Effective lawyers require extensive technical legal expertise and excellence in a range of professional and interpersonal skills, from negotiating to managing workload. 

As part of this subject, you will learn:

• Communicating effectively
• Interviewing clients
• Writing and drafting
• Negotiation and early dispute resolution
• Representing clients in court
• Problem solving
• Managing risks for clients
• Managing time and workload, and
• Maintaining wellbeing in practice.

You will complete interactive workshops facilitated by experienced lawyers in which you will have the opportunity to role-play interviews, negotiation and courtroom appearances. You will learn how to approach client problems, draft written communications and documents, manage risk, and work effectively in your legal workplace. You will have opportunities to apply and practise these skills throughout the course.

No matter where or how you practise law, this subject is relevant and important to you, your clients and the community. You will further your understanding of the role of the legal profession in the legal system, in particular, its responsibility to serve the community successfully.

Beyond mere knowledge of the rules regulating the profession, you will develop the skills to identify and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas:

Strategies and techniques to help to reduce the prospect of a disciplinary complaint being brought against you
How to respond professionally if a complaint is made
The confidence to voice ethical concerns in practice
How to maintain trust and general account records according to law and good practice.

Civil litigation is a process of resolving disputes between parties, including:

• Any interactions between disputing parties prior to proceedings being commenced, such as letters of demand
• The initiation and defence of proceedings in courts or other tribunals
• Pre-trial procedures such as interlocutory applications
• Court and tribunal appearances
• Alternative avenues of dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration
• Post-trial procedures such as costs recovery and the enforcement of judgments.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identify dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

Buying or selling property is one of the largest financial transactions clients will undertake during their lives. Property practice involves the legal process of transferring legal ownership of a property from one party to another (conveyancing) together with associated matters such as leasing, mortgaging, and planning and revenue.

You will learn how to handle client transactions in accordance with their instructions and acting in their best interests, including how to:

• Identify and transfer title/property and prepare a contract for sale for a vendor
• Advise on a contract and investigate and transfer title from a purchaser’s perspective
• Advise on leases
• Advise on creating and releasing securities
• Advise on land use
• Advise on revenue issues.

Commercial and corporate practice is a challenging area of legal practice which covers a wide range of commercial and financial activity. In this subject, you will be acting for clients in some common commercial and corporate matters such as:

• The sale and purchase of business assets
• Setting up business structures
• Advising upon finance and securities
• Identifying revenue implications of commercial transactions.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Conduct the sale and purchase of a small business
• Identify the risks for both parties in a transaction
• Set up simple business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Provide basic advice on finance and securities and the obligations of companies and their officers
• Identify revenue implications of commercial transactions and the need for further advice.

Administrative law matters can arise in any area of legal practice. They may involve a decision made under legislation or in breach of natural justice.

There are two sources of administrative law review in Australia: one system deriving from the common law and leading only to a judicial review, and the other system being a legislative review system of administrative decisions made under an enactment, enabling persons affected by these decisions to apply for a merits review or a judicial review.

As part of this elective, you will learn how to:

• Identify whether an administrative decision can be reviewed
• Identify and interpret the legislation under which the decision was made
• Conclude which review process will be the most appropriate
• Advise the client about the alternative means of obtaining a review
• Identify whether freedom of information legislation applies to the client’s situation and what steps are needed to obtain the information
• Prepare a matter for review
• Represent a client effectively at a review hearing.

Criminal law practice covers the law, rules, practices and procedures that apply in criminal matters. The focus is on how to advise clients before and after arrest and charge and on appearing for clients in court on a bail application, a plea and sentencing matter and a short defended hearing.

You will learn how to:

• Provide advice in criminal law matters
• Apply for bail
• Make pleas
• Prepare cases for trial and represent clients in minor contested matters.

Family law practice involves advising clients about ways to resolve issues that arise from the breakdown of their relationship and about various dispute resolution processes and the courts.

This subject deals with law and practice in parenting, financial, child support and spouse maintenance matters. You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identifying dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

• Unconscionable conduct
• Unfair contracts and commercial practices.

The provisions also regulate specific consumer transactions and make it illegal to distribute unsafe goods and related services.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a consumer law file and advise the client on relevant law and procedure in a consumer law matter
• Recognise situations in which consumer law applies
• Identify relevant legislation, courts, tribunals and other bodies at federal and state level
• Advise a client on the appropriate jurisdiction
• Advise the client as to which remedies may be available
• Initiate or respond to a consumer claim
• Draft all documents in the relevant jurisdiction
• Represent a client effectively in any negotiation, mediation or hearing
• Document settlement effectively.

Employment law requires analytical, drafting and negotiation skills as well as expert legal knowledge. It involves both transactional and litigious work and includes:

• Advising clients about matters arising from employment relationships
• Advising clients on the relevant law and procedures, and
• Resolving disputes about employment and industrial relations matters through the court system or by using alternative dispute resolution processes.

Employment and industrial law may be regulated by federal or state legislation or may be governed by common law.

You will learn how to:

• Advise clients in employment law matters
• Identify the relevant law and procedures
• Act in proceedings arising from termination of employment
• Represent clients in dispute resolution processes
• Document and enforce settlements.

Planning and environmental law practice involves advising clients and resolving disputes in planning and environmental law matters through the court system or in alternative dispute resolution processes. This subject covers the fundamental processes, including: identifying the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve disputes, acting in applications, and conducting dispute resolution procedures.

You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a planning and environmental matter and advise the client accordingly
• Prepare a planning application or objections
• Initiate or respond to a planning and environmental claim
• Represent a client in resolving a planning matter or an environmental claim
• Implement outcomes of any planning or environmental matter, including documenting, and carrying into effect any orders or settlement of a matter.

Will drafting and administration of deceased estates are important areas of legal practice and often are connected to very personal times in a client’s life. 

Most lawyers will be involved with wills and estates in some capacity, whether as:

• A testator in making their own will
• An executor in administering an estate
• A beneficiary under a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who wants to make a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who is the executor or administrator of a deceased estate.

You will learn how to:

• Take instructions, draft and advise on wills
• Obtain grants of probate and letters of administration
• Administer deceased estates.

