from 11°C to 21°C.
Bond Law School
UQ offers early exposure to clinical training and an array of opportunities to extend learning through special projects, research experience and clinical placements overseas.
Bond Law School
Bond’s law programs are designed to equip you for a career in the legal profession, business, industry or government. The combination of excellent teaching, small classes, international perspective and extensive legal skills program provides an exciting learning experience that both challenges you academically and prepares you practically for a legal career.
There are currently more than 150 Canadian students studying law at Bond University and an active Canadian Law Students’ Association. There is a rapidly expanding group of Bond Law Canadian alumni working as partners and senior practitioners in Canada and worldwide.
Integrated Skills and Professionalism Program
Bond’s innovative and Integrated Skills and Professionalism Program ensures practical job skills are integrated into all law subjects. You will graduate with professional capabilities including
- legal research and reasoning;
- legal writing and drafting;
- dispute resolution and collaboration;
- oral communication and advocacy;
- legal ethics and professionalism.
The Bond Law experience goes far beyond traditional theoretical learning. Our state-of-the-art Legal Skills Centre has purpose-built facilities where you will apply your learning in practice by
- appealing a trial judgment in one of our moot courtrooms;
- leading a negotiation;
- undertaking a client interview.
Juris Doctor & Bachelor of Laws
Bond is Australia’s largest law school for Canadian Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Laws candidates and have been training Canadian lawyers for more than 20 years.
Juris Doctor & Bachelor of Laws
Juris Doctor (JD)
Designed for students who have a bachelor’s degree, Bond University’s Juris Doctor (JD) program is a professional legal qualification designed to equip students for a career in the legal profession, business, industry or government, in Australia and overseas. Its combination of excellent teaching, small classes and an extensive Legal Skills program differentiates Bond from other institutions. It provides an exciting learning experience that both challenges students academically and prepares them practically for a legal career.
The Bond JD features a new Integrated Skills and Professionalism Program, embedded in the compulsory curriculum, which focuses on the development of legal skills essential to the practice of law. In addition, students will have greater flexibility to undertake law electives in areas of interest, including completing an optional law specialisation.
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
For those with high school or partially completed university of college studies, Bond University’s Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program is designed to equip students for a career in the legal profession, business, industry or government, both within Australia and overseas. Its combination of excellent teaching, small classes and extensive Legal Skills program provides an exciting learning experience that both challenges students academically and prepares them practically for a legal career.
Fast Facts
| Program | Bond University Juris Doctor | Bond University Bachelor of Laws |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 2 years full time (6 semesters in total) | 2 years, 8 months |
| Location | Robina | Robina |
| Est. Indicative Annual Tuition | $69,540 AUD (2024 fees; subject to increase)** | AUD$68,760 (2024 fees; subject to increase)** |
| Next Available Intake | September 2024 | May 2024 |
| Application Deadline | No set deadline* | No set deadline* |
| Total International Places | No set limit | No set limit |
What do you need to get in?
Juris Doctor (JD)
With three intakes per year, January, May and September, Bond Law Juris Doctor candidates are able to apply any time throughout the year—and the LSAT is not required!
Completed bachelor’s degree
You must have a completed undergraduate degree with a minimum cGPA 2.7/4.0 (approximately 70%) as well as grade progression and consistency.
Please note, the university will review your academic history and performance. All applications are assessed individually and upon merit, and there are no limits or quotas on how many students Bond Law accepts.
The application also requires you to submit a resume and personal statement.
OzTREKK Tip
Admissions Timeline
*While there is no set application deadline, you are strongly encouraged to submit your application a minimum of three months prior to the program start date.
**Bond JD’s fees are calculated by semester (three semesters per year).
***Please contact OzTREKK’s Law Admissions Officer at law@oztrekk.com for more information about beginning your courses online.
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Completed high school diploma
You must have a completed high school diploma with a minimum 2.7/4.0 (approximately 70%) average:
- Alberta High School Diploma – Grade average of best 5 Level 30 Provincial Diploma Exams 70% (2.7/4.0)
- British Columbia Senior Secondary School Graduation Diploma – Grade average best 5 Provincially Examined subjects 70% (2.7/4.0)
- Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) – Grade average of best 6 University (U, 4U) and/or University/College (U/C, 4M) 70% (2.7/4.0)
Please note, if you have completed a post-secondary qualification (e.g., a diploma) or at least 2 semesters of undergraduate study, Bond will no longer require your high school grades, but will instead focus on the results from your post-secondary study. If you have completed some university study, a 2.7/4.0 (approximately 70%) GPA is required.
