Curtin University

Bachelor of Laws

Undergraduate
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Details

University Location Perth, Western Australia
City Population 2.1 million
Student Population 56,000
Int'l Student Population 16,000
Main Campus Curtin Perth
Program Campus Curtin Perth & City Perth
Program Duration 3 years
Estimated Annual Tuition AUD$46,950 (2026 fees; subject to increase)
Semester Intake February
Next Available Intake 2026
Application Deadline No set deadline*
CRICOS Provider 00301J
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Overview

The Faculty of Business and Law at Curtin University offers a transformative legal education. Their courses are professionally focused, incorporate contemporary global perspectives, and emphasize ethical standards within a deep understanding of the Rule of Law.

Curtin University’s courses are designed to prepare students for a career in law, taxation, or business, and aim to develop practical work-ready skills alongside deep discipline knowledge and analytical techniques.

The Curtin Law School is fortunate to be richly endowed with industry and professional connections. The university’s Advisory Board members, including the Hon Chief Justice Peter Quinlan SC, share their knowledge and experience to help shape course content, create learning opportunities, and ensure your course remains relevant to the legal profession. Curtin Law School follows the same industry-connected ethos of Curtin Business School, drawing on deep industry connections to create real-world learning opportunities for their law students.

Program

Curtin’s Bachelor of Laws offers a rich and professionally relevant foundation in legal knowledge. You’ll learn core skills essential to effective legal practice and build a strong commercial awareness.

From early on in your studies, you’ll start to recognize the importance of respecting the rule of law, along with the responsibilities and ethics of legal practice.

You can also choose from optional units that focus on topics such as forensic advocacy, employment law, environmental law and policy, law and technology human rights law, and native title law and policy. This range of optional units enables you to tailor your degree to your interests. You’ll complete most of your course at Curtin Law School in the heart of Perth’s legal precinct.

Legal Internships Program
You can gain practical experience by undertaking simulated legal proceedings in the university’s high-tech moot court, working on real cases at the John Curtin Law Clinic and participating in our Legal Internships Program.

Through the Legal Internships Program, you can experience working in a legal environment such as a court, law firm, or community legal centre, with an organization’s in-house legal team or with a barrister. These experiences will develop your practical legal skills and help you identify the area of law in which you’d like to practice. Curtin Law School has developed relationships with a range of organizations to offer legal internship placements to our students.

The first year of this course is delivered in semesters at Curtin Perth, with the second and third years delivered in trimesters at Curtin Law School in Perth city. This accelerated format, which is equivalent to a four-year (full-time) undergraduate degree, means that you can graduate after just 3 years of full-time study.

Admission Requirements

Completed high school diploma
You must have a completed high school diploma with a minimum cGPA of 80% based on top 6 Grade 12 subjects.

With university studies
Successful completion of at least 8 units with a minimum CWA of 2.7/4.0.

Admission Timeline

*While there is no set application deadline, you are encouraged to apply at least 3 months prior to the program start date.