Do PLT your way
Real-world experience
Our PLT is driven and shaped by practising lawyers, many of whom are leaders in their field. You’ll build a portfolio of real-world know-how and develop professional communication skills and workplace productivity skills including:
Interviewing, client counselling, advocacy and negotiating
Drafting legal documents and writing legal letters
Executing property, litigation and commercial transactions and proceedings
PLT in 4 easy stages
1: Skills component
- 4 weeks for all students - mostly online
- 5-day on-campus intensive
2: Practice areas component
- 12 weeks full-time or 24 weeks part-time (excluding breaks)
- Full-time or part-time online
- Full-time on campus (January/ July entries)
3: Career preparation
- 4-week component to develop in-demand legal skills
- If you have real-life workplace experience, you may be eligible for credit for this unit
4: Placement
- 4-week placement at a law office sourced by QUT
- If you have real-life workplace experience, you may be eligible for credit for this unit
Key dates for 2025
January intake
- Apply on time by 14 December 2024
- Apply late until 10 January 2025
- Teaching starts 13 January 2025
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 27-31 January 2025
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) ends 1 May 2025
- Full-time study ends with placement 27 June 2025
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 25 July 2025
- Part time study ends with placement 12 September 2025
March intake
- Apply on time by 31 January 2025
- Apply late until 28 February 2025
- Teaching starts 3 March 2025
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 17–21 March 2025
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 20 June 2025
- Full-time study ends with placement 15 August 2025
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 12 September 2025
- Part time study ends with placement 7 November 2025
July intake
- Apply on time by 30 June 2025
- Apply late until 18 July 2025
- Teaching starts 21 July 2025
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 4-8 August 2025
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 7 November 2025
- Full-time study ends with placement 19 December 2025
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 3 April 2026
- Part time study ends with placement 29 May 2026
August intake
- Apply on time by 14 July 2025
- Apply late until 8 August 2025
- Teaching starts 11 August 2025
- 5-day on-campus Intensive 25–29 August 2025
- Full-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 28 November 2025
- Full-time study ends with placement 6 February 2026
- Part-time study ends with maximum workplace credit (including for placement) 3 April 2026
- Part time study ends with placement 29 May 2026
For more information about when to apply, contact pltsupport@qut.edu.au
Want to know more about our PLT course?
Hear from PLT graduate Nick Baker, and academic Susan Martin, on the benefits of studying PLT at QUT. Enjoy flexible study options, hands-on learning and a guaranteed placement.
Real stories
“QUT’s PLT had the right focus on practice and management skills, as well as advocacy and client interaction, in building upon the substantive law foundation of the undergraduate degree”
Scott Vanderwolf
Senior Associate at Clayton Utz
“QUT’s firm connections gave me the opportunity to turn my workplace experience into a real job when I finished.”
Mark Goldsworthy
Barrister at McPherson Chambers
“I was taught by experienced lawyers who mentored me, and helped me get a head start in my career.”
Zosia Kilmartin
Director of Kilmartin Knyvett Lawyers
Flexible study
Our PLT has four intakes a year, and because we know how busy life can get when you’re balancing work and study, we’ve made our PLT as flexible as possible. You can choose between:
- full-time on campus
- external (online)
- part-time (online).
If you're studying online, you still need to do your placement in person.
Four-week placements
Through our strong relationships with firms, government and non-profit organisations, we are able to guarantee a four-week placement for all students in a law office. Alternatively, if you’re already working in a law office, you may be eligible to claim credit for your real-life legal work to reduce the cost and duration of your PLT.
Ongoing assessment
There are no exams, just elements of assessment as you go. And because our PLT is built around a supporting learning environment, we help you to bring your work up to standard as you progress through the course.