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Griffith Online
- Our online degrees are delivered 100% online, giving you control over where and when you study.
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Ranked No. 1 for Law in Australia
When you study with the university that is ranked No. 1 for law in Australia*, you are preparing to tackle the unique challenges of our globalised society.
We’ll give you the progressive practical experience, support, opportunities, networks and theory to shape your ideal legal career and make your mark, whether that’s in traditional law or beyond.
Be immersed in industry-informed learning and authentic experiences from your first year, with the chance to gain valuable connections working for real clients on real cases as part of your study.
If you’re studying a Bachelor of Laws (Honours), you can study it alongside areas as diverse as criminology, commerce and environmental science. Choose from nine double degrees and graduate with two degrees in as little as five years.
*Tied position, 2023 Shanghai Global Rankings of Academic Subjects
Double degrees
Enhance your career prospects, save time and money, and stand out in the job market with a Griffith double degree. With over 60 double degree options, graduates gain dual qualifications and distinctive skills merging related fields for specialisation or diverse areas to broaden career options.
Double degrees
Enhance your career prospects, save time and money, and stand out in the job market with a Griffith double degree. With over 60 double degree options, graduates gain dual qualifications and distinctive skills merging related fields for specialisation or diverse areas to broaden career options.
Griffith Law School Vis Moot Competition in Vienna
Built on practical experience
Griffith Law School degrees are built on practical experience from first year, so you'll be welcomed into the profession from the start and graduate with an in-depth knowledge of legal principles, plus the critical practical skills for a rewarding legal career. You'll gain extensive hands-on experience through local, national and international moots, court visits, industry networking, and legal clinics, working on real cases and policy issues. The Griffith Legal Clinic Program offers one of the broadest ranges of clinical placement options for an Australian law school, and includes the Innocence Project.
Flexible Study
We offer the flexibility of studying in person at one of our campuses, online through our digital campus, part-time or full-time, over two or three trimesters each year. This may help you to better manage your study with existing commitments such as work and family, noting that classes may be scheduled during business hours, whether in person or online.
Challenge the rules
Abiding by laws, regulations and rules is central to a lawyer's way of thinking. But at Griffith, we understand the power of law and know that sometimes you need to challenge the rules, to break them apart and put them back together. We ensure our students don't only understand the law, but have the knowledge and skills to challenge it.
Networks and connections
Our Griffith Law School community opens doors that lead you to your future career. Our global network of graduates are leaders in a variety of sectors and regularly coach students for moots, offer career advice, and provide internships in their workplaces. At Griffith Law School you can also build your networks with a cross-section of the legal community at regular events. Throughout your degree, our industry liaison and graduate placement officer will help you identify your career goals and ensure your law degree will take you where you want to go.
Griffith Law School also has two very active student associations. These student associations support law students in all aspects of their academic, personal and professional development.
Steps to practising law or becoming a registered migration agent
Explore our interactive tools, designed to step you through the process of practising law in Queensland, interstate and internationally, or lawfully providing immigration assistance.
Dean Clifford-Jones
Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Arts
Dean Clifford-Jones was the first person in his family to attend university and has achieved remarkable success in the legal profession. He became a judge’s associate in his first year after graduating and has achieved remarkable success in the legal profession as a Crown Prosecutor, a senior child protection lawyer and now serving as a full-time member of the Queensland Parole Board.
Dean is the founder of Pride in Law, Australia’s first national LGBTIQ+ Law Association and in 2020 Dean won the Law Council of Australia’s 2020 Australian Young Lawyer of the Year Award. The national award recognises his outstanding contribution to the profession through pro bono work and advocacy.
More scholarships than ever before!
From 2024 Griffith will be offering over 1000 scholarships helping students to cover living and education expenses.
Scholarships are free to apply and offer support for academic achievement, relocation, First Peoples, sports achievement and others. One application form, all scholarships considered.
Career outcomes
Your passport to work in a wide range of fields
Griffith law graduates are leaders in their field and very highly regarded in Australia and overseas
Studying law at Griffith will open up a range of careers within and beyond the legal sector:
- Solicitor
- Barrister
- Courts and tribunals
- Government
- Consulting
- Public or professional services
- Banking and financial services
- International law
Life at Griffith
You can gain more than just a degree at Griffith. With plenty of opportunities to balance life and study, you can make memories and mates to last a lifetime.
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Key dates
Monday 3 March — Saturday 14 June
Trimester 1 - 2025
Our first teaching trimester starts on 3 March.
Monday 14 July — Saturday 25 October
Trimester 2 - 2025
Our second teaching trimester starts on 14 July.
Monday 3 November — Saturday 21 February
Trimester 3 - 2025
Our third teaching trimester starts on 3 November.