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12 May 2015

Bond University’s Juris Doctor is designed to equip students 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 students academically and prepares them practically for a legal career.

Study law at Bond University
Study law at Bond University

Bond University Juris Doctor (JD) Program

The Bond 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. The program features excellent teaching, small classes and an extensive legal skills program, which provides an exciting learning experience that challenges you academically and prepares students practically for a legal career.

Bond Law School is now offering a short course in Canadian Professional Responsibility to their law students at no additional cost!

The course will be delivered by a Bond Canadian academic, Semester Assistant Professor Mariette Brennan, an alumna from the University of Ottawa (JD) and Osgoode Hall Law School (PhD).  The course will involve online seminars, reading lists and sample fact scenarios that will introduce students to issues of lawyers’ ethics and professional responsibility, and specifically ethical reasoning in legal practice in the Canadian context. Students will cover selected topics including the Federation of Canadian Law Societies, Federation Model Code of Professional, case law arising from this material and to the application of the law of fiduciary obligations to lawyer-client relationships.
The course does not include assigned assessment, but is designed aid students in understanding Canadian Professional Responsibility and assist with preparations for the NCA exams.
Bond Law School also offers four Canadian Law subjects in Foundations of Canadian Law, Canadian Criminal Law, Canadian Constitutional Law and Canadian Administrative Law. These courses can assist Canadian graduates in preparation for their NCA examinations in these areas.
The faculty will also be packaging their Canadian subjects as a “Graduate Certificate in Canadian Law” able to be taken by Canadian students, whether from Bond or elsewhere, to assist them in preparing for the NCA exams.
Furthermore, if you plan to apply for the September 2015 intake, Bond University is accepting applications for their Bond University International Student Scholarship!
Do you have questions about this new course? Contact OzTREKK’s Australian Law Schools Admissions Officer Shannon Tilston at shannon@oztrekk.com.

Bond International Student Scholarships

The Bond University International Student Scholarship applications for students wishing to commence in September 2015 are currently open!
Please be sure to have your complete application and scholarship documents at OzTREKK office by Thursday, May 28, 2015 to ensure we have everything submitted for the May 29 scholarship deadline.
Bond aims to offer the best and brightest students from around the globe, with tuition remission scholarships based on academic merit, as well as community, leadership and sporting achievements. The International Student Scholarships are a testament to Bond University’s commitment to quality and outstanding international students. These scholarships are available to international students who have demonstrated outstanding academic ability, as well as community, leadership and sporting achievements.
All applicants of the International Student Scholarships will be notified on the outcome of their scholarship application by the end of July.

Bond Law School Juris Doctor

Program: Juris Doctor (JD)
Location: Gold Coast, Queensland
Semester intakes: January, May, September
Duration: 2 years
Application deadline: There is no official application deadline. Students from Canada should apply early, particularly if they are seeking entry for a September intake.
Entry Requirements for the Bond University Juris Doctor Program

  • Applicants must have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline in order to apply to the Bond JD  program. Students who have not yet completed a bachelor degree may apply, as long as they will have graduated prior to commencing the program.
  • Two reference letters are required.
  • Applicants who have a cumulative average of 70% or above should apply to the program.

In common with most other Australian Law Schools, Bond does not use the LSAT as an entry criterion.

Apply now to the Bond University Law School JD program!

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Find out more about studying law at Bond University Law School! Contact OzTREKK’s Australian Law Schools Admissions Officer Shannon Tilston for more information about how to apply to the Bond JD program. Email Shannon at shannon@oztrekk.com or call toll free in Canada at 1-866-698-7355.

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