Overview

At most other law schools, after you finish your Juris Doctor at University of Newcastle you must then undertake practical legal training and arrange supervised legal workplace experience before you can apply for admission to be a lawyer in Australia.

Features

As part of our embedded GDLP however, we provide the requisite practical legal training experience and we also guarantee to arrange the required external supervised workplace placement for you.

Programme Structure

Curriculum:

Advanced Criminal Law

Commercial Law

Commercial Dispute Resolution

Competition Law and Policy

Corporate Power and Corporate

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2025-06-17 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2026-01-29 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

65

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TOEFL^® IBT

94

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Credits

280 alternative credits

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Newcastle, Australia

Disciplines

Public Law Business Law View 10 other PhDs in Business Law in Australia

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Academic requirements

GPA

4

English requirements

IELTS

7

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PTE Academic

65

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TOEFL^® IBT

94

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Other requirements

General requirements

CRICOS Code: 079631E

Entry to the JD/GradDipLegPrac is available to students who have one of the following qualifications with a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 4.0 or above:

a Bachelor Degree

a Bachelor Honours Degree

a Master's Degree

Students who have gained one of the above qualifications from a University outside of Australia in the discipline of law with a GPA of 4.0 or above can be admitted.

Students with an overseas law degree qualification can apply for up to 80 units of specified or unspecified credit through recognition of prior learning.

Applicants for this program must satisfy a minimum English Language Proficiency Standard equivalent to an IELTS overall minimum of 7.0 with no subtest result below 6.5.

Student insurance

Make sure to cover your health, travel, and stay while studying abroad. Even global coverages can miss important items, so make sure your student insurance ticks all the following:

Additional medical costs (i.e. dental)
Repatriation, if something happens to you or your family
Liability
Home contents and baggage
Accidents
Legal aid

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Tuition Fee

Living costs for Newcastle

1333 - 2400 AUD /month

Living costs

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

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