This subject is an introduction to the world of banking and finance practice. You will learn about and apply the law to some practical lending transactions. Banking and finance practice involves: advising clients about common ways of financing commercial transactions, drafting loan and security documents, and completing commercial transactions.

 You will learn how to:

• Conduct preliminary investigations
• Plan and document financial arrangements
• Undertake due diligence
• Finalise the transaction.

Learn like it’s the real thing – with no exams, essays, or lectures. Because you’ve done enough of those already. In live workshops and through our online Learning Portal, you’ll learn real skills you can immediately apply in practice, all under the guidance of experienced lawyers, barristers and judges.

Whether you attend online or on campus, you’ll be supported every step of the way as you engage with your facilitator and collaborate with your classmates.

Your work experience can come from a wide range of legal settings. It’s all about seeing how legal work happens in real life.

Here are some examples of placements that can count toward your Work Experience requirement:

• Summer clerkships
• Paralegal work
• Volunteering at community legal centres
• A placement with Legal Aid
• Working with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
• Tax or legal division of chartered accountants
• Government policy and planning work of a legal nature
• Judge’s associate or tipstaff
• Assisting barristers in chambers
• Working in government or semi-government legal departments
• Assisting Tribunal members
• Company in-house legal departments

To make sure your work experience meets PLT requirements, it needs to:

• Involve the delivery of legal services.
• Be supervised by an appropriate supervisor.
• Be completed in one or multiple placements  it doesn’t need to be all in one place)
• Include only part of any experience gained during your law degree (it can’t cover the full requirement)

For more details, you can read the full Work Experience Rules.  

Follow these simple steps:

1. Read the Work Experience Rules to make sure your role fits.
2. Share the Work Experience Guide for Supervisors with your supervisor so they know what’s required.
3. Submit your Work Experience Approval Form (before or as soon as you start your placement.)
4. We’ll review and confirm your placement via email.
5. When you finish, submit your Work Experience Declaration Form, signed by your supervisor.
6. If you’re completing the 75-day work experience option, you’ll also need to submit your reflective journal.

Want to study now and pay later?

FEE-HELP (a student loan provided by the Federal Government) is available for eligible students. You can use FEE-HELP to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

While FEE-HELP doesn’t cover things like accommodation or textbooks, it can make paying for your course more manageable by letting you repay the cost through the tax system once you start working.

To be eligible for FEE-HELP, you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, and you need to complete at least part of your PLT in Australia. You can apply for a FEE-HELP loan when you fill out your online enrolment form.

If you’re not using FEE-HELP, you’ll need to pay the full course fee upfront when you enrol. Payments can be made via credit card or direct deposit.

Account Name: College of Law
Bank Name: National Australia Bank
BSB No: 082 212
Account No: 164 281 531
Bank Address: 32 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

We understand that finances can be a barrier, so we offer support through bursaries and the Kay Smith Scholarship.

Community Justice Bursaries:
To support law graduates and students working in the community legal sector.

Financial Assistance Bursaries:
Available to Australian citizens or permanent residents facing financial hardship. If you’re eligible for FEE-HELP, it might be harder to qualify, but you can still apply if you meet the criteria.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursaries:
This bursary provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Kay Smith Scholarship:
This scholarship supports outstanding law graduates and young lawyers who need financial help.

Learn more

If you need to withdraw, just let us know in writing by the census date—that’s the last day you can withdraw without any financial penalty.

After the census date, refunds aren’t available unless there are exceptional circumstances, which we’ll consider on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re using FEE-HELP, you can withdraw before the census date without incurring a debt. After that, you’ll be responsible for repaying the fees through the tax system.

For more details on withdrawals and refunds, especially for FEE-HELP, check out the StudyAssist website. You can also find our Refund Policy and Complaints and Disputes Policy in our Policy Index.

If you are an international student, there may be extra rules that apply to you. The program manual provides further details, including additional circumstances where you can apply for a refund.

Effective lawyers require extensive technical legal expertise and excellence in a range of professional and interpersonal skills, from negotiating to managing workload. 

As part of this subject, you will learn:

• Communicating effectively
• Interviewing clients
• Writing and drafting
• Negotiation and early dispute resolution
• Representing clients in court
• Problem solving
• Managing risks for clients
• Managing time and workload, and
• Maintaining wellbeing in practice.

You will complete interactive workshops facilitated by experienced lawyers in which you will have the opportunity to role-play interviews, negotiation and courtroom appearances. You will learn how to approach client problems, draft written communications and documents, manage risk, and work effectively in your legal workplace. You will have opportunities to apply and practise these skills throughout the course.

No matter where or how you practise law, this subject is relevant and important to you, your clients and the community. You will further your understanding of the role of the legal profession in the legal system, in particular, its responsibility to serve the community successfully.

Beyond mere knowledge of the rules regulating the profession, you will develop the skills to identify and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas:

• Strategies and techniques to help to reduce the prospect of a disciplinary complaint being brought against you
• How to respond professionally if a complaint is made
• The confidence to voice ethical concerns in practice
• How to maintain trust and general account records according to law and good practice.

Civil litigation is a process of resolving disputes between parties, including:

• Any interactions between disputing parties prior to proceedings being commenced, such as letters of demand
• The initiation and defence of proceedings in courts or other tribunals
• Pre-trial procedures such as interlocutory applications
• Court and tribunal appearances
• Alternative avenues of dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration
• Post-trial procedures such as costs recovery and the enforcement of judgments.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identify dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

Buying or selling property is one of the largest financial transactions clients will undertake during their lives. Property practice involves the legal process of transferring legal ownership of a property from one party to another (conveyancing) together with associated matters such as leasing, mortgaging, and planning and revenue.

You will learn how to handle client transactions in accordance with their instructions and acting in their best interests, including how to:

• Identify and transfer title/property and prepare a contract for sale for a vendor
• Advise on a contract and investigate and transfer title from a purchaser’s perspective
• Advise on leases
• Advise on creating and releasing securities
• Advise on land use
• Advise on revenue issues.

