Bachelor of Fine Arts (Creative and Professional Writing)/Bachelor of Laws

Overview

• Gain specialised creative and professional writing skills while meeting the academic requirements for admission to legal practice in Australia.
• Complete 2 degrees in 5.5 years full-time.
• Develop professional skills in web writing, corporate writing, persuasive writing, editing and script writing.
• Law offers flexible learning options such as downloadable lectures and practical experiences in the electronic moot court.

Details

Why choose this course?

Both creative and professional writing and law require high-calibre, sophisticated communication. This double degree prepares you to work as a professional creative writer, as a barrister or solicitor in private practice, or to practise with large companies, in government agencies, or as a policy adviser.

Areas of study include all the major areas of law and creative and professional writing. In the creative writing component of the course, units include fiction and creative non-fiction writing, corporate writing, youth and children’s writing, digital storytelling, and the publishing industry. In the law component, there is a practical focus which, when combined with creative and professional writing study, will equip graduates for a broad range of careers, including legal practice. 

Career outcomes

Through the combination of creative and professional writing with law, you will enhance your employability in your chosen field, whether in the legal fraternity or as a creative practitioner.

Within the legal environment, graduates can become, for example, lawyers who deal specifically with the publishing or creative writing industry. Within the creative industries field, graduates could find employment in positions such as a creative writer in international law, or an editor of legal-related publications, or a position specialising in law in the publishing industry.

Professional recognition

At the end of your law degree you will have completed the necessary units for admission to legal practice in Australia. If you want to become a practising lawyer you will need to complete further practical legal training (e.g. Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice) and then apply for admission. The Bachelor of Laws is also recognised for solicitor’s admission in East Malaysia, Fiji and Papua New Guinea, and in India and West Malaysia after completion of these countries’ qualifying examinations.

Units

Course structure

You will study a combination of creative industries and law units in the first four years, with law units only in the final years. You will also have the opportunity to choose elective units relevant to your career interests.

Entry requirements

Minimum academic requirements

Did you complete secondary school in Australia?

Course fees

Your actual fees may vary depending on which units you choose. All fees are based on current fixed fee prices. We review fees annually.

Scholarships and financial support

You can apply for scholarships to help you with study and living costs.

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