Calculation of LLB honours course grades

Calculation of LLB honours course grades

The Faculty awards the degrees of Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Laws (Hons) ‘with honours’ in four grades (HI, HIIA, HIIB, HIII) based on the average of completed Law units. The ‘Law-only average’ is the average of the marks that a student earns in all Monash law units regardless of year level. This is different to the university’s calculation for WAM.

Please note that students who commenced their degree on or after 1 January 2021, the honours grade will be calculated according to the Grading Schema Procedure

The determination of honours grades for any year’s graduating cohort is calculated as the average of the Law-only marks over the previous three years cohorts for the 90th (HI), 75th (HIIA), 60th (HIIB) and 50th (HIII) percentiles.

Based on this methodology, the threshold Law-only averages for the 2025 completing cohort are who commenced prior to 2021 (All other students see the grading schema procedure above):

Units Not included in LLB honours calculations

• The Monash Innovation Guarantee units BEX2750/MON2750 and BEX3750/MON3750 are not included in LLB honours calculations.
• The Global Immersion Guarantee Program ATS2992/MON2100 is not included in the LLB honours calculation.
• The Volunteering in Practice unit MON2000 is not included in the LLB honours calculation.

The Order of Merit

In order to protect the privacy of our students, the Faulty of Law will no longer externally publish an online Order of Merit list, as decided at the Faculty Education Committee, meeting 02/2018.

Faculty of Law Ranking Letter

Students can request a Ranking Letter by submitting a request via the Faculty of Law - Student letters webpage. Rankings are now available for 2024. Class rankings will be calculated in March/April each year for students who completed their degree in the year previous. Please note that students who complete with Summer B results each year will need to wait until the following year.