Juris Doctor (JD) 2 year Accelerated Program
From 2010 UTS will offer the Juris Doctor program in a 2 year full-time accelerated format. The 3 year full-time and the 5 year part-time Juris Doctor will also be offered.
UTS is the only Sydney University to offer a accelerated Juris Doctor which includes the compulsory Practical Legal Training component that you will need to complete to be admitted as a solicitor. This means you will be qualified and ready to practice law six months earlier than your peers at another University in Sydney.
You must be available to attend intensive day summer classes between 6 - 29 January 2010, and exams between 1-5 February 2010.
Due to the heavy academic workload, the accelerated Juris Doctor is not suitable for students in full time employment.
Offers will be made on a competitive basis based on academic merit and accelerated places are strictly limited.
Applications Open
Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents - Tuesday 8 September 2009
Applications Close
1st Round Applications closed 30 September 2009 (January Accelerated intake)
2nd Round Applications closed 30 October 2009 (January Accelerated intake)
Final Round Applications closed 13 November 2009 (January Accelerated intake)
If you are completing your undergraduate degree in 2009, you may be made an offer dependant on evidence of successful completion of your undergraduate degree.
The 2010 intakes for the Juris Doctor are:
- Summer – Accelerated only
- Autumn - Full-time (3 years) and Part-Time (5 years)
- Spring - Full-time (3 years) and Part-Time (5 years)
How to Apply
Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents
Applications are lodged via the Universities Admission Centre
Course Structure
The course comprises a total of 144 credit points. The study components for course completion are as follows:
- 102 credit points of compulsory core law subjects (14 subjects)
- 18 credit points of law options (three subjects), and
- either 24 credit points of practical legal training (PLT) subjects (five subjects)
or an additional 24 credit points of law options (four subjects).
The 2 year accelerated program including PLT is as follows:
YEAR 1
January-February (intensive)
Legal Method and Research 6cp
Autumn Semester
Perspectives on Law 8cp
Criminal Law 8cp
Contracts 8cp
Spring Semester
Real Property 8cp
Torts 8cp
Australian Constitutional Law 8cp
Law Option 1 6cp
Summer Session
Commercial Law 6cp
Law Option 2 6cp
YEAR 2
Autumn Semester
Equity and Trusts 8cp
Corporate Law 8cp
Administrative Law 8cp
Evidence and Criminal Procedure 6cp
Spring Semester
Law Option 3 6cp
Civil Litigation 6cp
Ethics and Professional Conduct 6cp
Legal Skills 6cp
Advocacy 6cp
Practical Experience 0cp
Summer Session
Commercial and Estate Practice 6cp
Property Transactions 6cp
2010 Fees
All postgraduate Law courses at UTS are full fee paying and no Commonwealth Supported Places are offered at present. As a guide, the indicative cost of the Juris Doctor based on 2010 fees is $55,440 for Australian Citizens and Permanent Residents. To find domestic full fee paying (postgraduate coursework) tuition fees for the current year use the postgraduate domestic students by courses fees calculator, which will allow you to view 2010 tuition fees.
Further information about fees
Please note that fees are charged at the rates set for the year enrolled per subject and are increased annually.
Further information about annual tuition fee increases
FEE-HELP
If you are eligible, FEE-HELP can cover all or part of your tuition fees, to a maximum amount - the FEE-HELP loan limit, over your lifetime. In 2010, the lifetime FEE-HELP loan limit is $85,062. The loan limit is indexed each year.
Further Information about FEE-HELP
Contact Hours
Classes for full-time students are generally timetabled during the day. Registrations in evening or other various classes are subject to availability and no guarantees are provided in securing preferences. As a guideline a six credit-point subject requires attendance of three hours each week and an eight credit point subject requires attendance of four hours each week over a 14-week semester, or equivalent. For every hour of tuition you will need to dedicate a minimum of 2-3 hours of reading and preparation. Core teaching hours for on-campus classes are generally timetabled on Monday to Friday, between the hours of 9:00am and 9:00pm. Evening classes generally commence at 5:00pm and finish at 9:00pm to enable attendance in more than one class per night. There is no teaching past 9:00pm. Intensive block mode subjects are offered in Summer Session. Contact hours are equivalent to the contact hours for subjects offered on a weekly basis (around 36 hours) but block classes are held over a concentrated period. Distance subjects are taught via UTSOnline and will require time to participate in online discussions and group work, download audio recordings of lectures and submit assignments via the Digital Drop Box.
Timetable
The official UTS Autumn & Spring Timetable is released online mid November each year for timetable information for the following academic year, this allows you to search for subjects and plan your semesters. All core law subjects are offered each Autumn & Spring semesters every year. Not all elective subjects are offered each year but may be offered within a 2 year cycle. The Summer session timetable is released mid October each year.
2010 Academic dates
Summer Session: 30 November 2009 – 29 January 2010*
Autumn Semester: 01 March 2010 – 11 June 2010*
Spring Semester: 02 August 2010 – 12 November 2010*
Summer Session: 06 December 2010 – 04 February 2011*
*Formal examinations are held in the week(s) following end of semester.
View all 2010 academic year dates
Assessment
JD assessment varies from subject to subject, between formal examinations, research work, class participation, essays, assignments, seminar/tutorial presentations, take home examinations or a viva voce. Students will be advised of the official assessment criteria in the first week of a semester when subject outlines are provided in class or made available online.