Commercial and corporate practice is a challenging area of legal practice which covers a wide range of commercial and financial activity. In this subject, you will be acting for clients in some common commercial and corporate matters such as:

• The sale and purchase of business assets
• Setting up business structures
• Advising upon finance and securities
• Identifying revenue implications of commercial transactions.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Conduct the sale and purchase of a small business
• Identify the risks for both parties in a transaction
• Set up simple business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Provide basic advice on finance and securities and the obligations of companies and their officers
• Identify revenue implications of commercial transactions and the need for further advice.

Administrative law matters can arise in any area of legal practice. They may involve a decision made under legislation or in breach of natural justice.

There are two sources of administrative law review in Australia: one system deriving from the common law and leading only to a judicial review, and the other system being a legislative review system of administrative decisions made under an enactment, enabling persons affected by these decisions to apply for a merits review or a judicial review.

As part of this elective, you will learn how to:

• Identify whether an administrative decision can be reviewed
• Identify and interpret the legislation under which the decision was made
• Conclude which review process will be the most appropriate
• Advise the client about the alternative means of obtaining a review
• Identify whether freedom of information legislation applies to the client’s situation and what steps are needed to obtain the information
• Prepare a matter for review
• Represent a client effectively at a review hearing.

Criminal law practice covers the law, rules, practices and procedures that apply in criminal matters. The focus is on how to advise clients before and after arrest and charge and on appearing for clients in court on a bail application, a plea and sentencing matter and a short defended hearing.

You will learn how to:

• Provide advice in criminal law matters
• Apply for bail
• Make pleas
• Prepare cases for trial and represent clients in minor contested matters.

Family law practice involves advising clients about ways to resolve issues that arise from the breakdown of their relationship and about various dispute resolution processes and the courts.

This subject deals with law and practice in parenting, financial, child support and spouse maintenance matters. You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identifying dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

• Unconscionable conduct
• Unfair contracts and commercial practices.

The provisions also regulate specific consumer transactions and make it illegal to distribute unsafe goods and related services.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a consumer law file and advise the client on relevant law and procedure in a consumer law matter
• Recognise situations in which consumer law applies
• Identify relevant legislation, courts, tribunals and other bodies at federal and state level
• Advise a client on the appropriate jurisdiction
• Advise the client as to which remedies may be available
• Initiate or respond to a consumer claim
• Draft all documents in the relevant jurisdiction
• Represent a client effectively in any negotiation, mediation or hearing
• Document settlement effectively.

Employment law requires analytical, drafting and negotiation skills as well as expert legal knowledge. It involves both transactional and litigious work and includes:

• Advising clients about matters arising from employment relationships
• Advising clients on the relevant law and procedures, and
• Resolving disputes about employment and industrial relations matters through the court system or by using alternative dispute resolution processes.

Employment and industrial law may be regulated by federal or state legislation or may be governed by common law.

You will learn how to:

• Advise clients in employment law matters
• Identify the relevant law and procedures
• Act in proceedings arising from termination of employment
• Represent clients in dispute resolution processes
• Document and enforce settlements.

Planning and environmental law practice involves advising clients and resolving disputes in planning and environmental law matters through the court system or in alternative dispute resolution processes. This subject covers the fundamental processes, including: identifying the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve disputes, acting in applications, and conducting dispute resolution procedures.

You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a planning and environmental matter and advise the client accordingly
• Prepare a planning application or objections
• Initiate or respond to a planning and environmental claim
• Represent a client in resolving a planning matter or an environmental claim
• Implement outcomes of any planning or environmental matter, including documenting, and carrying into effect any orders or settlement of a matter.

Will drafting and administration of deceased estates are important areas of legal practice and often are connected to very personal times in a client’s life. 

Most lawyers will be involved with wills and estates in some capacity, whether as:

• A testator in making their own will
• An executor in administering an estate
• A beneficiary under a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who wants to make a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who is the executor or administrator of a deceased estate.

You will learn how to:

• Take instructions, draft and advise on wills
• Obtain grants of probate and letters of administration
• Administer deceased estates.

This subject is an introduction to the world of banking and finance practice. You will learn about and apply the law to some practical lending transactions. Banking and finance practice involves: advising clients about common ways of financing commercial transactions, drafting loan and security documents, and completing commercial transactions.

 You will learn how to:

• Conduct preliminary investigations
• Plan and document financial arrangements
• Undertake due diligence
• Finalise the transaction.

Learn like it’s the real thing – with no exams, essays, or lectures. Because you’ve done enough of those already. In live workshops and through our online Learning Portal, you’ll learn real skills you can immediately apply in practice, all under the guidance of experienced lawyers, barristers and judges.

Whether you attend online or on campus, you’ll be supported every step of the way as you engage with your facilitator and collaborate with your classmates.

Your work experience can come from a wide range of legal settings. It’s all about seeing how legal work happens in real life.

Here are some examples of placements that can count toward your Work Experience requirement:

• Summer clerkships
• Paralegal work
• Volunteering at community legal centres
• A placement with Legal Aid
• Working with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
• Tax or legal division of chartered accountants
• Government policy and planning work of a legal nature
• Judge’s associate or tipstaff
• Assisting barristers in chambers
• Working in government or semi-government legal departments
• Assisting Tribunal members
• Company in-house legal departments

To make sure your work experience meets PLT requirements, it needs to:

• Involve the delivery of legal services.
• Be supervised by an appropriate supervisor.
• Be completed in one or multiple placements  it doesn’t need to be all in one place)
• Include only part of any experience gained during your law degree (it can’t cover the full requirement)

For more details, you can read the full Work Experience Rules.  

Follow these simple steps:

1. Read the Work Experience Rules to make sure your role fits.
2. Share the Work Experience Guide for Supervisors with your supervisor so they know what’s required.
3. Submit your Work Experience Approval Form (before or as soon as you start your placement.)
4. We’ll review and confirm your placement via email.
5. When you finish, submit your Work Experience Declaration Form, signed by your supervisor.
6. If you’re completing the 75-day work experience option, you’ll also need to submit your reflective journal.

Want to study now and pay later?

FEE-HELP (a student loan provided by the Federal Government) is available for eligible students. You can use FEE-HELP to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

While FEE-HELP doesn’t cover things like accommodation or textbooks, it can make paying for your course more manageable by letting you repay the cost through the tax system once you start working.

