Undergraduate Law Elective List 2026
This page lists the anticipated law electives available to students in the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) or associated double degrees. If you would like to focus your studies on a particular area of Law, you can use the Undergraduate Law Elective Guide. Please note this is just a guide to assist you with unit selection. - not all units are offered each year.
Students are expected to attend and participate in at least 80% of classes in law units.
Note: This page must be manually updated which means it will not always be directly in sync with the handbook. Please refer to the current academic year handbook for the most up to date information regarding unit offerings.
Reminder: The commercial law elective requirement has been removed from Part D of the Bachelor of Laws (Honours) course requirements for all students commencing from 2024. The Faculty will also waive this requirement for all students commencing before 2024.
Summer B - January and February 2026
Semester 1 - March - June 2026
LAW4122 Public international law
LAW4158 Indigenous peoples and the law
LAW4164 International refugee law and practice
LAW4177 Introduction to family law - (2nd stream added)
LAW4244 Construction law (dispute resolution)
LAW4312 Legal issues in medicine
LAW4542 AI, technology and the law
LAW4544 Challenging government: Law reform and public advocacy
LAW4552 Gender and the criminal justice system
LAW4668 International investment law
LAW4671 Private investment law
LAW4701 Commercial transactions
LAW4702 Competition and consumer law
Winter - June and July 2026
LAW4160 Negotiation and conflict resolution (by application - not available via WES)
LAW4172 Human rights in Australian law
LAW4177 Introduction to family law
Semester 2 - July - October 2026
LAW4112 Advanced constitutional law
LAW4113 Current problems in criminal law
LAW4132 Law of employment (two streams available)
LAW4184 International criminal law
LAW4225 Non-adversarial justice
LAW4313 International environmental law
LAW4342 Patents and trade marks
LAW4526 World Trade Organisation (WTO) law
LAW4550 Internet law and regulation
LAW4554 Advanced corporations law
LAW4671 Private investment law
LAW4679 The law of climate change
LAW4687 Human trafficking, modern slavery and the law
LAW4702 Competition and consumer law
LAW4703 Introduction to intellectual property law
LAW4704 Taxation law (two streams available)
Version date: 19/02/2026