Welcome messages
Australia
as your study destination
Coming
to Australia
Living
in Australia
Prerequisites
for studying law in Australia
Legal
education in Australia
Choosing
the law school that is best for you
A
guide to Australia’s law schools
A
guide to Australia’s postgraduate law programs
A guide
to Australia’s practical legal training programs
Practising
law in Australia
Welcome to Studying Law in Australia. It introduces you to Australia’s law schools and gives you basic information about –
- coming to Australia
- living in Australia
- studying law in Australia and all of Australia’s law schools
- practising law in Australia
To find out more about –
- Why you should choose Australia as a place to study law, click on the link Australia as your study destination. Australia has 32 law schools offering undergraduate and postgraduate degrees that are recognised in Australia and in many other countries. It is well-known that graduates of Australian law schools are much sought after by employers around the world. The main reason for this is the very high quality of the legal education they receive.
- Coming to Australia, including the visa requirements, click on the link Coming to Australia.
- Living in Australia, including what it will cost, click on the link Living in Australia.
- Studying law in Australia, click on the links Prerequisites for studying law in Australia, Legal education in Australia and, to get full details about all of our law schools, Choosing the law school that is best for you. If you plan to undertake postgraduate law studies, click on the link A guide to Australia’s postgraduate law programs for an initial view, before checking more closely with individual law shools.
- Practising law in Australia, click on the link A guide to Australia’s practical legal training programs for details of the practical training required to be admitted to practice, and on the link Practising law in Australia for details of the requirements and procedures for admission to practice.
Law teachers and domestic students warmly welcome our international students who have added new and exciting dimensions to Australian legal education.
I believe that Studying Law in Australia, sponsored by the International Legal Services Advisory Council (ILSAC) and supported by all Australia’s law deans, is one very important way of making you welcome. You can read more by clicking on this link to the Foreword to the First Edition of Studying Law in Australia by Sir Laurence Street, the First Chair of ILSAC, and a welcome from Professor Michael Coper, a former Chair of the Council of Australian Law Deans, who has played a vital role in ensuring Studying Law in Australia is as useful and widely available as possible.
Professor William FordChair, Council of Australian Law Deans
