University of Sydney Law School Juris Doctor Table
Unit of study | Credit points | A: Assumed knowledge P: Prerequisites C: Corequisites N: Prohibition | Session |
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Juris Doctor |
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To qualify for the award of the Juris Doctor, a student must successfully complete: | |||
(i) 102 credit points of compulsory units of study; and | |||
(ii) 42 credit points of elective units of study of which a maximum of 36 credit points are taken from Part 1, and | |||
(iii) a minimum of 6cp taken from Part 2. | |||
Full-Time |
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Compulsory units of study |
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Year 1 |
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LAWS5000 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000 or LAWS1006 |
Intensive February Semester 1 |
LAWS5001 Torts |
6 | C LAWS5000 N LAWS1010 or LAWS1012 or LAWS3001 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5002 Contracts |
6 | N LAWS1002 or LAWS1015 or LAWS2000 or LAWS2008 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5003 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | N LAWS1001 or LAWS1007 or LAWS1014 or LAWS2006 or LAWS3002 or LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5004 Criminal Law |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5003 or LAWS1014) N LAWS1003 or LAWS1016 or LAWS2001 or LAWS2009 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5005 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS1023 or LAWS1018 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5006 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5001 or LAWS1012) and (LAWS5002 or LAWS1015) N LAWS1017 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5007 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006 N LAWS1004 or LAWS1021 or LAWS2002 or LAWS3003 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5018 Legal Research |
Intensive March Semester 1 |
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Year 2 |
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Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one Juris Doctor elective unit in each semester of their penultimate year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to their final year. | |||
Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their penultimate year. | |||
LAWS5008 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004 or LAWS2007 or LAWS2012 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5009 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001 or LAWS2013 or LAWS3002 or LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5010 Administrative Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS1004 or LAWS2011 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5012 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS5008 or LAWS1012 N LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5013 Evidence |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5003 or LAWS1014) N LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 or LAWS3223 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5015 Equity |
6 | A LAWS5008 P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 |
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LAWS5017 Private International Law A |
6 | N LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS2018 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |
Part-time |
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Compulsory |
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Year 1 |
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LAWS5000 Foundations of Law |
6 | N LAWS1000 or LAWS1006 |
Intensive February Semester 1 |
LAWS5001 Torts |
6 | C LAWS5000 N LAWS1010 or LAWS1012 or LAWS3001 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5005 Public International Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS1023 or LAWS1018 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5007 Public Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 or LAWS1006 N LAWS1004 or LAWS1021 or LAWS2002 or LAWS3003 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5018 Legal Research |
Intensive March Semester 1 |
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Year 2 |
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LAWS5002 Contracts |
6 | N LAWS1002 or LAWS1015 or LAWS2000 or LAWS2008 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5003 Civil and Criminal Procedure |
6 | N LAWS1001 or LAWS1007 or LAWS1014 or LAWS2006 or LAWS3002 or LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5004 Criminal Law |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5003 or LAWS1014) N LAWS1003 or LAWS1016 or LAWS2001 or LAWS2009 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5006 Torts and Contracts II |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5001 or LAWS1012) and (LAWS5002 or LAWS1015) N LAWS1017 |
Semester 2 |
Year 3 |
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LAWS5010 Administrative Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS2002 or LAWS2010 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5011 Federal Constitutional Law |
6 | P LAWS5007 or LAWS1021 N LAWS1004 or LAWS2011 or LAWS3000 or LAWS3003 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5013 Evidence |
6 | P (LAWS5000 or LAWS1006) and (LAWS5003 or LAWS1014) N LAWS2006 or LAWS2016 or LAWS3223 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
LAWS5014 Corporations Law |
6 | N LAWS2003 or LAWS2014 |
Semester 2 Summer Main |
Year 4 |
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Students may substitute one compulsory unit with one Juris Doctor elective unit in each semester of their fourth year, deferring the compulsory unit(s) to their fifth year. | |||
Students cannot enrol in more than two elective units in their fourth year. | |||
LAWS5008 Intro to Property and Commercial Law |
6 | P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004 or LAWS2007 or LAWS2012 |
Semester 1 |
LAWS5009 The Legal Profession |
6 | N LAWS1001 or LAWS2013 or LAWS3002 or LAWS3004 |
Semester 1 Summer Main |
LAWS5012 Real Property |
6 | P LAWS5008 or LAWS1012 N LAWS2007 or LAWS2017 |
Semester 2 |
LAWS5015 Equity |
6 | A LAWS5008 P LAWS5000 N LAWS2004 or LAWS2015 |
Semester 2 |
Years 5 and 6 |
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LAWS5017 Private International Law A |
6 | N LAWS1018 or LAWS2005 or LAWS2018 |
Semester 1 Semester 2 |