Bachelor of Laws (Honours)/Bachelor of Business

With this double degree, you will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of business and specialised legal skills. As a graduate, you will be prepared to help organisations make crucial decisions that can affect their success.

Law component

Griffith Law School offers a professional legal curriculum that focuses on core areas of legal practice and the legal skills that lawyers must have. You will have the opportunity to choose law electives based on your interests, including clinical courses that emphasise practical legal skills, insights and experience.

You will make connections between law and ethics, legal theory, Indigenous issues, and internationalisation. You will also develop interdisciplinary understandings of law and legal work.

You will take courses that cover areas such as Crime, Contracts, Property, Corporate Law, Torts and Theories of Law.

If you complete the five Canadian Law courses, you will be eligible for entry into the legal profession in Canada's common law provinces, when accompanied by a Certificate of Qualification from the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) of the Federation of Law Societies of Canada.

Business component

Through the Bachelor of Business, you will gain a solid foundation in all aspects of business and develop an understanding of the social, cultural and political dimensions of business. You will enhance this knowledge with further expertise and experience by choosing a major in your second year of study from the following list:

• Accounting - Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Asian Business - Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Asian Engagement (Nathan, Online)
• Behavioural Science (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Business Analytics (Gold Coast, Online)
• Economics (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Employment Relations (Nathan)
• Event Management (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Finance (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Financial Planning - Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Government and International Relations (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Human Resource Management (Gold Coast, Nathan and Online)
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship (South Bank, Gold Coast, Nathan and Online)
• International Business - Extended major (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Logistics and Supply Chain Management (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Management (Gold Coast, Nathan and Online)
• Marketing (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Real Estate and Property Development (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Sport Management (Gold Coast, Nathan)
• Sustainable Business (Nathan)
• Taxation (Nathan and Online)
• Tourism Management (Gold Coast, Nathan)

You can also choose not to complete a major by selecting from a range of courses that will provide broad knowledge for a career in business management.