Legal Studies

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies meets the growing demand for non-law graduates in the public and private industries to have a thorough comprehension of the legal and regulatory framework by which they operate. This comes with an comprehension of foundational legal concepts like contract law and tort law, processes of legal research and hypothesis, as well as the ability to sample pro legal areas like compliance and intellectual property law. The course attracts students from a broad array of backgrounds considering enlarging their skill portfolio to add an comprehension of the legal framework, including professionals from the insurance, recruiting, finance and banking businesses, administrators and managers, along with HSC legal studies instructors. This course specially benefits accountants and auditors, business development managers, compliance managers, architects and engineers, financial advisors and planners, IT professionals, police officers, paralegals, policy officers in the general public, non-profit and private sectors, property developers and public sector managers and administrators (especially those that work in Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, the attorney general's Department and Treasury).

The Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies isn't just a professional legal qualification. General and course-specific credit recognition advice concerning the Graduate Diploma in Legal Studies can be found at postgraduate course information.

• Applicants should have completed an UTS recognised bachelor's degree, or an equivalent or higher qualification, or filed other evidence of general and professional qualifications that demonstrates potential to pursue graduate studies. Previous qualifications must maintain a discipline other than law. Admission is at the discretion of the associate dean (education). The English proficiency requirement of global students or local applicants with international qualifications is: Academic IELTS: 6.5 overall with a writing score of 6.0
• Or TOEFL: paper established: 550-583 overall with TWE of 4.5, internet established: 79-93 overall with a writing score of 21
• Or AE5: Pass
• Or PTE: 58-64
• Or CAE: 176-184.