The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Innovation and Design offers students a course focused on commercial law, with an additional emphasis on intellectual property law. As the only double degree in Victoria with this specialisation, students learn about trade marks, patents, copyright, the prohibition of misleading or deceptive conduct and competition law. This combination of degrees equips students with the skills to work with law principles in design and information technology businesses – using legal knowledge across entrepreneurship, innovation, design management, product systems, service design, intellectual property and more. Course structure Successful completion of the Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Innovation and Design requires students to complete units of study to the value of 500 credit points. All units of study are valued at 12.5 credit points unless otherwise stated. Course learning outcomes The Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor of Innovation and Design provides an accredited qualification in law whilst enabling learning to be contextualised to the disciplines of innovation and design. The degree also provides students with a broad, well-rounded legal education that inculcates an understanding of the role the law plays in our society and of how it can assist Australia as a trading nation. Upon successfully completing the Bachelor of Laws, students will be able to: describe and demonstrate the application of the fundamental areas of Australian law and the Australian legal system and of the principles and doctrines that underpin them describe and demonstrate the application of ethical and professional responsibility in the practice of the law and a commitment to the pursuit of justice analyse and evaluate the interdisciplinary contexts in which legal issues arise and the disciplines and policy considerations that influence the content and operation of the law describe and compare the international legal order and the law and legal systems of Australia’s major trading partners critically evaluate events or factual situations, identify the legal issues to which they give rise and develop and articulate appropriate and creative responses Upon successfully completing the Bachelor of Innovation and Design, students will be able to: demonstrate knowledge and cognitive skills to review critically, analyse, consolidate and synthesise knowledge in the field of design management, product system and service design and apply in a range of practices define and integrate theoretical principles applicable to entrepreneurship and innovation and apply those principles in a range of practices systematically review and critically evaluate research from a variety of sources in order to make informed judgements on options for innovatively solving a range of problems that arise in business contexts Career opportunities Graduates will have the theoretical and practical knowledge required to operate effectively in diverse settings such as law firms and barristers’ chambers, not-for-profit organisations, government, small businesses, as well as design, media and corporate organisations. In particular, the studies in design and the specialisation in intellectual property law equip graduates for careers in the new knowledge economy, giving them the skills to work in media and entertainment, design, branding and advertising, and in internet companies and firms advising information-dependent industries.