Juris Doctor / Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, GDL

University of Newcastle, Australia, Australia . Cricos: 00109J

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The award	How you will study	Study duration	Course start	Domestic course fees	International course fees
GDL	Full-time	3 years	find out	find out	find out

About Juris Doctor / Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice, GDL - at University of Newcastle, Australia

Designed for university graduates, Newcastle Law School's Juris Doctor (JD) and the embedded Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice (GDLP) will not only open doors to employment as a lawyer, it will provide you with professional skills and attributes that are in high demand in other industries and professions.

At most other law schools, after you finish your JD you must then undertake practical legal training and arrange supervised legal workplace experience before you can apply to be a lawyer. As part of the embedded GDLP, we provide the required practical legal training and we guarantee to arrange the required supervised legal workplace experience for you. This means you can be ready to practise law after three years of full time study, with no need for further supervision or training before you start your legal career.

The JD/GDLP is not only accredited in Australia; with some further study it can help qualify you to practise law in a number of other common law countries, including Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom.

Entry requirements

Entry to the JD/GradDipLegPrac is available to students who have successfully completed:

a tertiary qualification of 3-year Level 7 Bachelor Degree or Level 9 Masters Degree other than Law from a recognised institution with a GPA of 4.0 or above; or
a tertiary qualification of 3-year Level 7 Bachelor Degree or Level 9 Masters Degree other than Law from a recognised institution with a GPA of 3.5 or above if assessed as suitable by the Juris Doctor/Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice Program Convenor on a case by case basis; or
an AQF Levl 8 Honours or Embedded Honours degree from a recognised institution; or
other tertiary qualification from a recognised institution assessed by the Faculty Pro Vice-Chancellor or delegate to be equivalent and with a similar level of attainment as provided above.

All Applicants must demonstrate that they meet the University's English proficiency requirement. Further information regarding English language proficiency requirements can be found at the English Language Proficiency for Admission Policy here.

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