OzTREKK Tip
Admissions Timeline
*While there is no set application deadline, you are strongly encouraged to submit your application a minimum of three months prior to the program start date.
**Bond’s LLB fees are calculated by semester (three semesters per year).
***Please contact OzTREKK’s Law Admissions Officer at law@oztrekk.com for more information about beginning your courses online.
Program Structure
Juris Doctor (JD)
Bond University’s Juris Doctor (JD) program is a professional legal qualification designed to equip students for a career in the legal profession, business, industry or government, in Australia and overseas. Its combination of excellent teaching, small classes and an extensive Legal Skills program differentiates Bond from other institutions. It provides an exciting learning experience that both challenges students academically and prepares them practically for a legal career.
The Bond JD features a new Integrated Skills and Professionalism Program, embedded in the compulsory curriculum, which focuses on the development of legal skills essential to the practice of law. In addition, students will have greater flexibility to undertake law electives in areas of interest, including completing an optional law specialisation.
The Juris Doctor program comprises 24 subjects, as follows:
- 17 Compulsory Law subjects
- 7 Law Elective subjects
The Bond Faculty of Law presently offers four Canadian law subjects:
- Foundations of Canadian Law
- Canadian Criminal Law
- Canadian Constitutional Law
- Canadian Administrative Law
In addition, students can undertake a complimentary online course offered each semester on Canadian Professional Responsibility taught by a Canadian law academic which aims to assist Canadian students with their preparation for the NCA exams.
Juris Doctor
Compulsory Law Subjects
Bond’s Juris Doctor (JD) requires all students to complete the following 17 compulsory law subjects as part of their degree:
LAWS75-105 Legal Foundations A
LAWS75-106 Legal Foundations B
LAWS75-107 Foundations of Private Law
LAWS75-108 Foundations of Public and Criminal Law
LAWS75-201 Contract Law A
LAWS75-202 Tort Law
LAWS75-203 Criminal Law
LAWS75-204 Property Law A
LAWS75-216 Constitutional Law
LAWS75-217 Contract Law B
LAWS75-218 Property Law B
LAWS75-310 Corporate Law
LAWS75-313 Equity
LAWS75-317 Administrative Law
LAWS75-318 Evidence
LAWS75-325 Civil Dispute Resolution
LAWS75-326 Legal Profession
Course list is subject to change
Students may choose to complete an optional Law Specialisation in one of the following areas:
- Corporate and Commercial Law and Practice
- International Business and Finance Law
- Dispute Resolution
- Canadian Law and Practice
- Legal Practice
To be eligible for a Law Specialisation, students must complete a minimum of four (4) of their law electives (40 credit points) within one of the above areas. Eligible students will receive a Specialisation Certificate at the completion of their program.
Law Elective Subjects
Students must select 7 law electives. A wide range of postgraduate law electives is offered by the Faculty of Law at Bond University. Students can use their elective units to specialize in an area of law such as Animal Law or Dispute Resolution, or they can use their electives to complete the 4 NCA-approved Canadian Law courses that are currently taught at Bond University. These courses include Canadian Administrative Law, Canadian Constitutional Law, Canadian Criminal Law & Procedure, and Foundations of Canadian Law.
OzTREKK Note: The National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) accredited Bond University as the only university outside Canada with the ability to offer four Canadian core subjects—Canadian Administrative Law, Canadian Constitutional Law, Canadian Criminal Law and Foundations of Canadian Law—and provide credit to students who completed these subjects at Bond, subject to sufficient academic performance (as detailed in NCA Assessment Policy 1.2.2.e).
If students completed any of the four approved law subjects at Bond they would not be required to complete the NCA examinations in Canada upon their return. After a formal assessment process by the NCA, these students would be granted a Certificate of Qualification without NCA examination.
