Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

Students who have gained a B+ average or higher in their Law courses in Parts I and II of the will be invited to transfer to the LLB(Hons) programme to complete Parts III and IV. This will usually be at the end of the second year of study - or for conjoint students, at the end of the third year of study, subject to meeting requirements. Students complete the Honours portion of the programme simultaneously with their LLB, which is different to Honours offerings in other University Programmes. The LLB(Hons) programme requires students to enrol in one additional semester, on top of their LLB programme, to complete a double-semester seminar course and a dissertation. Throughout the programme, students will need to maintain at least a B+ average.

The LLB(Hons) is made up of 540 points and involves a student completing the LLB programme and an additional 20-point honours seminar course (usually as part of their Part III year) and a 40-point dissertation in the semester immediately following their Part IV year.

It will take a minimum of nine semesters to complete all of the requirements for the LLB(Hons) degree, unless a student is completing a conjoint degree. In that case it will take a minimum of 11 semesters. The number of semesters required can be reduced by one if the dissertation is completed through Summer School immediately following their Part IV year.

Please note: Entry requirements may change each year.

Find out more about individual courses on our course information page.

Indicative Honours programme entry timeline

• Deadline for Part III/IV Honours programme applications: Mid-December
• Honours Selection Committee meet to determine entry requirements: Mid-January
• Honours programme invitations sent to eligible students: By end of January
• Deadline for invited students to return their Honours Seminar Preference Form and apply for Programme Change on SSO: Early-mid-February
• Honours Selection Committee meet to allocate students to Seminar Courses: Early-mid-February
• Students receive email indicating what Seminar Course they have been allocated to: Mid-February
• Deadline for students to enrol into allocated Honours Seminar: 1-2 weeks prior to Semester One commencing

Delayed application
If students do not get into Honours by invitation after the completion of their Part II courses but their overall performance improves in later years, they can apply for Honours via the Law School Student Centre in early December of any year after successful completion of Part II.

The application will be approved if the student's Grade Point Average over all of their LLB courses is above the Honours entry standard and there are places available.