About the law discipline
The Charles Darwin University Law Discipline offers students a nationally recognised degree leading to professional admission as a practicing lawyer in Australia. Staff maintain close contact with members of the practising legal profession, who are involved in giving lectures, taking tutorials and participating in the Annual Moot Court Program.
The Law Discipline has developed a reputation locally and Australia-wide for the quality of its courses and teaching. Small class sizes and easy access to lecturers, creates a supportive study environment for all students and makes Charles Darwin University an attractive option for studying law. By choosing to study law your career options are not strictly limited to becoming a solicitor, barrister, prosecutor or judge, if that is not your ambition. The legal skills students attain at Charles Darwin University are widely applicable to employment in both the private and public sectors and can lead to careers in areas such as politics, human rights, teaching, industrial relations or any other role where an in-depth understanding of the law is an advantage.
Students
are able to study law as a single discipline or in combined
degree programs with the Bachelor of Aboriginal and Torres
Straight Islander Studies, Arts, Business, Economics, Information
Technology and Science. Each year the School of Law rewards excellence and
dedication to study at the Annual Prizes Night, which includes
the presentation of the Supreme Court Medal and the Attorney
General's Medal.
Our unique geographic location facilitates specialisation in Indigenous legal issues, and South East Asian Law. An Indigenous Pre-Law Program is available to Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander students.