To be eligible for FEE-HELP, you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, and you need to complete at least part of your PLT in Australia. You can apply for a FEE-HELP loan when you fill out your online enrolment form.

If you’re not using FEE-HELP, you’ll need to pay the full course fee upfront when you enrol. Payments can be made via credit card or direct deposit.

Account Name: College of Law
Bank Name: National Australia Bank
BSB No: 082 212
Account No: 164 281 531
Bank Address: 32 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

We understand that finances can be a barrier, so we offer support through bursaries and the Kay Smith Scholarship.

Community Justice Bursaries:
To support law graduates and students working in the community legal sector.

Financial Assistance Bursaries:
Available to Australian citizens or permanent residents facing financial hardship. If you’re eligible for FEE-HELP, it might be harder to qualify, but you can still apply if you meet the criteria.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursaries:
This bursary provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Kay Smith Scholarship:
This scholarship supports outstanding law graduates and young lawyers who need financial help.

Learn more

If you need to withdraw, just let us know in writing by the census date—that’s the last day you can withdraw without any financial penalty.

After the census date, refunds aren’t available unless there are exceptional circumstances, which we’ll consider on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re using FEE-HELP, you can withdraw before the census date without incurring a debt. After that, you’ll be responsible for repaying the fees through the tax system.

For more details on withdrawals and refunds, especially for FEE-HELP, check out the StudyAssist website. You can also find our Refund Policy and Complaints and Disputes Policy in our Policy Index.

If you are an international student, there may be extra rules that apply to you. The program manual provides further details, including additional circumstances where you can apply for a refund.

Effective lawyers require extensive technical legal expertise and excellence in a range of professional and interpersonal skills, from negotiating to managing workload. 

As part of this subject, you will learn:

• Communicating effectively
• Interviewing clients
• Writing and drafting
• Negotiation and early dispute resolution
• Representing clients in court
• Problem solving
• Managing risks for clients
• Managing time and workload, and
• Maintaining wellbeing in practice.

You will complete interactive workshops facilitated by experienced lawyers in which you will have the opportunity to role-play interviews, negotiation and courtroom appearances. You will learn how to approach client problems, draft written communications and documents, manage risk, and work effectively in your legal workplace. You will have opportunities to apply and practise these skills throughout the course.

No matter where or how you practise law, this subject is relevant and important to you, your clients and the community. You will further your understanding of the role of the legal profession in the legal system, in particular, its responsibility to serve the community successfully.

Beyond mere knowledge of the rules regulating the profession, you will develop the skills to identify and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas:

• Strategies and techniques to help to reduce the prospect of a disciplinary complaint being brought against you
• How to respond professionally if a complaint is made
• The confidence to voice ethical concerns in practice
• How to maintain trust and general account records according to law and good practice.

Civil litigation is a process of resolving disputes between parties, including:

• Any interactions between disputing parties prior to proceedings being commenced, such as letters of demand
• The initiation and defence of proceedings in courts or other tribunals
• Pre-trial procedures such as interlocutory applications
• Court and tribunal appearances
• Alternative avenues of dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration
• Post-trial procedures such as costs recovery and the enforcement of judgments.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identify dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

Buying or selling property is one of the largest financial transactions clients will undertake during their lives. Property practice involves the legal process of transferring legal ownership of a property from one party to another (conveyancing) together with associated matters such as leasing, mortgaging, and planning and revenue.

You will learn how to handle client transactions in accordance with their instructions and acting in their best interests, including how to:

• Identify and transfer title/property and prepare a contract for sale for a vendor
• Advise on a contract and investigate and transfer title from a purchaser’s perspective
• Advise on leases
• Advise on creating and releasing securities
• Advise on land use
• Advise on revenue issues.

Commercial and corporate practice is a challenging area of legal practice which covers a wide range of commercial and financial activity. In this subject, you will be acting for clients in some common commercial and corporate matters such as:

• The sale and purchase of business assets
• Setting up business structures
• Advising upon finance and securities
• Identifying revenue implications of commercial transactions.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Conduct the sale and purchase of a small business
• Identify the risks for both parties in a transaction
• Set up simple business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Provide basic advice on finance and securities and the obligations of companies and their officers
• Identify revenue implications of commercial transactions and the need for further advice.

Administrative law matters can arise in any area of legal practice. They may involve a decision made under legislation or in breach of natural justice.

There are two sources of administrative law review in Australia: one system deriving from the common law and leading only to a judicial review, and the other system being a legislative review system of administrative decisions made under an enactment, enabling persons affected by these decisions to apply for a merits review or a judicial review.

As part of this elective, you will learn how to:

• Identify whether an administrative decision can be reviewed
• Identify and interpret the legislation under which the decision was made
• Conclude which review process will be the most appropriate
• Advise the client about the alternative means of obtaining a review
• Identify whether freedom of information legislation applies to the client’s situation and what steps are needed to obtain the information
• Prepare a matter for review
• Represent a client effectively at a review hearing.

Criminal law practice covers the law, rules, practices and procedures that apply in criminal matters. The focus is on how to advise clients before and after arrest and charge and on appearing for clients in court on a bail application, a plea and sentencing matter and a short defended hearing.

You will learn how to:

• Provide advice in criminal law matters
• Apply for bail
• Make pleas
• Prepare cases for trial and represent clients in minor contested matters.

Family law practice involves advising clients about ways to resolve issues that arise from the breakdown of their relationship and about various dispute resolution processes and the courts.

This subject deals with law and practice in parenting, financial, child support and spouse maintenance matters. You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identifying dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

• Unconscionable conduct
• Unfair contracts and commercial practices.

The provisions also regulate specific consumer transactions and make it illegal to distribute unsafe goods and related services.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a consumer law file and advise the client on relevant law and procedure in a consumer law matter
• Recognise situations in which consumer law applies
• Identify relevant legislation, courts, tribunals and other bodies at federal and state level
• Advise a client on the appropriate jurisdiction
• Advise the client as to which remedies may be available
• Initiate or respond to a consumer claim
• Draft all documents in the relevant jurisdiction
• Represent a client effectively in any negotiation, mediation or hearing
• Document settlement effectively.

