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Specialised LegalExtended minor

The Specialised Legal extended minor empowers you to create a legal curriculum tailored to your own career aspirations and interests. With a wide range of courses available, you can choose from diverse areas of practical legal expertise or develop your critical understanding of the law through critical research work. The increased flexibility of this extended minor additionally enables an accelerated pathway through your studies which will allow graduation of courses in 2.5 years if summer and/or winter electives are taken throughout the degree.

Extended Minor (6) 72 units

For an extended minor in Specialised Legal, students must successfully complete 6 courses:

Required courses from specified list
72 units

Select 72 units from:

CourseSemester of offerUnitsRequisites
LAW310 Children & the Law
  • Online: Session 1
12Pre: ((LAW100 OR LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103)) or ((LAW102 or LAW108) and (LAW104 or LAW107) and (LAW202 or LAW106))
LAW318 Advocacy
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 1
  • Online: Trimester 1
12Pre: ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103)) or (LAW104 or LAW107)
LAW407 Wills, Estates and Elder Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 1
  • Online: Trimester 1
12Pre: ((LAW202 or LAW106) and (LAW204 or LAW208) and LAW206)) or ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103))
LAW408 Intellectual Property
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: 96 units and enrolled in any Law, Business or Creative Industries Program
LAW414 Legal Internship
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 1, Trimester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 1, Trimester 2
12Pre: Course Coordinator Consent and ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103) and LAW423)) or (144 units LAW coded courses including LAW311 and a GPA of 4.5 or above)
LAW415 Sports Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Session 5
12Pre: (LAW104 or LAW107) and (LAW202 or LAW204) and enrolled in any Law Program
Co: LAW204
LAW417 Employment Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 1
  • Online: Trimester 1
12Pre: (LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW103 or LAW105) and(LAW202 or LAW106) and (LAW204 or LAW208)
Anti: LAW306
LAW418 Health Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (LAW100 or LAW101 and LAW105) or (LAW103 and LAW202 and LAW204)
Anti: LAW309
LAW419 Family Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 1
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 1
  • Online: Trimester 1
12Pre: (LAW102 or LAW108) or ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103))
Anti: LAW305
LAW322 Commercial and Consumer Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 2
  • Online: Trimester 2
12Pre: ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103)) or ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW102 or LAW108))
Anti: LAW307 and LAW312
LAW424 Compensation Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 2
  • Online: Trimester 2
12Pre: (LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103)
LAW425 Environmental Law
  • Sunshine Coast: Trimester 2
  • Moreton Bay: Trimester 2
  • Online: Trimester 2
12Pre: ((LAW100 or LAW101) and (LAW105 or LAW103) and LAW108) or LAW102 or (Successful Completion of 96 Units)
LAW422 Cultural Legal Studies
  • Sunshine Coast: Not Currently Offered
12Pre: (LAW100, LAW105, LAW108 and enrolled in UB008) or (LAW102)
LAW426 Legal Research Project
  • Online: Trimester 1, Trimester 2
12Pre: - Course Coordinator Consent Required