I'm doing a Bachelor of Laws at VU at the moment.
It is honestly a new experience for me. I used to spend a lot of my time (in year 11 and 12) at Melbourne University, pretending I was a University student there. I went to a few Juris Doctor lectures being held, and they were good, but the majority of students are pompous (well, the ones I spoke to back then anyway). I can't speak for Monash.
But there's two things to be said about VU: the quality of teaching is, in most cases, fantastic. It's miles ahead of other courses at VU (I was doing a Bachelor of Legal Practice Management prior to a Bachelor of Laws), and some of them are world-class (I'll actually be heading to Berlin to do the Interviewing and Negotiation seminar held at Humboldt University,* which is taken by Adjunct Professors at VU). That, and the location is amazing. It's literally around the corner from the Courts in Melbourne, and it's across the road from the Children's Court. It's right outside Flagstaff Station (honestly, it's almost as good, if not better, than the RMIT main campuses).
If you want to know more about VU, send me a PM and I'll forward you my email address.
* In case you didn't know, Einstein taught at Humboldt University, and it's one of the top Universities in Europe.