Study law to help create a better world. Start your legal career strong with hands-on learning, expert teachers and real-world courses.
Our courses include detailed theory and real-world learning to provide insight into contemporary legal issues. Learn from award-winning staff and gain industry connections through placement opportunities.
If you're looking for graduate certificates, graduate diplomas and masters programs, view our postgraduate study options.
At QUT, we prepare our law students for the real world with hands-on industry experience and professional connections.
From the very beginning of our courses, students are immersed in the legal industry and given work integrated learning (WIL) opportunities with leading law firms, organisations, and legal services.
With deep industry connections across a diverse range of sectors, QUT Law students graduate work-ready and equipped for the modern world of law.
A QUT double degree can help you gain a competitive edge and prepare you for a changing world.
These courses are for Australian and New Zealand students only.
Combine psychology and law for a career in legal, corporate, government, mental health or clinical health environments, or as the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist.
Combine biomedical science and law to work as an in-house counsel or lawyer to health departments or the pharmaceutical industry.
Combine law with one of twelve business study areas. Ideal for roles in corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions or intellectual property law.
Combine digital media, entertainment or journalism with law to give you the legal nous for complex communication roles, or for a legal career with in entertainment or media organisations.
Combine creative industries and law for a career as an in-house lawyer for cultural institutions, or a lawyer with special interests in creative industries.
Be prepared for traditional and new law fields that emerge as a result of data acquisition and analysis, and technology.
Combine writing skills and law for roles such as an in-house lawyer, solicitor in private practice, policy adviser, intellectual property lawyer, or crime writer.
Combine film studies and law for a career as a director, media lawyer involved in copyright disputes or talent agreements, or film maker specialising in crime or legal content.
Combine creative writing, or film, screen and new media with law for a range of careers including intellectual property lawyer, entertainment or media lawyer, or producer of large entertainment events.
Combine IT and law for careers in cyberlaw, intellectual property, regulation of the internet, software developer, business analyst or e-commerce developer.
Combine justice and law for careers such as in-house counsel, public prosecutor, public defender (Legal Aid), investigator for government or business, police or customs officer.
Develop a unique set of skills to enhance your employment options whether you choose to work in the legal fraternity or within the property industry.
Combine science and law to work as a barrister, intellectual property lawyer or inventor, or in areas including trade secrets, genetic modification and environmental law disputes.
Combine psychology and law for a career in legal, corporate, government, mental health or clinical health environments, or as the first step towards a career as a registered psychologist.
Combine biomedical science and law to work as an in-house counsel or lawyer to health departments or the pharmaceutical industry.
Combine law with one of twelve business study areas. Ideal for roles in corporate law, company takeovers, mergers and acquisitions or intellectual property law.
Combine digital media, entertainment or journalism with law to give you the legal nous for complex communication roles, or for a legal career with in entertainment or media organisations.
Combine creative industries and law for a career as an in-house lawyer for cultural institutions, or a lawyer with special interests in creative industries.
Be prepared for traditional and new law fields that emerge as a result of data acquisition and analysis, and technology.
Combine writing skills and law for roles such as an in-house lawyer, solicitor in private practice, policy adviser, intellectual property lawyer, or crime writer.
Combine film studies and law for a career as a director, media lawyer involved in copyright disputes or talent agreements, or film maker specialising in crime or legal content.
Combine creative writing, or film, screen and new media with law for a range of careers including intellectual property lawyer, entertainment or media lawyer, or producer of large entertainment events.
Combine IT and law for careers in cyberlaw, intellectual property, regulation of the internet, software developer, business analyst or e-commerce developer.
Combine justice and law for careers such as in-house counsel, public prosecutor, public defender (Legal Aid), investigator for government or business, police or customs officer.
Develop a unique set of skills to enhance your employment options whether you choose to work in the legal fraternity or within the property industry.
Combine science and law to work as a barrister, intellectual property lawyer or inventor, or in areas including trade secrets, genetic modification and environmental law disputes.
'I originally chose a double degree for employability, and QUT had a great reputation for both law and business, as well as work integrated learning.
I always felt like I’d chosen the right degree but, as I’ve progressed through it, my decision has made even more sense.'
Our law degree has been carefully designed to prepare students for success in their future careers. Learn the key skills and knowledge needed for evolving legal careers from real-world lecturers.
If your ambition is to make a difference to your community, your country, or the world with your knowledge of the law, our degree will provide you with the tools and opportunities to focus on the area of law you're passionate about. Specialise in health law, environmental law, intellectual property, privacy, and commercial law, all taught by our research experts.
We know how important practical experience is for our graduates. Our students undertake work placements and hands-on learning to make meaningful connections with future employers. Placements can include law firms, government departments, or community legal centres.
Double degrees are a popular option for law students that want to combine their law degree with another study area to tailor their degree to their interests, and double their career options and employment opportunities.
Hear from Professor Sharon Christensen on how the School of Law prepares students for real-world success by placing a strong focus on law and technological innovation, award-winning teaching, and integrating practical learning experiences.
Explore our campuses with 360⁰ videos and 3D tours of the facilities available to our students.
Read blog posts from our students and staff in law research.
Build a portfolio of real-world know-how and develop professional communication skills and workplace productivity skills.
Our dedicated courtrooms for moots (mock trials) provide an immersive, real-world learning environment where students are coached and judged by lawyers, barristers and judges.
A group of international experts, including Professor Amanda Kennedy from the QUT School of Law and ACHLR Adjunct Professor Belinda Bennett, has presented a blueprint for a national indoor quality standards for public buildings, in an article in the prestigious journal, Science.
Admission sittings are often proud family moments for the mover and newly admitted lawyer, none more so than for Louise Hall and her son Henry.
Professor Nicolas Suzor, Australian Research Future Fellow at QUT Law, has been appointed to a new Artificial Intelligence Expert Group.