Employment law requires analytical, drafting and negotiation skills as well as expert legal knowledge. It involves both transactional and litigious work and includes:

• Advising clients about matters arising from employment relationships
• Advising clients on the relevant law and procedures, and
• Resolving disputes about employment and industrial relations matters through the court system or by using alternative dispute resolution processes.

Employment and industrial law may be regulated by federal or state legislation or may be governed by common law.

You will learn how to:

• Advise clients in employment law matters
• Identify the relevant law and procedures
• Act in proceedings arising from termination of employment
• Represent clients in dispute resolution processes
• Document and enforce settlements.

Planning and environmental law practice involves advising clients and resolving disputes in planning and environmental law matters through the court system or in alternative dispute resolution processes. This subject covers the fundamental processes, including: identifying the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve disputes, acting in applications, and conducting dispute resolution procedures.

You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a planning and environmental matter and advise the client accordingly
• Prepare a planning application or objections
• Initiate or respond to a planning and environmental claim
• Represent a client in resolving a planning matter or an environmental claim
• Implement outcomes of any planning or environmental matter, including documenting, and carrying into effect any orders or settlement of a matter.

Will drafting and administration of deceased estates are important areas of legal practice and often are connected to very personal times in a client’s life. 

Most lawyers will be involved with wills and estates in some capacity, whether as:

• A testator in making their own will
• An executor in administering an estate
• A beneficiary under a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who wants to make a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who is the executor or administrator of a deceased estate.

You will learn how to:

• Take instructions, draft and advise on wills
• Obtain grants of probate and letters of administration
• Administer deceased estates.

This subject is an introduction to the world of banking and finance practice. You will learn about and apply the law to some practical lending transactions. Banking and finance practice involves: advising clients about common ways of financing commercial transactions, drafting loan and security documents, and completing commercial transactions.

 You will learn how to:

• Conduct preliminary investigations
• Plan and document financial arrangements
• Undertake due diligence
• Finalise the transaction.

Learn like it’s the real thing – with no exams, essays, or lectures. Because you’ve done enough of those already. In live workshops and through our online Learning Portal, you’ll learn real skills you can immediately apply in practice, all under the guidance of experienced lawyers, barristers and judges.

Whether you attend online or on campus, you’ll be supported every step of the way as you engage with your facilitator and collaborate with your classmates.

Your work experience can come from a wide range of legal settings. It’s all about seeing how legal work happens in real life.

Here are some examples of placements that can count toward your Work Experience requirement:

• Summer clerkships
• Paralegal work
• Volunteering at community legal centres
• A placement with Legal Aid
• Working with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
• Tax or legal division of chartered accountants
• Government policy and planning work of a legal nature
• Judge’s associate or tipstaff
• Assisting barristers in chambers
• Working in government or semi-government legal departments
• Assisting Tribunal members
• Company in-house legal departments

To make sure your work experience meets PLT requirements, it needs to:

• Involve the delivery of legal services.
• Be supervised by an appropriate supervisor.
• Be completed in one or multiple placements  it doesn’t need to be all in one place)
• Include only part of any experience gained during your law degree (it can’t cover the full requirement)

For more details, you can read the full Work Experience Rules.  

Follow these simple steps:

1. Read the Work Experience Rules to make sure your role fits.
2. Share the Work Experience Guide for Supervisors with your supervisor so they know what’s required.
3. Submit your Work Experience Approval Form (before or as soon as you start your placement.)
4. We’ll review and confirm your placement via email.
5. When you finish, submit your Work Experience Declaration Form, signed by your supervisor.
6. If you’re completing the 75-day work experience option, you’ll also need to submit your reflective journal.

Want to study now and pay later?

FEE-HELP (a student loan provided by the Federal Government) is available for eligible students. You can use FEE-HELP to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

While FEE-HELP doesn’t cover things like accommodation or textbooks, it can make paying for your course more manageable by letting you repay the cost through the tax system once you start working.

To be eligible for FEE-HELP, you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, and you need to complete at least part of your PLT in Australia. You can apply for a FEE-HELP loan when you fill out your online enrolment form.

If you’re not using FEE-HELP, you’ll need to pay the full course fee upfront when you enrol. Payments can be made via credit card or direct deposit.

Account Name: College of Law
Bank Name: National Australia Bank
BSB No: 082 212
Account No: 164 281 531
Bank Address: 32 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

We understand that finances can be a barrier, so we offer support through bursaries and the Kay Smith Scholarship.

Community Justice Bursaries:
To support law graduates and students working in the community legal sector.

Financial Assistance Bursaries:
Available to Australian citizens or permanent residents facing financial hardship. If you’re eligible for FEE-HELP, it might be harder to qualify, but you can still apply if you meet the criteria.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursaries:
This bursary provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Kay Smith Scholarship:
This scholarship supports outstanding law graduates and young lawyers who need financial help.

Learn more

If you need to withdraw, just let us know in writing by the census date—that’s the last day you can withdraw without any financial penalty.

After the census date, refunds aren’t available unless there are exceptional circumstances, which we’ll consider on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re using FEE-HELP, you can withdraw before the census date without incurring a debt. After that, you’ll be responsible for repaying the fees through the tax system.

For more details on withdrawals and refunds, especially for FEE-HELP, check out the StudyAssist website. You can also find our Refund Policy and Complaints and Disputes Policy in our Policy Index.

If you are an international student, there may be extra rules that apply to you. The program manual provides further details, including additional circumstances where you can apply for a refund.

Effective lawyers require extensive technical legal expertise and excellence in a range of professional and interpersonal skills, from negotiating to managing workload. 

As part of this subject, you will learn:

• Communicating effectively
• Interviewing clients
• Writing and drafting
• Negotiation and early dispute resolution
• Representing clients in court
• Problem solving
• Managing risks for clients
• Managing time and workload, and
• Maintaining wellbeing in practice.

You will complete interactive workshops facilitated by experienced lawyers in which you will have the opportunity to role-play interviews, negotiation and courtroom appearances. You will learn how to approach client problems, draft written communications and documents, manage risk, and work effectively in your legal workplace. You will have opportunities to apply and practise these skills throughout the course.

No matter where or how you practise law, this subject is relevant and important to you, your clients and the community. You will further your understanding of the role of the legal profession in the legal system, in particular, its responsibility to serve the community successfully.

