Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice
Curtin University
Type of institution: University/Higher Education Institution
Level: Postgraduate
CRICOS: 00301J
The Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice is a specialised practical legal training course aimed at law graduates. Satisfactory completion of the course is a prerequisite for a law graduate to be eligible for admission to the legal profession in Western Australia as a lawyer.
Structure
Credit Points: 200
Subjects
- LAWS5008 Lawyers Skills
- LAWS5011 Work Management and Business Skills
- LAWS5010 Civil Litigation Practice
- LAWS5005 Property Law Practice
- LAWS5009 Commercial and Corporate Practice
- LAWS5007 Legal Workplace Experience
- LAWS5014 Legal Workplace Clinical Experience
- LAWS5017 Administrative Law Practice
- LAWS5018 Criminal Law Practice
- LAWS5019 Wills & Estates Practice
- LAWS5020 Family Law Practice
- LAWS5021 Employment & Industrial Relations Practice
Standard entry requirements
Specifically, applicants require a Bachelor of Laws, Juris Doctor or equivalent qualification from a recognised university approved under the Legal Profession (Admission) Rules 2009 (WA), or otherwise have received prior written approval from the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia to enrol in the Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice Course. Students who have less than 50 credits of optional units remaining in the undergraduate degree and have received written approval from the Legal Practice Board of Western Australia may be enrolled to commence the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice concurrently with enrolment in those optional units.
Study information
| Campus | Fees | Entry | Mid year intake | Attendance |
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| Curtin Perth | Domestic: $12,416 International: $39,952 | No |
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