Students must meet all of the following criteria for admission:
- Completion of at least 160 credit points of law study (or 140 credit points if two Summer subjects are undertaken)
- Demonstration of the likelihood of graduating with an Honours Weighted Average Mark (HWAM) of at least 70 at the time of graduation
- an Admission Average Mark (AAM) of at least 70 at the time of admission to the Honours program.
- Submission of a Nomination of Topics form which expresses preferences among supervisor-defined topics and/or describes a student-defined topic in a scholarly manner.
- Demonstration of satisfactory academic writing skills
- Availability of a principal supervisor

