ADVICE TO NEW STUDENTS
5. No candidate may in any year pursue a course of study or receive credit for examinations passed unless his proposed selection of subjects
has been approved by the faculty. Any subsequent alterations in the course of study during that year must be approved by the faculty.
6. (1) A candidate who, having completed, or simultaneously being a candidate for, any other degree, enrols in the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws, may, with the approval of the faculty, be given credit for subjects the equivalent of which he has passed in the course for such other degree, and he shall score an equivalent number of points for each subject so credited: Provided that where the candidate is simultaneously a candidate for the degree of bachelor of Arts and has passed in two subjects of the Arts course he
(a) shall not be required to pass in the two non-Law subjects of the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws but
(b) shall be credited nevertheless with the appropriate points for those two subjects.
(2) Where a candidate for the degree of bachelor of Laws has, in the opinion of the faculty, received a sufficient training at a post- matriculation academic level, or otherwise has had adequate experience in a substitution for such training (other than in the study of Law), the faculty may by resolution grant him credit for a maximum of twenty-four points in such manner as may be specified by the faculty.
(3) A candidate who:
(i) is qualified to matriculate; and
(ii) thereafter passes, in accordance with the rules of the Coun- cil of Legal Education in force from time to time, any subject or subjects at the University.
may, with the permission of the faculty, be given credit for the subject or subjects so passed in the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws with credit for the appropriate points.
(4) A candidate who, in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sub-section, has received credit for any subject or subjects may enrol as prescribed by the faculty and may be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Laws on passing, subsequent to matriculation, the remain- ing subjects required to be passed in the course.
7. (1) In this section (unless inconsistent with the context or subject matter) "admitted to practise" means admitted to practise as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Victoria after taking the course for articled clerks or after qualifying for admission as a managing clerk in accordance with the rules of the Council of Legal Education in force from time to time, but the expression shall apply only to those persons
who have passed at the University in the subjects prescribed by those rules.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 5 a candidate, who has been admitted to practise, may receive credit in the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws for the subjects in which he has passed with credit for the appropriate points and he may be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Laws on passing, subsequent to his matriculation, in the remaining subjects required to be passed in the course.
(3) Any candidate who has been admitted to practise for not less than ten years may, if the faculty is satisfied that he has achieved dis- tinction in the application of the law whether in private legal practice or other occupation, subsequent to his matriculation, be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Laws upon his submitting a thesis on a subject approved by the faculty, which thesis is considered by examiners appointed by the faculty to make a contribution to legal learning. The thesis may consist in whole or in part of articles, papers or books which the candidate published, but may not incorporate work previously sub- mitted for a degree in this or any other university.
8. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Regulation a candi- date who has passed at the University in the subjects required to be passed at the University for appointment to the office of Stipendiary Magistrate according to the regulations made under the Public Service Act 1946, or any amendment thereof, may be admitted to the degree of bachelor of Laws on passing, subsequently to the completion of the course required for Stipendiary Magistrates and to his matriculation, in such subjects of the course for the said degree and in such order as the faculty may approve and on obtaining such points as the faculty may prescribe.
9. A candidate who enrolled in the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws prior to 1st January, 1972, shall be credited with points for those subjects which he passed before 1st June, 1972.
WORKING RULES
DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF LAWS
1. (i) The subjects for the degree and the points to be awarded for each are specified below. There shall be examinations for honours and separate class lists in each subject.
(ii) A candidate who passes in the subject of Legal Process (Special Course) shall be exempt from the requirement of passing in the subject of Legal Process.
