IS LAW THE RIGHT COURSE???

[ninwa]

correct me if I'm wrong, but JD = LLB

they only differ in that JD is a graduate degree whereas LLB is undergraduate

but what you learn is the same (there's only one legal system you can study after all!)

[Collin Li]

It is slightly more flexible to do the Commerce degree first. You can convince firms, while in your 2nd year, that you will work with them after your Commerce degree, whereas in a double-degree, you can't do this until 4th year (firms like to hire people in their penultimate year). You can stop after your Bachelors if you want.

If not, having the Masters looks better than the Bachelors.

This would be the choice that I would take if I also knew I had an interest in Commerce (and not just purely Law).

[lacoste]

whilst i was going to post, you guys had beat me to it. lol

nina you are right, i was going to post that it would be risky going to UoM doing commerce and then trying out the LMAT?/? for JD.

does anyone know how competitive it is to get into JD?
how many commerce students are there? 2000??(guessing)

[costargh]

whilst i was going to post, you guys had beat me to it. lol

nina you are right, i was going to post that it would be risky going to UoM doing commerce and then trying out the LMAT?/? for JD.

does anyone know how competitive it is to get into JD?
how many commerce students are there? 2000??(guessing)

Approx 655 were given CSP places last year

[lacoste]

there is also a JD for Monash.
i think JD is the degree for students with no background of law? is this right?

and is monash uni globally known, ie, for their law degree/commerce.

[clinton_09]

i think JD is the degree for students with no background of law? is this right?

correct

[xox.happy1.xox]

I want to do Juris Doctor, but I can't be bothered with so many extra years . Although I would consider TAFE

[Noblesse]

My goal after completing my undergraduate commerce degree to get into UoM's JD program

[lacoste]

hmm... can the commerce degree be accelerated if you got 99+ ENTER??

[ninwa]

You can accelerate by overloading I think, you don't necessarily have to have gotten 99+ to do so

[Fyrefly]

Commerce is 'acceleratable' @ most unis, but chances r u'll have 2 apply 2 ur faculty 4 permission, u won't b able 2 over-load in first year/semester, and u'll need decent results 4 ur overloading 2 b approved.

There's also the option of summer semesters @ some unis.
@ Monash tho, I've heard that summer semesters r really crammed, and they're mostly designed 4 students that failed the unit and need 2 re-do it rather than ppl that want 2 learn the unit from scratch.

[brendan]

It is slightly more flexible to do the Commerce degree first. You can convince firms, while in your 2nd year, that you will work with them after your Commerce degree, whereas in a double-degree, you can't do this until 4th year (firms like to hire people in their penultimate year). You can stop after your Bachelors if you want.

If not, having the Masters looks better than the Bachelors.

This would be the choice that I would take if I also knew I had an interest in Commerce (and not just purely Law).

it's actually not a masters degree. thats the LLM. the comment about internships is really important. it's really frustrating for us double degree ppl to not even be considered for them because we are not in our penultimate year.

I want to do Juris Doctor, but I can't be bothered with so many extra years . Although I would consider TAFE

they go by pretty quickly...

does anyone know how competitive it is to get into JD?

the typical proxy measure for that is last year's median LSAT score and median GPA

[xox.happy1.xox]

So many terms to remember. :S

[dusty_girl1144]

so im guessin if u do bachelor of law ... say at deakin u cant do JD at monash?

[xox.happy1.xox]

so im guessin if u do bachelor of law ... say at deakin u cant do JD at monash?

I guess you need the top marks and everything... Apparently, you need to start over to do law at Monash if you come from any other uni. XD