Bachelor of Laws (Honours), Bachelor of Business (Sport and Recreation Management)

Entry Requirements

Applicants are required to meet one of the following criteria with a competitive result, and demonstrate that they fulfil any prerequisite requirements and essential requirements for admission:

Recent secondary education:

Meet any prerequisite requirements with a minimum grade of C- or equivalent and

Complete secondary qualifications equivalent to SACE, or

Complete the International Baccalaureate Diploma with a minimum score of 24 points

or

Higher education study

Complete or partly complete a recognized higher education program at a recognized higher education institution

or

Vocational Education and Training (VET)

Complete an award from a registered training organisation at Diploma level or above

or

Work and life experience

Hold completed secondary qualifications equivalent to SACE obtained more than 2 years in the past

English language requirements:

IELTS score of 7.0; TOEFL iBT score of 94 with no band less than 22; TOEFL paper-based test (PBT) score of 600 with TWE of 5.0; Cambridge CAE/CPE score of 186; Pearson's test of English (Academic) (PTE) score of 65 with no communicative score less than 65; CELUSA score of AE6.

Course Details

Gain a competitive edge by combining law with sport and recreation management, and graduate with two degrees in just five years.

A double degree expands your knowledge and opens doors to a broad range of career opportunities.

You will graduate with professional honours, an advanced understanding of legal principles of Australian law and the latest legal concepts in sport and recreation management. This legal expertise, combined with the knowledge and skills you’ll gain from your specialisation, will set you on track for a leadership career.

In your law studies you’ll gain practical real-world experience by undertaking an industry or clinic placement, a law reform project or high-level research in your final year. You’ll also be involved in mock-trials in our moot court, learning what it’s like to be act as an advocate and argue a case before a judge. You can also gain valuable experience at our Legal Advice Clinic, solving legal problems of clients under the guidance of a managing solicitor.

In your sport and recreation management studies you will develop skills through site visits, hear from professionally successful guest lecturers in the field of sport and recreation, and learn from a highly experienced teaching team.

What you'll learn

This degree is made up of 40 courses. You will do 24 courses in law and 16 courses in sport and recreation management.

Your career

You will hold a desired skillset for a diverse range of careers including:

• Celebrity endorsement adviser: managing legalities and contracts for professional sports/paid endorsement arrangements between individuals and organisations to help promote a product or service
• Project manager: ensuring projects are delivered on time and according to project plans; managing project team resources; scheduling, preparation and resource forecasting; managing vendors and suppliers; managing budgets
• Solicitor (with further study): commercial solicitor: focusing on business-specific legal practice such as: corporate, contract, competition, communications, commercial property, finance, employment, intellectual property, transport, sports and media law
• personal solicitor: focusing on areas such as personal injury, family and tort law, criminal litigation, succession and inheritance, residential property, taxation and trusts
• Sport equality advocate: supporting fairness in sport, equality of access and gender diversity by addressing issues and disparities
• Sports tribunal adviser/lawyer: serving as both a lawyer and agent to represent the legal, financial and contractual interests of clients such as sports players, coaches and teams

Alternative Pathways:

There are other pathways you can follow to study this degree. You could consider the Bachelor of Business (Legal Studies).

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