law.. help!

[brendan]

but then again, you want to work in international law, not corporate law. i don't know what the money is like for international law, nor who your likely employers are to be.

[brendan]

oh and you might want to talk to this guy at UoM: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=665100718&v=photos#/profile.php?sid=47b97bf3be17cb968fd191d233df05ba&id=665100718&hiq=alan%2Cwu

[hard]

but then again, you want to work in international law, not corporate law. i don't know what the money is like for international law, nor who your likely employers are to be.

is there much work in international law?

[brendan]

i wouldn't have the slightest clue on that, check out the legal career guides

[hard]

ight sweet
 ay brendan, would you say the work of being a lawyer is strenous? if you know by any chance?

[brendan]

i do not understand that word

[hard]

...strenuous

[wombifat]

If you don't know if you really want to do law, the melbourne model could be good because you don't have to make that decision until later.

[hard]

If you don't know if you really want to do law, the melbourne model could be good because you don't have to make that decision until later.

yer that's a +ve for melbourne i guess but still not sure.

the depression rates of lawyers is turning me off and with all the depressing stories of becoming a lawyer, im thinking twice.

[wombifat]

Well the things is, a law degree can help you out in a lot of careers, you don't neccesarily have to be a lawyer.  My dad has a law degree with a masters in taxation and works at the tax office.  And yes, most people would find that boring but he likes.  Basically what I'm saying is with a law degree it'll probably improve your chances of finding a job in a lot of areas, not just law.

[brendan]

If you don't know if you really want to do law, the melbourne model could be good because you don't have to make that decision until later.

Not quite

If you do a combined degree with law at Monash, then you still retain the option. You could always drop your law component if it doesn't suit you. Or you could effectively do all your non-law subjects first and then put all your law subjects off til later - effectively recreating the melb model but without the risk.

Well the things is, a law degree can help you out in a lot of careers, you don't neccesarily have to be a lawyer. 

That's true, but if you are sure you don't want to be a lawyer, the question then becomes is it worth the time and cost to go through a LLB?

[ninwa]

the depression rates of lawyers is turning me off and with all the depressing stories of becoming a lawyer, im thinking twice.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5c525cafaf73bffcd2db6fb9a8902bda

On Being a Happy, Healthy, and Ethical Member of an Unhappy, Unhealthy, and Unethical Profession
Patrick J. Schiltz

Quite an interesting and amusing read

[brendan]

Direct link: http://seoulover.blogs.com/westlaw/files/being_a_happy_lawyer.pdf

[hard]

fuck i just read that brendan and now i've lost ALL hope in law. seems like the shittest job ever. back to engineering for me.

[ninwa]

That's a shame, but probably better you find out now. Law is one of those things where if you dislike it, you probably won't survive through your degree. I was talking to someone in 4th year the other day and he said by the time he got to 4th year about half of his year had dropped out.