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nabbiechan

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Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« on: November 10, 2010, 09:32:05 pm »
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What other jobs can you get that you can get out of studying law?

I know that you can be a lawyer, a solicitor, a judge, a paralegal or even a teacher who teaches legal studies but what else?
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2010, 10:17:59 pm »
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Law degrees are pretty versatile. They are helpful for pretty much anything that's not like, scientific research; a law degree can help you in the commercial, foreign affairs/diplomacy, academic, some kind of advocate, intellectual property, medical negligence... how about you name something and I'll tell you whether a law degree would be useful.

By the way, a solicitor IS a kind of lawyer, just like a surgeon is a kind of doctor. Judges also start out as lawyers.
I don't think paralegals need law degrees.
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2010, 10:28:04 pm »
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More in relation to commerce side, and that foreign affairs. How about that?
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2010, 02:29:33 pm »
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Law is definitely becoming a generalist degree given that way more people graduate with law degrees than there are places at law firms. If you have a commerce degree then it could be useful to get a job in a commerce-y company and have a working knowledge of the legal system. The same is true for foreign affairs, although to what extent I'm not sure. I think it's useful, but beyond that probably not necessary.
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2010, 12:16:44 am »
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Would a law degree ever help in terms of media and communications?
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2010, 12:48:20 am »
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Quote from: aw123 on December 20, 2010, 12:16:44 am
Would a law degree ever help in terms of media and communications?

I've heard of media lawyers before.. so I assume so?
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2010, 08:02:26 am »
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Specifically what areas of media/comm?
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2010, 09:19:48 am »
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If you listen to the radio - there are x-lawyers speaking all the time - eg Jon Faine.

If you read print media - many of their journalists studied law.

If you watch completely unrelated Tv shows - eg Deal or No Deal the presenter studied law or think of the Chaser boys

Heaps of people who work in media have done law degrees
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2010, 09:25:35 am »
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Yes but I don't think a law degree actually helps with any of that
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Re: Careers in law other being a lawyer(?)
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2010, 10:39:50 am »
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That is probably true - except I'd suggest that given there are so many media/journalism courses out there and so few cadetships that something like a law degree might distinguish you from other candidates.

And you always still have the generic skills from law degrees - eg. problem solving, writing skills, research skills etc that would be transferable
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