Bachelor of Business/Bachelor of Laws (Honours)

5 Years On Campus Bachelors Program

Queensland University of Technology

Program Overview

This double degree is perfect for ambitious thinkers who want to combine the strategic, practical world of business with the critical, analytical rigor of law. You’ll gain a deep understanding of legal frameworks while developing business acumen, preparing you to navigate complex professional landscapes with confidence.

Curriculum Structure:
Year 1: You’ll dive into the foundations of law and business, exploring units like Legal Foundations, Introduction to Business, and Accounting Principles. This year is all about building your core understanding and starting to think critically about how laws shape business decisions.

Year 2: Your knowledge deepens as you tackle units such as Contract Law, Corporate Law, and Marketing Fundamentals. You’ll start applying concepts through real-world case studies, group projects, and simulations, discovering how legal reasoning and business strategy intersect in practical scenarios.

Year 3: Here, you explore more specialized legal and business areas, including Property Law, Management Accounting, and Business Law. You’ll experience more hands-on learning through client simulations, negotiation exercises, and research projects, preparing you to think strategically and ethically in professional settings.

Year 4: The final year is about integration and professional preparation. Units like Advanced Business Strategy, Legal Ethics, and Law Honours Project allow you to consolidate your skills, engage in in-depth research, and tackle complex business-law challenges that mirror real workplace environments.

Focus Areas: Corporate law, business strategy, ethical leadership, and legal problem-solving.

Learning Outcomes: Graduates emerge as highly adaptable professionals capable of navigating legal complexities, making strategic business decisions, and leading with ethical insight.

Professional Alignment (Accreditation): This program is designed to meet the standards for legal practice in Australia while also providing a solid business qualification, giving you the flexibility to pursue careers in law, corporate leadership, or consulting.

Reputation (Employability Rankings): QUT consistently ranks among the top Australian universities for law and business, with strong employability outcomes highlighted in QS and Times Higher Education rankings, reflecting the real-world readiness of its graduates.

Experiential Learning (Research, Projects, Internships etc.)

If you choose the Bachelor of Business / Bachelor of Laws (Honours) at QUT, you're stepping into a deeply experiential degree where your learning isn’t just academic — it's grounded in real-world practice. From day one, you'll be solving business problems, dissecting real legal cases, and working with industry partners. You'll develop transferable skills like critical thinking, professional communication, and ethical judgement, all while building strong networks through internships, placements, and capstone projects.

Here are some of the key hands-on, experiential learning opportunities you’ll engage with in this program:

Work-integrated learning with over 600 industry partners: Through placements at law firms, government departments, in-house legal teams, community legal centres, and NGOs, you’ll gain real legal experience and earn credit towards your degree.
Real-World Ready capstone unit: In your business studies, you’ll work individually and in teams to analyse real challenges and present recommendations to actual business or community partners.
Professional internships: You have the option to take a business internship (via a dedicated internship unit) to gain workplace experience and apply classroom learning in a live business context.
Moot court experience: Through QUT’s law program, you can participate in mock trials in dedicated court-like settings, building your advocacy, analytical, and presentation skills.
Global and social-justice legal placements: There are opportunities for overseas exchange or placements, where you can contribute to legal education, social justice initiatives, and human rights advocacy in communities abroad.
Emerging law‑and‑technology units: You’ll be exposed to forward‑looking topics such as AI, robotics, data privacy, and law, helping you engage with the legal challenges of today’s rapidly changing world.

This blend of business and law, coupled with real industry exposure, makes this double degree not just academically rigorous but truly career-ready.

Progression & Future Opportunities

When you graduate from this double degree, you won’t just be a lawyer — you’ll be a business-savvy lawyer. You’ll understand how law and business intersect, making you uniquely equipped to navigate complex corporate environments, or take on roles that blend legal expertise with business strategy.

Typical career paths our graduates take include:

Corporate lawyer (M&A, governance, and more)
In-house counsel for companies
Compliance or risk manager
Intellectual property lawyer

Why this program gives you a real advantage:

Work-Integrated Learning & Placements: QUT partners with over 600 industry organisations. Through this degree, you can gain hands-on experience in law firms, government agencies, corporate legal teams, and community legal services.

Practical Projects from Day One: From your very first semester, you’ll tackle real-world business problems and legal case studies. Plus, there’s a “Real World Ready” capstone in your business degree, where you collaborate directly with companies and organisations.

Industry-Driven Curriculum: This isn’t just theory. The program is designed with industry input, so what you learn is relevant to the challenges businesses and legal teams face every day.

Accreditation: Your Bachelor of Laws (Honours) is approved by the Legal Practitioners’ Admissions Board. That means after completing Practical Legal Training, you’ll be eligible for admission to practice law in Australia.

Career Flexibility: Combining business and law opens doors beyond traditional legal roles. You could move into taxation, insolvency, intellectual property, compliance, or even management and consultancy roles within the business world.

Further Study Opportunities:

Take Practical Legal Training (like QUT’s Graduate Diploma in Legal Practice) to qualify as a solicitor.
Pursue a Master of Laws (LLM) if you want to specialise in research or a specific area of law.
On the business side, your degree lays the foundation for a Master’s in Business, whether that’s an MBA, Finance, or Business Analytics — making you an attractive candidate for leadership or strategy-focused roles.

In short, this double degree equips you with practical skills, real-world experience, and the flexibility to succeed in both legal and business arenas. If you tell me which business major you’re leaning toward — like finance, management, or accounting — I can help you map out even more tailored career and study paths.