Juris Doctor / Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice

Course Details

Our Juris Doctor with embedded Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice (‘JD/GDLP’) is accredited to provide all the academic and practical training required to qualify as a lawyer. We guarantee to arrange your required supervised workplace placement, meaning that after you graduate there will be no further supervision or training required before you can apply to be admitted to start practising law.* You’ll study at Australia’s top clinical law school and gain in-demand professional skills applicable across many professions. We offer competitive tuition fees, and modern learning spaces. Located in Newcastle’s thriving CBD, NUspace is close to Newcastle’s court precinct, making it easy to network with local practitioners and attend court. This degree is not only recognised in Australia. With further study it can help qualify you to practise law in a number of other common law countries, including Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Qualification: Master Degree (Extended)

Course structure: The Juris Doctor (JD) / Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice comprises 280 units (i.e 28 x 10 unit courses), which includes 220 units of core courses, plus 60 units of directed courses.

Newcastle Law School is a welcoming community. The School's award-winning teachers actively seek to get to know students. Similarly, the very active University of Newcastle Law Students' Association (UNLSA) is at the heart of the student community and allows students to form relationships that help at university and beyond. Newcastles Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice program will not only open doors to employment as a lawyer, it provides professional skills and attributes that are in high demand in other industries and professions.