The NCA formally notified Bond University during the week of August 11 – 15, 2014 that it will no longer be waiving the requirement for Bond graduates to sit the four exams that other graduates from non-Canadian law schools must sit. This decision by the NCA was not the result of any concern about the quality of Bond’s subjects or its graduates, but the result of numerous requests from law schools in the US and elsewhere for the same arrangement to be extended to them. The NCA could not justify maintaining Bond University’s monopoly, and does not have the resources to manage applications from other law schools for a similar arrangement, so it has decided to treat all law schools equally and discontinue the arrangement with Bond University.
If you have any questions about the NCA exams and the change noted above, please contact OzTREKK.
**Bond JD’s fees are calculated by semester (three semesters per year).
Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
Bond University’s Bachelor of Laws (LLB) program is designed to equip students for a career in the legal profession, business, industry or government, both within Australia and overseas. Its combination of excellent teaching, small classes and extensive Legal Skills program provides an exciting learning experience that both challenges students academically and prepares them practically for a legal career.
The Bachelor of Laws program comprises 32 subjects, as follows:
- 3 University Core subjects
- 17 Compulsory Law subjects
- 7 Law Elective subjects
- 5 Elective subjects
Bachelor of Laws
University core subjects
Critical Thinking and Communication
Leadership and Team Dynamics
Ethical Thought and Action
Plus: Beyond Bond: Professional Development and Community Engagement
Law compulsory subjects
LAWS11-105 Legal Foundations A
LAWS11-106 Legal Foundations B
LAWS11-107 Foundations of Private Law
LAWS11-108 Foundations of Public and Criminal Law
LAWS11-201 Contract Law A
LAWS11-202 Tort Law
LAWS11-203 Criminal Law
LAWS11-204 Property Law A
LAWS11-216 Constitutional Law
LAWS11-217 Contract Law B
LAWS11-218 Property Law B
LAWS11-310 Corporate Law
LAWS11-313 Equity
LAWS11-317 Administrative Law
LAWS11-318 Evidence
LAWS11-325 Civil Dispute Resolution
LAWS11-326 Legal Profession
Law electives
Students must choose undergraduate law electives from the Faculty of Law’s offerings. Students may choose to complete an optional Law Specialisation in one of the following areas:
- Contemporary Legal Issues
- Corporate and Commercial Law
- International and Comparative Law
- Legal Practice
- Media and Technology Law
- Canadian Law and Practice
To be eligible for a Law Specialisation, students must complete a minimum of four of their law electives (40 credit points) within one of the above areas. Eligible students will receive a Specialisation Certificate at the completion of their program.
General electives
Students must choose five general electives from any Faculty or School at Bond University.
**Bond LLB’s fees are calculated by semester (three semesters per year).
Student Advice
“The best experience Bond has to offer is the internship opportunities through the Career Development Centre. They will find you a max of two and I recommend doing them early on. Partially because they are great experience and networking opportunities and secondly because clinics are not available until later in the degree program.
“I also recommend deciding your class path in the first and second semester. Some electives are only offered once a year like ‘international environmental law.’ In order for me to take that class and make it work, I needed to shift some of my core classes around to take it.
“Look into the elective ‘Independent Study at Law.’ This elective allows you to write a paper of your choosing with a professor in that field. It is a one-on-one elective that I have found taught me more than most classes and really allows you to tailor a topic to the student’s specific needs. For example, I am writing a paper on entertainment law and music contracts with a renowned entertainment lawyer. He has taught me more about this field through personal experience and this paper then any book or class could have. This subject is not offered at Bond as it is a niche market, but will provide me with practical knowledge when I get into the real world in this field.”
Bond JD student Eric Y, graduated April 2020. Currently completing PLT at Bond.
How to Apply
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Online application
Fill out the OzTREKK online application. OzTREKK Tip: have the dates of your previous study handy!
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Receive email from OzTREKK
After you’ve completed the online application, you will receive a detailed email from OzTREKK usually within 1 business day outlining all the documents required complete your application for submission. Best of all, you submit them to OzTREKK, not to Australia!
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Submission time
We’ll let you know exactly what to send and the best way to send it! Examples include final transcripts from each institution you have attended (in their original, sealed envelopes), Australian university-specific documents, admissions test results (if required), and a scanned copy of the photo page of your passport. Many documents may be emailed as PDFs; however, we recommend you don’t begin sending your documents until your admissions officer has requested them.
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