Course code: #5734
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The Juris Doctor program at Griffith will prepare you for a rewarding career.
It is an alternative to the Bachelor of Laws for students who have completed an undergraduate degree in any discipline.
Griffith Law School offers a professional legal curriculum focusing on core areas of legal practice and the legal skills that lawyers must have.
You can choose law electives based on your interests, including high-level research and clinical courses that emphasise practical legal skills, insights and experience.
You will make connections between law and ethics, legal theory, Indigenous issues, and internationalisation.
You will also develop an interdisciplinary understanding of law and legal work.
You will take courses that cover areas such as crime, contracts, property, corporate law, torts and theories of law.
The Canadian Law major assists with preparing to meet the entry requirements for the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada in the legal profession in Canada's common law provinces.
This program can be completed in two years by taking courses across each trimester.
The Juris Doctor is an AQF Level 9 Masters Extended degree.
The Trimester 3 intake will only be available to those students undertaking the Canadian Law major at the Gold Coast campus and online.
Commonwealth Supported Places are not available for this intake.
The Juris Doctor provides the opportunity for optional work-integrated learning through its variety of clinic courses.
$50,201
| Cost of living | 1 person | $10,344 |
| Accommodation | 1 bed room | $9,201 |
| Tuition | 1 person | $41,000 |
Suppose you do not meet the University's specified English language requirements.
In that case, you may wish to contact the Griffith English Language Institute to increase your eligibility for entering a Griffith University program.
The duration of your English study will vary depending on your current level of English.
International students who successfully complete the Direct Entry Program (DEP) will satisfy the English Language requirements for this Griffith degree.
The Direct Entry Program (DEP) is not available for Domestic students.
| IELTS Entry requirement | TOFEL Entry requirement | PTE Entry requirement | Weeks |
| 6.0 (no sub score < 5.5) | 71 (W19, L,R,S 17) | 50 (no comm skill < 42) | 10 |
| 5.5 (no sub score < 5.0, W 5.5) | 52 (W17,S15 L,R 10) | 42 (no comm skill < 36, W42) | 20 |
| 5.5 (no sub score < 5.0) | 52 (W,S15 L,R 10) | 42 (no comm skill < 36) | 25 |
| 5.0 (no sub score < 4.5, W 5.0) | 40 (W15,S13 L,R 6) | 36 (no comm skill < 30, W36) | 30 |
| 5.0 (no sub score < 4.5) | 40 (W,S13 L,R 6) | 36 (no comm skill < 30) | 35 |
| 4.5 (no sub score < 4.0, W 4.5) | 33 (W13,S12 L,R 4) | 30 (no comm skill < 29, W30) | 40 |
| 4.5 (no sub score < 4.0) | 33 (W,S12 L,R 4) | 30 (no comm skill < 29) | 45 |
| 4.0 or lower | 32 or lower | 29 or lower | Over 45 |
To be eligible for admission to the Juris Doctor, an applicant must have completed the following:
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