Law Pathways

By choosing to pursue a career in law through the UWA JD, you will:

• benefit from the Law School's longstanding and deep links with the legal profession which contribute to consistently high rates of employment for our graduates
• learn from the very best of the legal profession and academic staff recognised nationally for excellence in teaching and research
• join the ranks of nationally and internationally renowned alumni including Queen's Counsel and Senior Counsel barristers, solicitors, academic lawyers and Rhodes and Fulbright Scholars. Six of Australia's High Court judges graduated from the University
• have the opportunity to participate in practical skill-building programs, such as the Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, the world's largest of its kind.

Find out more about the UWA JD

The UWA Law School is certified by the Australian Law School Standards.

Rebecca Faugno is Director of the Juris Doctor and teaches Corporations Law (LAWS5104) and Professional Practice (LAWS5108).

Her research interests are in the areas of Corporate Governance, Regulation of Multinational Corporations, Corporations and Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility.

The JD curriculum has been purposefully designed to scaffold sequential knowledge and skills progression, and may be completed in three years full-time or on a part-time basis (up to nine years). Students with external commitments (including but not limited to work, travel, clerkships and sporting commitments) are expected to plan these commitments around their studies. External commitments are not regarded as valid reasons for timetable changes, swapping tutorials, the waiving of pre-requisites or variation from the prescribed course structure*.

In making a decision as to whether to complete the JD on a full or part-time basis, students should be aware that the estimated time commitment for a full-time (4 units) enrolment is approximately 46 hours per week excluding examinations. Some units are also offered as intensives, either in semester breaks or between semesters. Although the contact hours for these units are compressed into a shorter period of time, the time commitment of the unit remains the same.

* Students who undertake exchange, or other commitments which involve official representation of the Law School or the University, or which are recognised under University Policy, may seek approval from the Deputy Head of School (Students) for a variation in the prescribed course structure.

Full time course structure

• Foundations of Law and Lawyering# (Sem 1)
• Criminal Law (Sem 1)
• Contract (Sem 1)
• Property (Sem 1)
• Foundations of Public Law (Sem 2)
• Torts (Sem 2)
• Interpretation (Sem 2)
• Land Law (Sem 2)

• Dispute Resolution# (Sem 1)
• Constitutional Law (Sem 1)
• Equity and Trusts (Sem 1)
• Option 1 (Sem 1)
• Corporations Law (Sem 2)
• Remedies (Sem 2)
• Administrative Law (Sem 2)
• Option 2 (Sem 2)

• Professional and Ethical Practice# (Sem 1)
• Evidence (Sem 1)
• Option 3 (Sem 1)
• Option 4 (Sem 1)
• Procedure (Sem 2)
• Option 5 (Sem 2)
• Option 6 (Sem 2)
• Option 7 (Sem 2)

# These units are taught intensively over a two-week period immediately preceding the start of Semester 1.