CourseBachelor Honours DegreeLLB(Hons)/BMus

L3006 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music

Faculty of Law

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music (L3006) is a 5 years full-time, 252-credit-point, bachelor honours degree course from the Faculty of Law, taught at Clayton. In 2026 you can choose from 3 specialisations. Map your units semester by semester with the MonMap planner.

Credit points
252
Duration
5 years full time
10 years part time
Campus
Clayton
On campus
Guaranteed ATAR
95

This is the 2026 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

This double degree offers two very distinct areas of study that enable you to combine the expertise, skills and knowledge of a law degree with training in the entertainment and music industries.

You can nourish your creative side, while also testing your capacity for clear thinking by combining music with the study of law. You might focus on one profession above the other, finding work as a professional musician or practising law as a barrister or solicitor, or combine the two in your future choices. You can specialise in music performance, composition and music technology, and popular music. You can choose from a wide range of law electives to focus your law expertise as you wish.

Course structure

Law component156 credit points
You must complete 156 credit points comprising all units in Part A and 54 credit points from Part B as described in the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree.
Music component96 credit points
You must complete 96 credit points comprising all requirements in Parts A, B, and C as described in the Bachelor of Music degree.
The handbook's description of this structure

Double degree courses include the features of the component degree courses, except that electives may be reduced.

Law

L3001 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a specialist course that develops through themes: legal methodology and legal practice; public law; and private law. The specialised knowledge and advanced skills are imparted in later year elective units, including a final year project involving intensive research and writing. In this double degree you complete: 

Part A. Core studies 
Core studies covers three interrelated themes: Legal methodology and legal practice, Public law and Private law.

Legal methodology and legal practice includes the nature of law, and particularly statute law enacted by parliaments and common law developed by courts. It also includes the key concepts, principles and methods of research and reasoning that enable lawyers to identify and interpret law and apply it to relevant facts in order to provide legal advice. It covers the law of procedure and evidence that governs judicial proceedings, alternative methods of resolving legal disputes, and the code of ethics that regulates the professional conduct of legal practitioners.

Public law includes constitutional law, administrative law and criminal law. It concerns the powers and procedures of the legislative, executive and judicial organs of government, and how they are regulated and controlled by 'the rule of law'. It also concerns the legal relationship between government and individuals, including the protection of individual rights.

Private law deals with legal relationships between legal persons, including corporations as well as individuals. It includes the study of property rights, contractual rights and obligations, wrongs (called 'torts') such as trespass and the negligent infliction of injury, and the law of equity and trusts.

Part B. Specified elective studies

In later years of the course, you will be able to choose from a broad range of elective law units. High achieving students may also include one or two master's units in their final year of study. Elective law units enable you to develop specialised knowledge and advanced skills in areas of law that suit your own interests, skills and career goals. In addition to public and private law, these include international law, commercial law and human rights law. You will have opportunities to study overseas, and to undertake work-based learning, for example, in our legal clinical program and in local and international internships.

Music

A2003 Bachelor of Music is a specialist course that develops through Specialist studies, core studies and applied studies. In this double degree you complete:

Part A. Specialist studies

This sequence of units will provide you with specialist skills to undertake a final examination either through performance with your chief instrument or voice, or through a folio of compositions, creative music technology media or written work. Performance and other applied electives are also available.

Part B. Music theory and ear training

This will integrate the development of aural skills with the theoretical understanding of music through listening, analysis, performance, notation and composition.

Part C. Context studies

These studies will expose you to the study of music and music making in various cultural, historical, social and professional settings through introductory units and a capstone experience.

Course progression map

The course progression map provides guidance on unit enrolment for each semester of study.

You must complete 156 points from the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) (including all of the requirements in Parts A and 54 points from Part B) and 96 points from the Bachelor of Music (including all the requirements in Part A, B and C for the single degree).