Beyond mere knowledge of the rules regulating the profession, you will develop the skills to identify and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas:

• Strategies and techniques to help to reduce the prospect of a disciplinary complaint being brought against you
• How to respond professionally if a complaint is made
• The confidence to voice ethical concerns in practice
• How to maintain trust and general account records according to law and good practice.

Civil litigation is a process of resolving disputes between parties, including:

• Any interactions between disputing parties prior to proceedings being commenced, such as letters of demand
• The initiation and defence of proceedings in courts or other tribunals
• Pre-trial procedures such as interlocutory applications
• Court and tribunal appearances
• Alternative avenues of dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration
• Post-trial procedures such as costs recovery and the enforcement of judgments.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identify dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

Buying or selling property is one of the largest financial transactions clients will undertake during their lives. Property practice involves the legal process of transferring legal ownership of a property from one party to another (conveyancing) together with associated matters such as leasing, mortgaging, and planning and revenue.

You will learn how to handle client transactions in accordance with their instructions and acting in their best interests, including how to:

• Identify and transfer title/property and prepare a contract for sale for a vendor
• Advise on a contract and investigate and transfer title from a purchaser’s perspective
• Advise on leases
• Advise on creating and releasing securities
• Advise on land use
• Advise on revenue issues.

Commercial and corporate practice is a challenging area of legal practice which covers a wide range of commercial and financial activity. In this subject, you will be acting for clients in some common commercial and corporate matters such as:

• The sale and purchase of business assets
• Setting up business structures
• Advising upon finance and securities
• Identifying revenue implications of commercial transactions.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Conduct the sale and purchase of a small business
• Identify the risks for both parties in a transaction
• Set up simple business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Provide basic advice on finance and securities and the obligations of companies and their officers
• Identify revenue implications of commercial transactions and the need for further advice.

Administrative law matters can arise in any area of legal practice. They may involve a decision made under legislation or in breach of natural justice.

There are two sources of administrative law review in Australia: one system deriving from the common law and leading only to a judicial review, and the other system being a legislative review system of administrative decisions made under an enactment, enabling persons affected by these decisions to apply for a merits review or a judicial review.

As part of this elective, you will learn how to:

• Identify whether an administrative decision can be reviewed
• Identify and interpret the legislation under which the decision was made
• Conclude which review process will be the most appropriate
• Advise the client about the alternative means of obtaining a review
• Identify whether freedom of information legislation applies to the client’s situation and what steps are needed to obtain the information
• Prepare a matter for review
• Represent a client effectively at a review hearing.

Criminal law practice covers the law, rules, practices and procedures that apply in criminal matters. The focus is on how to advise clients before and after arrest and charge and on appearing for clients in court on a bail application, a plea and sentencing matter and a short defended hearing.

You will learn how to:

• Provide advice in criminal law matters
• Apply for bail
• Make pleas
• Prepare cases for trial and represent clients in minor contested matters.

Family law practice involves advising clients about ways to resolve issues that arise from the breakdown of their relationship and about various dispute resolution processes and the courts.

This subject deals with law and practice in parenting, financial, child support and spouse maintenance matters. You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identifying dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

• Unconscionable conduct
• Unfair contracts and commercial practices.

The provisions also regulate specific consumer transactions and make it illegal to distribute unsafe goods and related services.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a consumer law file and advise the client on relevant law and procedure in a consumer law matter
• Recognise situations in which consumer law applies
• Identify relevant legislation, courts, tribunals and other bodies at federal and state level
• Advise a client on the appropriate jurisdiction
• Advise the client as to which remedies may be available
• Initiate or respond to a consumer claim
• Draft all documents in the relevant jurisdiction
• Represent a client effectively in any negotiation, mediation or hearing
• Document settlement effectively.

Employment law requires analytical, drafting and negotiation skills as well as expert legal knowledge. It involves both transactional and litigious work and includes:

• Advising clients about matters arising from employment relationships
• Advising clients on the relevant law and procedures, and
• Resolving disputes about employment and industrial relations matters through the court system or by using alternative dispute resolution processes.

Employment and industrial law may be regulated by federal or state legislation or may be governed by common law.

You will learn how to:

• Advise clients in employment law matters
• Identify the relevant law and procedures
• Act in proceedings arising from termination of employment
• Represent clients in dispute resolution processes
• Document and enforce settlements.

Planning and environmental law practice involves advising clients and resolving disputes in planning and environmental law matters through the court system or in alternative dispute resolution processes. This subject covers the fundamental processes, including: identifying the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve disputes, acting in applications, and conducting dispute resolution procedures.

You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a planning and environmental matter and advise the client accordingly
• Prepare a planning application or objections
• Initiate or respond to a planning and environmental claim
• Represent a client in resolving a planning matter or an environmental claim
• Implement outcomes of any planning or environmental matter, including documenting, and carrying into effect any orders or settlement of a matter.

Will drafting and administration of deceased estates are important areas of legal practice and often are connected to very personal times in a client’s life. 

Most lawyers will be involved with wills and estates in some capacity, whether as:

• A testator in making their own will
• An executor in administering an estate
• A beneficiary under a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who wants to make a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who is the executor or administrator of a deceased estate.

You will learn how to:

• Take instructions, draft and advise on wills
• Obtain grants of probate and letters of administration
• Administer deceased estates.

This subject is an introduction to the world of banking and finance practice. You will learn about and apply the law to some practical lending transactions. Banking and finance practice involves: advising clients about common ways of financing commercial transactions, drafting loan and security documents, and completing commercial transactions.

 You will learn how to:

• Conduct preliminary investigations
• Plan and document financial arrangements
• Undertake due diligence
• Finalise the transaction.

Learn like it’s the real thing – with no exams, essays, or lectures. Because you’ve done enough of those already. In live workshops and through our online Learning Portal, you’ll learn real skills you can immediately apply in practice, all under the guidance of experienced lawyers, barristers and judges.

Whether you attend online or on campus, you’ll be supported every step of the way as you engage with your facilitator and collaborate with your classmates.

Your work experience can come from a wide range of legal settings. It’s all about seeing how legal work happens in real life.

