Bachelor of Laws (Honours) - 226601

Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

226601

Law

Study with Queensland’s no.1 university for law (ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025) and gain the practical experience, support, international opportunities and networks to shape your legal career.

Full time Part time

Course Fee

CSP/$17200 (1st year contribution)

Griffith University - Brisbane City

Start Date

Mar 2027

Jul 2027

Duration

4 years Full time or 8 years Part time

Offer Rounds

14 Jan 2027, 3 Jun 2027

Overview Admissions Criteria Student Profile Career Possibilities

Course outline

The Brisbane offering of this degree is scheduled to be delivered at the Treasury Building at our Brisbane City campus in 2027. If scheduled opening is delayed, courses may be delivered all or in part at our other Brisbane locations.

At Griffith, you’ll develop in-depth knowledge of legal principles and practice and make connections between law and ethics, legal theory, Indigenous issues, and internationalisation. Access practical experiences from your first year of study and gain hands-on experience through the Griffith Legal Clinic program. When you study with the university ranked number one for law in Queensland (ShanghaiRanking Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2025), you are preparing to tackle the unique challenges of our modern, high-tech, globalised society. Learning from practicing legal educators, you will acquire essential legal skills in negotiation, critical analysis, advocacy, and legal writing. Griffith Law School welcomes you to the profession right from the commencement of your study, and our dedicated community of professionals and alumni open doors to mentoring and industry internships, so you can drive change sooner. This degree opens up a range of career opportunities within and beyond the legal environment. For more course information, visit Bachelor of Laws (Honours) at GU.

Griffith University

Note

Griffith offers a number of admission pathways to your preferred degree. If you don’t meet the minimum ATAR/selection rank for this degree, you may automatically be considered for a place in the Diploma of Legal Studies/Bachelor of Laws (Honours). This means you may receive an offer into the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) which is conditional on successful completion of the Diploma of Legal Studies at Griffith University. Upon successful completion of the Diploma of Legal Studies you will be transferred into the second year of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) program. Visit Undergraduate Diplomas for more information.

Fee notes

This is an indicative only amount for first year fees. For further information refer to griffith.edu.au/fees-charges

Prerequisites

English, Literature, English and Literature Extension or English as an Additional Language (Units 3 and 4, C); Applicants must meet the minimum age requirements for admission, see the QTAC website for details.

Additional entry requirements

Griffith VET Guarantee and the Year 12 Early Offer Guarantee apply to this program. For more information visit Guaranteed Admission at GU.

Minimum Selection thresholds (ATAR/Selection Rank) for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

ATAR/Selection Rank profile for those offered places wholly or partly on the basis of ATAR/Selection Rank for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the ATAR/Selection Rank profile, please visit ATAR/Selection Rank profile explained.

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

97.80

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

99.95

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

81.20

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

87.85

ATAR/Selection Rank excluding adjustment factors

70.20

ATAR/Selection Rank including adjustment factors

78.10

Excluding: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made, excluding adjustment factors.
Including: The lowest ATAR/Selection Rank to which an offer was made including any adjustment factors that may have been applied.

Student Profile by Applicant background for semester/trimester/term 1, 2026

For more information about the Student profile, please visit Student profile explained.

Number of students

Percentage of all students

31.9%

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Number of students

<5*

Percentage of all students

<5*

Recent secondary education admitted solely on the basis of ATAR/Rank Admitted where both ATAR/Rank and additional criteria were considered Admitted on the basis of other criteria only and ATAR/Rank was not a factor

Number of students

Percentage of all students

33.3%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

0.0%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

15.3%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

11.1%

Number of students

Percentage of all students

100%

Notes

* “<5" – the number of students is less than 5

Career opportunities

After gaining professional recognition, you’ll be prepared for a career as a solicitor or barrister, a policymaker or law reformer. Work in international trade or in human rights. You may also find opportunities in non-legal careers, including journalism, politics or management.

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