Areas of study

Entry requirements

Guaranteed ATAR and selection rank

95; International: UERT Year 12/Foundation Band 6 (95-96.24); UERT Post-Secondary: Qualifications are assessed on a case by case basis if above the minimum of Band 4

Other applicants

Non- school leavers: Monash applicants

Applicants who have partially completed an undergraduate degree must have completed the equivalent of one semester (24 points) or more of a recognised university degree and no more than the equivalent of two years of full time study (96 point); and achieved a distinction average or better across all the university units, irrespective of discipline. The distinction average is a minimum entry criteria to be eligible for admission, and the average will then be the basis for ranking candidates as part of a competitive selection process.

Non-School leavers: External applicants

Applicants who have partially completed an undergraduate degree must have completed the equivalent of one year (48 points) or more of a recognised university degree and no more than the equivalent of two years of full time study (96 points); and achieved a distinction average or better across all the university units, irrespective of discipline. The distinction average is a minimum entry criteria to be eligible for admission, and the average will then be the basis for ranking candidates as part of a competitive selection process.

Graduate entry requirements: 

Non-law graduates considering a career in the law are only eligible to apply for the Juris Doctor. The Faculty of Law does not accept single unit enrolments for undergraduate studies, except for cross institutional enrolments or for law graduates returning to complete units in order to practise in Victoria.

Entire academic record

This course uses the entire academic record as part of its selection considerations.

English language

Monash Level C, that is: IELTS (Academic): 7.0 overall (no band lower than 6.5); or Pearson Test of English (Academic):  score of 65 overall with no band lower than 58; or TOEFL Internet-based test: score of 94 overall with minimum scores: Writing: 24, Listening: 20, Reading: 19 and Speaking: 20; or Equivalent approved English test

Pathways

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Progression to further studies

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Professional accreditation

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Notes for students

You can enrich your degree to hone your academic and professional skills with a range of flagship rich educational experiences. These flagship rich educational experience units may be credited utilising your free electives, or alternatively in place of your discipline specific electives if approved by the faculty.

Students completing L3003 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music may use 6 credit points of Law electives and 6 credit points of Music electives to complete up to 12 credit points of Flagship Rich Educational Experience units. For information on available Flagship Rich units please see - Flagship Rich Educational Experiences.

Admission to practise: Disciplinary reports

You should note that a domestic applicant applying for admission to practise law in Victoria is required by the Legal Profession Uniform Admissions Rule 2015 to provide to the Victorian Legal Admissions Board:

  • a report from the University disclosing any disciplinary action taken against the student during the course.
  • a statutory declaration stating that the applicant has made full written disclosure of "every matter which a reasonable applicant would consider that the Board might regard as not being favourable to the applicant". This may include an incident of academic or general misconduct, even if it did not lead to disciplinary action.

The Victorian Legal Admissions Board will consider these matters in assessing whether the applicant is a "fit and proper person to be admitted to the legal profession".

Other information

This double degree offers two very distinct areas of study that enable you to combine the expertise, skills and knowledge of a law degree with training in the entertainment and music industries.

You can nourish your creative side, while also testing your capacity for clear thinking by combining music with the study of law. You might focus on one profession above the other, finding work as a professional musician or practising law as a barrister or solicitor, or combine the two in your future choices. You can specialise in music performance, composition and music technology, and popular music. You can choose from a wide range of law electives to focus your law expertise as you wish.

Common questions

How long is Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music?

5 years full time, 252 credit points. At 24 credit points a semester, that is 11 semesters of full-time study.

What specialisations can I take in Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music?

3 specialisations in 2026, including Composition and music technology; Music performance; and Popular music.

What ATAR do I need for Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music?

The guaranteed ATAR listed for 2026 entry is 95.

Where can I study Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music?

At Clayton.

How do I plan my Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Music units?

Open the course in the MonMap planner. It lays out your semesters, checks prerequisites as you drag units in, and tracks the credit points each requirement still needs.

Course details

Qualification
Bachelor Honours Degree
AQF level
Level 8
Credit points
252
Full time
5 Years
Part time
10 Years
Maximum time
10 years
Faculty
Faculty of Law
CRICOS code
080586F
Abbreviation
LLB(Hons)/BMus
Award titles
Bachelor of MusicBachelor of Laws (Honours)