Here are some examples of placements that can count toward your Work Experience requirement:

• Summer clerkships
• Paralegal work
• Volunteering at community legal centres
• A placement with Legal Aid
• Working with the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
• Tax or legal division of chartered accountants
• Government policy and planning work of a legal nature
• Judge’s associate or tipstaff
• Assisting barristers in chambers
• Working in government or semi-government legal departments
• Assisting Tribunal members
• Company in-house legal departments

To make sure your work experience meets PLT requirements, it needs to:

• Involve the delivery of legal services.
• Be supervised by an appropriate supervisor.
• Be completed in one or multiple placements  it doesn’t need to be all in one place)
• Include only part of any experience gained during your law degree (it can’t cover the full requirement)

For more details, you can read the full Work Experience Rules.  

Follow these simple steps:

1. Read the Work Experience Rules to make sure your role fits.
2. Share the Work Experience Guide for Supervisors with your supervisor so they know what’s required.
3. Submit your Work Experience Approval Form (before or as soon as you start your placement.)
4. We’ll review and confirm your placement via email.
5. When you finish, submit your Work Experience Declaration Form, signed by your supervisor.
6. If you’re completing the 75-day work experience option, you’ll also need to submit your reflective journal.

Want to study now and pay later?

FEE-HELP (a student loan provided by the Federal Government) is available for eligible students. You can use FEE-HELP to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

While FEE-HELP doesn’t cover things like accommodation or textbooks, it can make paying for your course more manageable by letting you repay the cost through the tax system once you start working.

To be eligible for FEE-HELP, you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, and you need to complete at least part of your PLT in Australia. You can apply for a FEE-HELP loan when you fill out your online enrolment form.

If you’re not using FEE-HELP, you’ll need to pay the full course fee upfront when you enrol. Payments can be made via credit card or direct deposit.

Account Name: College of Law
Bank Name: National Australia Bank
BSB No: 082 212
Account No: 164 281 531
Bank Address: 32 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

We understand that finances can be a barrier, so we offer support through bursaries and the Kay Smith Scholarship.

Community Justice Bursaries:
To support law graduates and students working in the community legal sector.

Financial Assistance Bursaries:
Available to Australian citizens or permanent residents facing financial hardship. If you’re eligible for FEE-HELP, it might be harder to qualify, but you can still apply if you meet the criteria.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursaries:
This bursary provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Kay Smith Scholarship:
This scholarship supports outstanding law graduates and young lawyers who need financial help.

Learn more

If you need to withdraw, just let us know in writing by the census date—that’s the last day you can withdraw without any financial penalty.

After the census date, refunds aren’t available unless there are exceptional circumstances, which we’ll consider on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re using FEE-HELP, you can withdraw before the census date without incurring a debt. After that, you’ll be responsible for repaying the fees through the tax system.

For more details on withdrawals and refunds, especially for FEE-HELP, check out the StudyAssist website. You can also find our Refund Policy and Complaints and Disputes Policy in our Policy Index.

If you are an international student, there may be extra rules that apply to you. The program manual provides further details, including additional circumstances where you can apply for a refund.

Effective lawyers require extensive technical legal expertise and excellence in a range of professional and interpersonal skills, from negotiating to managing workload. 

As part of this subject, you will learn:

• Communicating effectively
• Interviewing clients
• Writing and drafting
• Negotiation and early dispute resolution
• Representing clients in court
• Problem solving
• Managing risks for clients
• Managing time and workload, and
• Maintaining wellbeing in practice.

You will complete interactive workshops facilitated by experienced lawyers in which you will have the opportunity to role-play interviews, negotiation and courtroom appearances. You will learn how to approach client problems, draft written communications and documents, manage risk, and work effectively in your legal workplace. You will have opportunities to apply and practise these skills throughout the course.

No matter where or how you practise law, this subject is relevant and important to you, your clients and the community. You will further your understanding of the role of the legal profession in the legal system, in particular, its responsibility to serve the community successfully.

Beyond mere knowledge of the rules regulating the profession, you will develop the skills to identify and respond appropriately to ethical dilemmas:

• Strategies and techniques to help to reduce the prospect of a disciplinary complaint being brought against you
• How to respond professionally if a complaint is made
• The confidence to voice ethical concerns in practice
• How to maintain trust and general account records according to law and good practice.

Civil litigation is a process of resolving disputes between parties, including:

• Any interactions between disputing parties prior to proceedings being commenced, such as letters of demand
• The initiation and defence of proceedings in courts or other tribunals
• Pre-trial procedures such as interlocutory applications
• Court and tribunal appearances
• Alternative avenues of dispute resolution such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration
• Post-trial procedures such as costs recovery and the enforcement of judgments.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identify dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

Buying or selling property is one of the largest financial transactions clients will undertake during their lives. Property practice involves the legal process of transferring legal ownership of a property from one party to another (conveyancing) together with associated matters such as leasing, mortgaging, and planning and revenue.

You will learn how to handle client transactions in accordance with their instructions and acting in their best interests, including how to:

• Identify and transfer title/property and prepare a contract for sale for a vendor
• Advise on a contract and investigate and transfer title from a purchaser’s perspective
• Advise on leases
• Advise on creating and releasing securities
• Advise on land use
• Advise on revenue issues.

Commercial and corporate practice is a challenging area of legal practice which covers a wide range of commercial and financial activity. In this subject, you will be acting for clients in some common commercial and corporate matters such as:

• The sale and purchase of business assets
• Setting up business structures
• Advising upon finance and securities
• Identifying revenue implications of commercial transactions.

In this subject, you will learn how to:

• Conduct the sale and purchase of a small business
• Identify the risks for both parties in a transaction
• Set up simple business structures such as companies, trusts and partnerships
• Provide basic advice on finance and securities and the obligations of companies and their officers
• Identify revenue implications of commercial transactions and the need for further advice.

Administrative law matters can arise in any area of legal practice. They may involve a decision made under legislation or in breach of natural justice.

There are two sources of administrative law review in Australia: one system deriving from the common law and leading only to a judicial review, and the other system being a legislative review system of administrative decisions made under an enactment, enabling persons affected by these decisions to apply for a merits review or a judicial review.

