Do PLT your way
Real-world experience
Our PLT is driven and shaped by practising lawyers, many of whom are leaders in their field. You’ll build a portfolio of real-world know-how and develop professional communication skills and workplace productivity skills including:
Interviewing, client counselling, advocacy and negotiating
Drafting legal documents and writing legal letters
Executing property, litigation and commercial transactions and proceedings
PLT in 4 easy stages
1: Skills component
- 4 weeks for all students - mostly online
- 5-day on-campus intensive
2: Practice areas component
- 12 weeks full-time or 24 weeks part-time (excluding breaks)
- Full-time or part-time online
- Full-time on campus (January/ July entries)
3: Career preparation
- 4-week component to develop in-demand legal skills
- If you have real-life workplace experience, you may be eligible for credit for this unit
4: Placement
- 4-week placement at a law office sourced by QUT
- If you have real-life workplace experience, you may be eligible for credit for this unit
Key dates for 2024
January intake
- Apply on time by 14 December 2023
- Apply late until 5 January 2024
- Teaching starts 8 January 2024
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 29 January–2 February 2024
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) ends 26 April 2024
- Full-time study ends with placement 21 June 2024
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 19 July 2024
- Part time study ends with placement 13 September 2024
March intake
- Apply on time by 31 January 2024
- Apply late until 23 February 2024
- Teaching starts 4 March 2024
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 18–22 March 2024
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 21 June 2024
- Full-time study ends with placement 16 August 2024
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 13 September 2024
- Part time study ends with placement 8 November 2024
July intake
- Apply on time by 20 June 2024
- Apply late until 19 July 2024
- Teaching starts 22 July 2024
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 5–9 August 2024
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 8 November 2024
- Full-time study ends with placement 20 December 2024
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 4 April 2025
- Part time study ends with placement 30 May 2025
August intake
- Apply on time by 14 July 2024
- Apply late until 9 August 2024
- Teaching starts 12 August 2024
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 26–30 August 2024
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 29 November 2024
- Full-time study ends with placement 14 February 2025
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 4 April 2025
- Part time study ends with placement 30 May 2025
For more information about when to apply, contact pltsupport@qut.edu.au
Want to know more about our PLT course?
Hear from PLT graduate Nick Baker, and academic Susan Martin, on the benefits of studying PLT at QUT. Enjoy flexible study options, hands-on learning and a guaranteed placement.
Real stories
“QUT’s PLT had the right focus on practice and management skills, as well as advocacy and client interaction, in building upon the substantive law foundation of the undergraduate degree”
Scott Vanderwolf
Senior Associate at Clayton Utz
“QUT’s firm connections gave me the opportunity to turn my workplace experience into a real job when I finished.”
Mark Goldsworthy
Barrister at McPherson Chambers
“I was taught by experienced lawyers who mentored me, and helped me get a head start in my career.”
Zosia Kilmartin
Director of Kilmartin Knyvett Lawyers
Flexible study
Our PLT has four intakes a year, and because we know how busy life can get when you’re balancing work and study, we’ve made our PLT as flexible as possible. You can choose between:
- full-time on campus
- external (online)
- part-time (online).
If you're studying online, you still need to do your placement in person.
Four-week placements
Through our strong relationships with firms, government and non-profit organisations, we are able to guarantee a four-week placement for all students in a law office. Alternatively, if you’re already working in a law office, you may be eligible to claim credit for your real-life legal work to reduce the cost and duration of your PLT.
Ongoing assessment
There are no exams, just elements of assessment as you go. And because our PLT is built around a supporting learning environment, we help you to bring your work up to standard as you progress through the course.