CourseBachelor Honours DegreeLLB(Hons)/BInfoTech

L3010 Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology

Faculty of Law

Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology (L3010) is a 5 years full-time, 252-credit-point, bachelor honours degree course from the Faculty of Law, taught at Clayton. In 2024 you can choose from 4 majors. 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 2024 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.

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Overview

A Monash Law degree will enable you to join the next generation of high achieving lawyers, with the ability to solve complex, demanding and interesting problems.

The Law degree provides you with a solid foundation in the concepts, procedures and reasoning underpinning the Australian legal system and the research, analytical and communication skills of the legal profession.

The Information Technology degree focuses on the application of computer-based technologies and systems to meet individual and organisational information needs. It enables you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to use IT effectively and to use, develop and manage IT-based systems.

This double degree will present opportunities for students in the evolving field of legislative responses to information technology innovation and the growth of information systems for legal decision-making and procedures.

Course structure

Law component156 credit points
You must complete 156 credit points comprising all units in Parts A, B, and C; and 54 credit points from Part D as described in the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree.
Information Technology component96 credit points
You must complete 96 credit points comprising all the requirements from Parts A and B as described in the Bachelor of Information Technology degree and no more than 36 credit points can be completed at Level 1.
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) course 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.

Part A. Legal methodology and legal practice

This theme 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.

Part B. Public law

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.

Part C. Private law

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 D. Extending specialised knowledge and advanced skills: Law electives

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 clinical placements.

Information Technology

C2000 Bachelor of Information Technology course is a comprehensive course, and when completed as part of a double degree, is structured in equal parts:

Part A. Information Technology specified study

This will provide you with foundation skills and knowledge for your IT education and ensure a breadth of understanding of IT and its applications in organisations and society.

Part B. Information Technology listed major

This will provide you with a focused program of study that will develop your expertise in one area of information technology. You will develop the practical and theoretical skills and knowledge in your chosen major needed to successfully plan, develop, implement and evaluate information products and systems.

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, B and C; and 54 points from Part D as described in the single degree) and 96 points from the Bachelor of Information Technology (including all of the requirements in Part A and B 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

Refer to the Course description for each partner course.

More information

Progression to further studies

Refer to each partner course

Professional accreditation

Refer to each partner course

Graduates may be eligible for membership of the Australian Computer Society (ACS).

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 (up to 6 credit points) if approved by the faculty.*

*If you are enrolled in a double degree it may be possible to utilise credit from one or both of your degrees to do a 6 and/or 12 credit point flagship rich educational experience. For information on eligible double degree combinations 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

A Monash Law degree will enable you to join the next generation of high achieving lawyers, with the ability to solve complex, demanding and interesting problems.

The Law degree provides you with a solid foundation in the concepts, procedures and reasoning underpinning the Australian legal system and the research, analytical and communication skills of the legal profession.

The Information Technology degree focuses on the application of computer-based technologies and systems to meet individual and organisational information needs. It enables you to gain the knowledge and skills needed to use IT effectively and to use, develop and manage IT-based systems.

This double degree will present opportunities for students in the evolving field of legislative responses to information technology innovation and the growth of information systems for legal decision-making and procedures.

Common questions

How long is Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology?

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

What majors can I take in Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology?

4 majors in 2024, including Business information systems; Cybersecurity; Games and immersive media; and Software development.

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

The guaranteed ATAR listed for 2024 entry is 95.

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

At Clayton.

How do I plan my Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Bachelor of Information Technology 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
097661E
Abbreviation
LLB(Hons)/BInfoTech
Award titles
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)Bachelor of Information Technology