Bachelor of Economics / Bachelor of Laws

Tailor your studies to your specific goals by combining our accredited Bachelor of Laws degree with the Bachelor of Economics. When you graduate after five years, you have two degrees, and excellent legal skills relevant to professional employment.

The law component provides you with professional legal skills including the ability to analyse legal material, understand fundamental legal principles, understand the relationship between law and society, and gain general analytical skills for critical thinking and problem solving. Special emphasis is placed on the development of skills in advocacy, negotiation, legal drafting and legal research.

Your practical legal skills will be further developed using our extensive law library, computer-based law research lab and state-of-the-art moot courts located on our Campbelltown and Parramatta campuses.

Students often engage in work experience during their course. Examples include working at the NSW Attorney General's in legal aid, working in cooperative Summer Research Programs with industry, and in the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) advisory support scheme.

Under the combined degree structure, students obtain two degrees in five years. The degrees are structured to allow concurrent study in the two degrees, normally completing the non-Law component first.

Practical Experience

Students gain practical experience through simulated legal skills training in areas such as legal drafting, mediation and advocacy.

Career Opportunities

For details on career opportunities, refer to the Bachelor of Economics course information and the Bachelor of Laws (Graduate Entry) course information.

How to Apply

All domestic applications for entry to UWS undergraduate courses must be made through the Universities Admissions Centre (UAC) (opens in a new window). Step by step instructions are available on the How to Apply pages.

All international applications for entry to UWS undergraduate courses must be made via the International Student Admission Application form. Step by step instructions are available on the International Admissions pages.