1. The following rules relate to the Bachelor of Laws degree, whether the ordinary Bachelor of Laws degree or that which is part of the Bachelor of Business (Account- ancy), Bachelor of Laws, combined degree course, and are made by resolution of the Institute Council.
2. In these rules, unless the context otherwise indicates or requires -
(a) A 'whole-year subject' means a Law Subject studied over a period of two semesters.
(b) A 'one-semester subject' means a Law Subject studied over a period of one semester or less.
3. Entry Requirements - see Section 5 of this Handbook.
4. Registration - Enrolment
(a) Subject to the provisions of these rules, a student may register for -
(i) a full-time course; or
(ii) a part-time internal course; or (iii) an external course
provided that a student who wishes to undertake the Bachelor of Business (Accountancy), Bachelor of Laws, combined degree course may only register for a full-time course.
(b) A student registered for a full-time course normally attends lectures and seminars during the day. However, he or she may be required, or in exceptional circumstances the Head of School may a 11 ow him or her, to attend some 1 ectures and seminars during the evening.
(c) A student registered for a part-time internal course is usually in employment during the day and normally attends lectures and seminars during the evening. However, he or he may be required, or in exceptional circumstances the Head of School may
al low him or her, to attend some lectures and seminars during the day. It is anticipated that part-time internal students wi 11 be required to attend lectures and seminars for up to nine hours a week between 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. on two or three evenings a week and between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m. or between 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. on one or two days a week.
( d) In order to register for an externa 1 course a student must, except with the approval of the Head of the School, reside in Queensland outside the Brisbane Sta ti sti cal Area so that he or she is precluded from attendance as a full-time student or as a part-time internal student,
(e) A student normally must study the subjects in his course in the order indicated in the Course Structure. Timetables are arranged on the basis of normal progression.
(f) A student who fails one or more subjects in a year may re-enrol for and repeat the subject or subjects failed, and may enrol for other subjects of the course, subject to these rules, to any pre- requisite requirements, to availability of subjects in the Timetable and to General Examination Rule 41 which relates to gross failure and is set out earlier in this Handbook.
(g) Except with the approval of the Head of the School, which will only be granted in exceptional circum-
stances, a student registered for a full-time course may not enrol for more than the equivalent of. four whole-year subjects in any year and a student registered for a part-time internal course or a student registered for an external course may not enrol for more than the equivalent of three whole-year subjects in any year.
{h) Subject to these rules, a student must enrol each year for the Law Subject or Subjects which he or she wishes to study during that year.
(i) In the case of a Non-Law Elective Subject or of Introductory Accounting, a student registered for a full-time course or for a part-time internal course must satisfy the enrolment requirements of the School of Business Studies or other School concerned.
(j) In the case of a subject which is the equivalent of a Non-Law Elective Subject or of Introductory Accounting and, as regards James Cook University in the case of a subject which is the equivalent of Introduction to Law or of Criminal Law and Procedure, a student registered for an externa 1 course must enrol at a tertiary institution or institutions, other than QIT, approved by the Head
of the School and must satisfy the enrolment requirements of such institution or institutions.
(k) Where the Course Structure indicates a choice of subjects, that choice is subject to any pre- requisite requirements, to availability of a subject in the Timetable, to availability of staff and to a sufficient minimum enrolment in a subject.
5. Course Structure
(a) The full-time course comprises the following subjects:
VEAR 1 Semester LWB101 LWB102 LWB103 Semester 2 LWB101 LWB102 LWB103 VEAR 2 Semester 3 LWB201 LWB202 LWB203 Semester 4 LWB201 LWB202 LWB203 VEAR 3 Semester 5 LWB301 LWB302 LWB303 LWB304 LWB305 LWB306 LWB307 LWB308
Introduction to Law Law of Contrac;_t Torts
Non-Law Elective Subject Introduction to Law Law of Contract Torts
Non-Law Elective Subject
Land Law
Criminal Law and Procedure Constitutional Law
Non-Law Elective Subject Land Law
Criminal Law and Procedure Constitutional Law
Non-Law Elective Subject
Equity Family Law Comme re i a 1 Law
Conveyancing and Drafting*
OR
Jurisprudence Local Government Law OR
Law of Bankruptcy OR Industrial Law
Approx.
Formal Hrs/wk 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
3 3 3 2 3 2 2 2
Semester 6 LWB301 LWB309 LWB303 LWB304 LWB310 ACB113 YEAR 4 Semester 7 LWB401 LWB402 LWB403 LWB404 LWB405 LWB406 Semester
8LWB401 LWB407 LWB410 LWB310 LWB412 LWB403 LWB404 LWB408 LWB409
Equity Succession Comme re i a 1 Law
Conveyancing and Drafting*
OR
Administrative Law Introductory Accounting
Company Law and Partnership Evidence
Taxation Law Practice
Solicitors' Trust Accounts OR Public International Law
Company Law and Partnership Conflicts of Laws OR
Trade Practices Law OR (If not previously passed) Administrative Law OR
Research and Writing Project OR Special Law Elective Subject**
Taxation Law Practice Securities
Professional Conduct
Approx.
Formal Hrs/wk
3 2 3 2 3 3
3 3 3 2 2 3
3 3 3 3
3 2 2