The Bachelor of Arts/Law allows you to tailor a bespoke study experience unique to your interests, aspirations and career goals. Develop your worldview through personalised course combinations unique to your passions and skills.

You’ll be encouraged to think critically, analytically and creatively about issues in law, justice, humanities, social sciences and more. Prepare to challenge your assumptions and apply your multi-disciplinary thinking to real-world problems like climate change, human rights, the ethical challenges of technology and more.

Through real-world experiences, including internships, field trips and practice in our on-campus legal clinics, you’ll have extensive opportunities to apply your knowledge in practical situations. You’ll graduate from this degree with excellent analytical skills, a capacity for scholarly research, communication skills, and a commitment to personal and professional development, ethical practice and social responsibility.

Key features

World-class Scholarship 
Learn from Australia’s leader in progressive and rigorous legal education at UNSW Law & Justice, ranked 13th in the world*. Study at a Group of Eight (Go8) university that has the highest quality teaching among Australia’s research-intensive law schools.

Design your degree 
At UNSW, you’ll study undergraduate law as part of a double degree. Be part of a diverse cohort of interdisciplinary thinkers that combine their passion for law and justice with expertise in other disciplines. Personalise your double degree unique to your interests, aspirations, and career goals. You can explore culture-defining knowledge that spans the humanities, languages, media, social sciences, the environment, and much more.

Exclusive Career Support 
Graduate career-ready with UNSW Law & Justice’s in-house careers service, dedicated to our students and alumni. The service includes a jobs board and a range of resources, presentations and workshops to maximise your employability.

Experiential Learning 
Learning from real-world experience is vital to getting ready for your next step. Put theory into practice with a work-integrated learning course or experiential learning opportunity included in both of your degrees. We help you arrange unique professional experiences with internships, clinics, diverse work placements, competitions and industry networking opportunities.

Global Student Opportunities 
Gain global perspectives by studying other countries’ legal systems through overseas electives in China, the USA, Switzerland, India, Vanuatu and Chile. Or you may wish to immerse yourself abroad through student exchange at one of UNSW’s more than 300 exchange hosts across 38 countries.

End-to-end Legal Education 
Prepare for legal practice all in one place. All law graduates in Australia must complete PLT to practise as a lawyer. UNSW’s PLT is the Graduate Diploma in Legal Professional Practice (GDLPP), so you can graduate from one place with all the qualifications you need to launch your legal career.

*QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2023