As part of this elective, you will learn how to:

• Identify whether an administrative decision can be reviewed
• Identify and interpret the legislation under which the decision was made
• Conclude which review process will be the most appropriate
• Advise the client about the alternative means of obtaining a review
• Identify whether freedom of information legislation applies to the client’s situation and what steps are needed to obtain the information
• Prepare a matter for review
• Represent a client effectively at a review hearing.

Criminal law practice covers the law, rules, practices and procedures that apply in criminal matters. The focus is on how to advise clients before and after arrest and charge and on appearing for clients in court on a bail application, a plea and sentencing matter and a short defended hearing.

You will learn how to:

• Provide advice in criminal law matters
• Apply for bail
• Make pleas
• Prepare cases for trial and represent clients in minor contested matters.

Family law practice involves advising clients about ways to resolve issues that arise from the breakdown of their relationship and about various dispute resolution processes and the courts.

This subject deals with law and practice in parenting, financial, child support and spouse maintenance matters. You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a case and identifying dispute resolution alternatives
• Advise on costs of litigation
• Initiate and respond to claims
• Take and respond to interlocutory and default proceedings
• Gather and present evidence
• Negotiate settlements
• Take action to enforce orders and settlement agreements.

• Unconscionable conduct
• Unfair contracts and commercial practices.

The provisions also regulate specific consumer transactions and make it illegal to distribute unsafe goods and related services.

You will learn how to:

• Conduct a consumer law file and advise the client on relevant law and procedure in a consumer law matter
• Recognise situations in which consumer law applies
• Identify relevant legislation, courts, tribunals and other bodies at federal and state level
• Advise a client on the appropriate jurisdiction
• Advise the client as to which remedies may be available
• Initiate or respond to a consumer claim
• Draft all documents in the relevant jurisdiction
• Represent a client effectively in any negotiation, mediation or hearing
• Document settlement effectively.

Employment law requires analytical, drafting and negotiation skills as well as expert legal knowledge. It involves both transactional and litigious work and includes:

• Advising clients about matters arising from employment relationships
• Advising clients on the relevant law and procedures, and
• Resolving disputes about employment and industrial relations matters through the court system or by using alternative dispute resolution processes.

Employment and industrial law may be regulated by federal or state legislation or may be governed by common law.

You will learn how to:

• Advise clients in employment law matters
• Identify the relevant law and procedures
• Act in proceedings arising from termination of employment
• Represent clients in dispute resolution processes
• Document and enforce settlements.

Planning and environmental law practice involves advising clients and resolving disputes in planning and environmental law matters through the court system or in alternative dispute resolution processes. This subject covers the fundamental processes, including: identifying the appropriate jurisdiction to resolve disputes, acting in applications, and conducting dispute resolution procedures.

You will learn how to:

• Assess the merits of a planning and environmental matter and advise the client accordingly
• Prepare a planning application or objections
• Initiate or respond to a planning and environmental claim
• Represent a client in resolving a planning matter or an environmental claim
• Implement outcomes of any planning or environmental matter, including documenting, and carrying into effect any orders or settlement of a matter.

Will drafting and administration of deceased estates are important areas of legal practice and often are connected to very personal times in a client’s life. 

Most lawyers will be involved with wills and estates in some capacity, whether as:

• A testator in making their own will
• An executor in administering an estate
• A beneficiary under a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who wants to make a will
• A lawyer acting for a client who is the executor or administrator of a deceased estate.

You will learn how to:

• Take instructions, draft and advise on wills
• Obtain grants of probate and letters of administration
• Administer deceased estates.

This subject is an introduction to the world of banking and finance practice. You will learn about and apply the law to some practical lending transactions. Banking and finance practice involves: advising clients about common ways of financing commercial transactions, drafting loan and security documents, and completing commercial transactions.

 You will learn how to:

• Conduct preliminary investigations
• Plan and document financial arrangements
• Undertake due diligence
• Finalise the transaction.

Learn like it’s the real thing – with no exams, essays, or lectures. Because you’ve done enough of those already. In live workshops and through our online Learning Portal, you’ll learn real skills you can immediately apply in practice, all under the guidance of experienced lawyers, barristers and judges.

Whether you attend online or on campus, you’ll be supported every step of the way as you engage with your facilitator and collaborate with your classmates.

Want to study now and pay later?

FEE-HELP (a student loan provided by the Federal Government) is available for eligible students. You can use FEE-HELP to pay all or part of your tuition fees.

While FEE-HELP doesn’t cover things like accommodation or textbooks, it can make paying for your course more manageable by letting you repay the cost through the tax system once you start working.

To be eligible for FEE-HELP, you must be an Australian citizen or hold a permanent humanitarian visa, and you need to complete at least part of your PLT in Australia. You can apply for a FEE-HELP loan when you fill out your online enrolment form.

If you’re not using FEE-HELP, you’ll need to pay the full course fee upfront when you enrol. Payments can be made via credit card or direct deposit.

Account Name: College of Law
Bank Name: National Australia Bank
BSB No: 082 212
Account No: 164 281 531
Bank Address: 32 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest NSW 2065

We understand that finances can be a barrier, so we offer support through bursaries and the Kay Smith Scholarship.

Community Justice Bursaries:
To support law graduates and students working in the community legal sector.

Financial Assistance Bursaries:
Available to Australian citizens or permanent residents facing financial hardship. If you’re eligible for FEE-HELP, it might be harder to qualify, but you can still apply if you meet the criteria.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Bursaries:
This bursary provides financial support to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.

Kay Smith Scholarship:
This scholarship supports outstanding law graduates and young lawyers who need financial help.

Learn more

If you need to withdraw, just let us know in writing by the census date—that’s the last day you can withdraw without any financial penalty.

After the census date, refunds aren’t available unless there are exceptional circumstances, which we’ll consider on a case-by-case basis.

If you’re using FEE-HELP, you can withdraw before the census date without incurring a debt. After that, you’ll be responsible for repaying the fees through the tax system.

For more details on withdrawals and refunds, especially for FEE-HELP, check out the StudyAssist website. You can also find our Refund Policy and Complaints and Disputes Policy in our Policy Index.

If you are an international student, there may be extra rules that apply to you. The program manual provides further details, including additional circumstances where you can apply for a refund.