Faculty of Law
Information Session for Current
Students
5 August 2014
Professor Christine Parker – LLB Director
Ms Shufen Lin – UG Student Services Manager
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FACULTY OF LAW
• Why the LLB (Hon) is being introduced?
• What are the differences between LLB and LLB
(Hon)?
• How does it impact you?
• Which units will be taught out and what if I fail
them?
• What are the changes on the calculation of
Honours course grades?
• Any questions?
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Why the new LLB (Hon) is introduced?
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All law schools are required to align their LLB courses with
new regulatory requirements from 2015 onwards.
A new qualifications framework (the AQF) has been adopted,
under which each course must conform to a qualification
category.
The LLB (Hons) is a bachelor honours degree, an AQF level 8
qualification. Students will demonstrate their
progressive attainment of AQF level 8 knowledge, skills and
abilities specified.
We have also taken this opportunity to review our curriculum
and our approach to learning, teaching and assessment, to
align with contemporary developments in legal education.
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What is the difference between the
LLB and LLB (Hon)
Current - LLB
New – LLB (Hon)
Not required to conform to a AQF
qualification
Aligned with AQF Level 8
- course learning outcomes and volume
of learning
- No more than 8 units on AQF level 7
- Must include a research unit
Single LLB – 192 CP
Single LLB (Hon) – 204 CP, inc. one extra
elective and the research elective
LLB in a Double degree– 156 CP
LLB (Hon) in a Double degree– 156 CP
inc. the research elective
12 compulsories + 6 Quasi-compulsories
17 compulsory units
LAW2201 Torts A + LAW2202 Torts B
LAW1113 Torts
LAW1101 ILR + LAW1104 RaW
LAW1111 Foundations of Law &
LAW1112 Public law and statutory
interpretation
What are the differences between the
LLB and LLB (Hon) - Continued
Current – LLB
New – LLB (Hon)
LAW3301 Crim law and procedure A +
LAW3302 Crim Law B
LAW1114 Crim law 1 + LAW4332 Crim law
and procedure 2 (co-req for Evidence)
LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society
LAW4309 Lawyers’ ethics in practice
LAW5104 Civil procedure
LAW4303 Litigation & dispute resolution
Law electives
1 Commercial Law electives + 1 Research
electives from a prescribed list + other
Law electives
Honours grade: HI, HIIA, HIIB and HIII +
20% bonus for Honours thesis
Honours grade: HI, HIIA and HIIB
For graduates with Honours: Bachelor of
Laws (Honours) on testamur
All LLB (Hon) graduates: Bachelor of Laws
(Honours) on testamur
Flexible course progression
More structured: 1st 8 units taught at AQF
level 7 in specified order, all other units
(inc electives) at AQF level 8
How does it impact you?
• You will continue according to your current
course map within the maximum course period
given to you when you first enrolled.
• You will be able to enrol into the new units
introduced as part of the new curriculum,
except the two first year units and LAW4801
Honours Research Project.
• You will find some of the units have their unit
title and code changed progressively.
• There will be changes on the pre-requisites
and/or co-requisites of some units. But these
changes do not affect you.
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How will I know which core units to enrol in?
• Check archived Handbook edition for the
year in which you started your course
for course information
• Check current Handbook for unit
information.
• Contact the Faculty's Student Services
office if you are unsure about which
units to enrol in.
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Which units will not be taught in the new
LLB (Hon) course?
Units
What you need to do
LAW1101 ILR + LAW1104 RaW: will not
be offered after 2015
Ensure you enrol into the last offering
in Summer B 2015
LAW2201 Torts A + LAW2202 Torts B will
be offered to LLB students only
Ensure you complete these two units
by 2018
LAW3301 Crim A will be offered cocurrently with LAW1114 Crim law 1
Ensure you enrol into LAW3301 as
shown in your course map
LAW3302 Crim B: will be replaced by
LAW4332 Crim 2 in 2017
Ensure you complete LAW3302 by
2016
*LAW5125 Lawyers, ethics and society: it From 2015, unit code will be changed
will be replaced by “Lawyers’ ethics in
to LAW4309. Enrol into LAW4309
practice” from 2017
instead.
*LAW5104 Civil procedure will be
replaced by “Litigation & dispute
resolution” from 2017
From 2015: unit code will be changed
to LAW4303. Enrol into LAW4303
instead.
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* Note: From 2017, these units will be updated and be offered to both
LLB and
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LLB (Hons) students.
Why there will be changes on the calculation
of Honours course grades?
• Effective from 2016, the basis for awarding the
Honours grades for LLB students will be
revised.
• In order to communicate more clearly the
relative achievement that each Honours grade
represents.
• It will also allow greater comparability among
LLB graduates who completed in different years.
The extra 20% weighting for LAW5207 Honours
thesis will be retained for calculating HWA for
current LLB students.
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Threshold Honours Weighted Average Mark
Current
Honours grade
Threshold Honours Weighted Average Mark
H1
73
HIIA
71
HIIB
69
HIII
67
From 2016
Honours grade
Student Percentile
H1
90th percentile – top 10% of the cohort
HIIA
75th percentile – top 25% of the cohort
HIIB
60th percentile – top 40% of the cohort
HIII
50th percentile – top 50% of the cohort
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Any questions?
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