VCAA Legal Studies Performance

Overall average 62.2%784 questions answered2026 data

Score by Unit & Topic

Full study design

Rights and justice

64.9%
The Victorian criminal justice system
69.6%
The Victorian civil justice system
59.7%

The people, the law and reform

60.8%
The people and the law-makers
58.2%
The people and reform
64%

Score by Past Paper

2026 data

2025
63.8%
2024
62.2%
2023
62.6%
2022
65.5%
2021
61.1%
2020
72.5%

Score by Question Type

2026 data

Extended Response
75%
Short Answer
62.1%

Cognitive Verb Performance

2026 data

Analyse
57.1%
Compare
58.3%
Consider
60%
Define
55.6%
Describe
67.6%
Discuss
52.7%
Distinguish
66.7%
Evaluate
63.6%
Examine
0%
Explain
65.3%
Identify
82.4%
Justify
16.4%
Outline
89%
Present
0%
Provide
81.8%

Study Guides

VCE Legal Studies Most Tested Topics: What the VCAA Exams CoverMarks by topic and dot point across 6 VCAA Legal Studies external papers, 2020 to 2025, plus the question type and cognitive verb mix.

Frequently Asked Questions

What are the hardest VCAA Legal Studies topics?
Based on student performance on AusGrader in 2026, the hardest VCAA Legal Studies topics are The people and the law-makers (58.2%), The Victorian civil justice system (59.7%), The people and reform (64%). Focus your revision on these areas for the biggest score improvement.
What are the easiest VCAA Legal Studies topics?
Based on student performance on AusGrader in 2026, the highest-scoring VCAA Legal Studies topics are The Victorian criminal justice system (69.6%), The people and reform (64%), The Victorian civil justice system (59.7%).
What are the most common command words in VCAA Legal Studies exams?
The most frequently tested command words in VCAA Legal Studies are Explain, Discuss, Analyse, Outline, Evaluate. Practising responses to these verbs is a high-impact study strategy.

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