2. (i) The subjects of the first year shall comprise the following:
(a) 730-101 Legal Process. (12 points): Provided that, with the;
permission of the faculty, a student may substitute Legal Process (Special Course). (12 points)
(b) 730-102 Criminal Law. (12 points)
(c) 730-103 Constitutional History; provided that with the permission of the faculty candidates taking a com- bined course may substitute another subject. (12 points)
(d) One subject chosen by the candidate from any other course for a degree or diploma which subject (hereinafter called a
"non-Law subject"), if a subject of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts, shall, except with the approval of the
faculty, be one of a group of two recognized in that course as the first two parts of a major or, if a subject of some other course, shall be one of a group of two regarded by the faculty as equivalent to the first two parts of a major for the purpose of the degree of bachelor of Laws. (12 points) (e) 730-111 Legal Process (Special Course); provided that a
candidate is not simultaneously enrolled for Legal Process. (12 points)
(ii) The subjects of the second year shall comprise the following:
(a) 730-201 The Law of Torts. (12 points) (b) 730-202 Principles of Contract. (12 points)
(c) 730-203 Principles of Property and Conveyancing. (12 points)
(d) One non-Law subject which, if a subject of the course for the degree of bachelor of Arts, shall, except with the approval of the faculty, be the second of a group of two recognized in that course as the first two parts of a major or, if a subject of some other course, shall be the second of a group of two regarded by the faculty of Law as equiva- lent to the first two parts of a major in Arts for the purpose of the degree of bachelor of Laws. Provided that if a student in his previous work for the degree has shown a weakness in English Expression the faculty may require him to pass in Rhetoric instead of the non-Law subject hereinbefore referred to. (12 points)
(iii) The subjects of the third year shall comprise the following:
(a) 730-301 Equity. (12 points)
(b) 730-302 Administrative Law. (12 points) (c) 730-303 Constitutional Law. (12 points) (d) 730-304 Mercantile Law. (12 points)
(e) Subjects aggregating a minimum of 12 points chosen from the following:
730-305 Principles of Evidence. (12 points) 730-308 Comparative Law. (12 points) 730-307 International Law. (12 points) 730-401 Jurisprudence. (12 points) 730-402 Legal History. (12 points) 730-403 Family Law. (12 points)
(iv) The subjects of the fourth year shall comprise subjects aggre- gating a minimum of 68 points chosen from the following, none being a subject for which the candidate has obtained credit in the third year of the course:
(a) 730-305 Principles of Evidence. (12 points) (b) 730-306 Comparative Law. (12 points) (c) 730-307 International Law. (12 points) (d) 730-401 Jurisprudence. (12 points) (e) 730-404 Conflict of Laws. (12 points)
(f) 730-405 Advanced Constitutional Law. (12 points) (g) 730-402 Legal History. (12 points)
(h) 730-406 Legal Persons (12 points) (i) 730-403 Family Law. (12 points) (j) 730-407 Taxation. (12 points)
(k) 730-408 Executors and Trustees. (6 points)
(I) 730-409 Securities and Creditors' Rights. (6 points) (m) 730-410 Law of Employment. (6 points)
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(n) 730-411 Problems of Proof (6 points) (o) 730-412 Land Contracts. (6 points)
(p) 730-413 A subject being an approved "Research Project".
(12 points)
(q) 730-414 Law of Labour Relations. (6 points)
(v) (a) A "Research Project" shall constitute a piece of organized research into some area of legal knowledge or the legal regulation of some activity of legal significance. The ap- proval of a subject as a research project shall be subject to such conditions as the faculty shall determine.
(b) A completed research project shall not be capable of being regarded as a research paper within the meaning of section 10 of Regulation 3.14 or as constituting a compliance with the requirement of a research paper in terms of that section.
(c) The faculty shall issue directions concerning the appoint- ment of examiners and the admission of candidates to spe- cial examinations and any matters incidental thereto in connection with research projects in general or any particular research project.
3. (1) Subject to the next sub-section a candidate who has passed in any subject or subjects of a year shall be entitled to credit there- for and may obtain credit for the remaining subject or subjects of that year at a subsequent examination or examinations; and the faculty may determine in what subject or subjects (if any) of a later year of the course he may present himself for examination in addition to presenting himself for examination in the subject or subjects in which he has failed to pass.
(2) A candidate who has not passed at one annual examination in the subjects of Legal Process, Criminal Law and Constitutional History may not re-enrol for any of those subjects or enrol for any other subjects of the course for the degree of bachelor of Laws without first obtaining permission from the faculty.
4. The faculty reserves the right not to offer a subject in a particular year if a minimum enrolment is not reached. The availability of subjects may also depend on staffing.
BACHELOR OF LAWS WITH HONOURS
The degree of LL.B. (tions) is awarded on the basis of a review of the student's course for the degree of LL.B.
PRINCIPLES OF ASSESSMENT OF CANDIDATES
The faculty of Law has approved the following principles for the assess- ment of candidates—
The Final Honours Board
1. There shall be a Final Honours Board of the faculty made up of the dean and four other members of the faculty nominated by the faculty.
2. It shall be the responsibility of the Final Honours Board to:
(a) publish the conditions of eligibility for honours candidature prior to the date fixed for re-enrolment in January of each year;
(b) determine the list of candidates who qualify for the honours degree and to grade them in the following divisions: first class honours, second class honours (division A), second class honours
(division B) and third class honours;
(c) determine a class list of those candidates who are eligible for a place in the list of honours graduates ranked in order of merit.
Candidature for the Honours Degree
3. All students who are in their final year of study for the law degree