Studying honours in law at Victoria University does not require an additional year, the core units required for honours can be taken during your Bachelor of Law (LLB) degree.
There is no doubt that graduating with honours is a personal achievement and it also improves your employability in the highly competitive legal market.
Law courses accepting honours applications
The following law courses accept honours applications:
- Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Arts
- Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Business
- Bachelor of Commerce (Applied Finance) / Bachelor of Laws
- Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry)
- Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Psychological Studies.
Apply for honours
Depending on when you commenced your course, there are two different methods of applications for honours.
Students who commenced their LLB course from 2015 onwards
You will need to transfer to the Honours degree. To transfer you will need to have:
- 10 law units (BLB or LLW units) or fewer left to complete your Bachelor of Law (LLB) course (usually your second last year of your course)
- completed the following units:
- LLW5004 Lawyers' Ethics and Professional Responsibility
- BLB4136 Equity and Trusts
- LLW5000 Advanced Commercial Law
- LLW5001 Corporations Law 2
- LLW5002 Advanced Constitutional Law
- LLW5003 Evidence and Criminal Procedure
- LLW5900 Advanced Legal Research Methods
- LLW5901 Advanced Legal Research Dissertation.
- a GPA of at least 70. This must be confirmed by the College Coordinator (diane.storey@vu.edu.au).
Please note:
- Cross-institutional subjects are not counted
- You should keep two law electives free while studying your initial LLB course, so that when you transfer to the honours course, you are able to complete the two required dissertation units which are both electives:
- LLW5900 Advanced Legal Research Methods
- LLW5901 Advanced Legal Research Dissertation.
Contact the college professional staff for further information and to apply.
Students who commenced their LLB course prior to 2015
To graduate with honours, you must meet the eligibility criteria, including the completion of the Advanced Research Dissertation unit.
- To apply to study the Advanced Research Dissertation unit, ensure you have 10 units or less left to complete your LLB course (usually in your last or second last year of your course) and your BLB units meet the required Grade Point Average (GPA).
- Contact Diane Storey (diane.storey@vu.edu.au) who will check your eligibility based on your GPA.
Eligibility criteria to study Advanced Research Dissertation
You must meet the minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) requirements based on the best two thirds of your BLB subjects (cross-institutional subjects are not counted).
Grade Point Averages
- GPA 5 is equivalent to Result Code H3
- GPA 6 is equivalent to Result Code H2B
- GPA 7 is equivalent to Result Code H2A
- GPA 8 is equivalent to Result Code H1.
Contact us
For more information, contact the College of Law & Justice professional staff.
