This course allows you to combine your creative interest with your law qualification. Whether you choose to work in the legal fraternity or within the creative industries, you will graduate with a unique set of skills that will enhance your employment options. You will gain key disciplinary knowledge in your chosen creative major, along with skills in creativity and innovation, as well as a law degree. You can choose a creative industries major from one of creative and professional writing; media and communication; drama and performance; entertainment; fashion communication; interactive and visual design; music and sound; and screen content production.

Our Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is a higher-level qualification than a bachelor degree, as it has honours-level content integrated throughout the course. The advanced knowledge and skills in this course will benefit your professional career, or future research and study.

Our contemporary law degree prepares you to think ahead and allows you to take advantage of employment opportunities in growth areas or newly emerging sectors, such as intellectual property and technology.

As a law student, you will benefit immediately and into the future from:

• a course that has been designed in consultation with industry to have a strong foundation in contemporary law knowledge, understanding and experience
• meaningful connections with high profile industry employers
• practical and effective hands-on learning experiences during your studies
• classes with leading and expert teachers
• international study and placement opportunities
• our high quality law library, expert librarians and Law Moot Court facilities
• the convenience of a city-based campus.

Real-world learning

You will study a combination of creative industries and law units in the first four years, with law and elective units only in the final three semesters.

In your first year, you will be introduced to the creative industries and choose the first two units of your chosen major, along with studying the law of torts (negligence, damages and no fault compensation schemes), legal problem solving and criminal law.

In your second year, you can choose an introductory law elective unit and will be required to complete units on legal research and dispute resolution. Introductory units on film and media production and visual communication are on offer, along with two more units from your creative industries major.

Your third year of study will further develop your creative industries skills in the area of your specialisation and you will also hone your knowledge and skills by studying constitutional law, commercial and personal property law, and equity and trusts.

In fourth year, you can choose a general law elective to study alongside real property law, administrative law and evidence, as you advance your creative industries area of specialisation and prepare for the transition to new professional environments.

In your final semesters you will study law and elective units only. The course structure allows you to choose general and advanced elective units that interest you. You will also study civil procedure, ethics, commercial remedies and corporate law, before undertaking a legal research capstone project.

Graduates may use their combined skills to work as an in-house lawyer for cultural institutions, government or regulatory bodies, or in law firms with specialist interests in the creative industries.

If you choose to pursue a creative career, your legal knowledge will benefit you in the process of commissioning projects, administration, business law and management, intellectual property law, commercial law and contract negotiation.

Professional recognition

This course is approved by the Queensland Legal Practitioners Admissions Board. If you want to become a lawyer at the end of your degree, you will need to complete further practical legal training (PLT) before you can apply for admission to practice. We offer PLT in the form of the Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice.

Possible careers

• Barrister
• Commercialisation Officer
• Communication Specialist
• Communication Strategist
• Consultant
• Copywriter
• Crown Law Officer
• Digital Communication Specialist
• Digital Content Designer
• Digital Content Producer
• Entertainment Director
• Entertainment Entrepreneur
• Entertainment Manager
• Fashion Professional
• Film/Television Producer
• Graphic Designer
• In-House Lawyer
• Information Designer
• Lawyer
• Media Industry Specialist
• Media Producer
• Media or Communications Adviser
• Music Agent/Manager
• Music Publisher
• Patent Lawyer
• Publicist
• Publisher
• Publishing Professional
• Solicitor
• Web Designer