Associate Degree of Legal Studies

Yes, CDU offers law courses 100% online. You can get 24/7 access to their online learning platform, recorded lectures and tutorial assistance, and can participate in livestreamed lectures and interactive group discussions.

Yes, if your circumstances change, you can switch between full-time, part-time, online or on-campus study modes as required.

Graduates can pursue careers as solicitors, barristers, judge's associates, and in-house lawyers. Beyond legal practice, graduates develop highly valued skills in critical thinking, analysing and interpreting complex information, problem solving, writing persuasively and researching, which are valued across a wide variety of professions.

CDU has delivered flexible and online law courses for over 15 years, pioneering flexible, online law degrees in Australia.

CDU is the only law school in the Northern Territory, is ranked #12 in Australia for law and paralegal employment outcomes according to the Good Universities Guide 2025, has a unique focus on transnational law and First Nations perspectives, and offers clinical placements including a refugee law stream and Indigenous justice stream.