Melbourne model...Bachelor of Arts can lead to Law?!?

[ZachCharge]

Was just looking on the web at uni courses today and...well I found this interesting...

http://www.ba.unimelb.edu.au/pathways/graduate.html

So...under the Melbourne model you could do a Bachelor of Arts and after that go for Juris Doctor (lawyer)? Hmm seems weird to me that...Bachelor of Arts can lead to it lol...

Am I mistaken?

[AppleThief]

Which of the six New Generation degrees are you expecting to lead to the JD? As far as I know, if you do well in any of them you can do the JD?

Side question (just out of interest): what are you basing this "weirdness" on? Is a BSc leading to a JD weird?

[ZachCharge]

Hmmm...Melbourne Model don't seem that bad, at least your not stuck on one thing until/if you start doing your masters.

Well...I yes, BoC to law also seems weird to me. I guess from having ther mindset that once its uni time, you have to pick a Bachelor of whatever you want then go to masters I found it weird lol.

[wombifat]

It's the system in place in North America. Except there the degrees are pretty generic (just about everything comes under either bachelor of arts or bachelor of science...or something) so for example my dad studied history and social studies shizz like that in college and then went on to do Law at a separate University.

Arts seems the most logical thing to lead to law

[Edmund]

Which of the six New Generation degrees are you expecting to lead to the JD? As far as I know, if you do well in any of them you can do the JD?

Side question (just out of interest): what are you basing this "weirdness" on? Is a BSc leading to a JD weird?

I have a friend doing BSc who is planning to do Law in the future. You just have to take up Law subjects as your breadth...

[ZachCharge]

Hmm, I like this system, more choice, you get to try many subjects, see what you like and all. Doesn't the model slightly lower the value of the ENTER score though? I mean clearly in for BoA is 85 while (at Monash) clearly in for law is 98. Since BoA leads to law, seems like your uni performance is more important (which is better I guess).

[wombifat]

Yeah, your university performance is important, so are your past achievements, an interview, the LSATs and a statement about why you want to do law (or something like that)
sound pretty hard to get into

[AppleThief]

Doesn't the model slightly lower the value of the ENTER score though?

Or maybe we all overvalue the ENTER

[champorado]

Edmund, you don't have to do Law subjects in your undergraduate studies to be eligible for the JD.

Really, out of all the new generation degrees, I'd say Arts makes the most sense.

You can do any undergraduate degree and then do a JD, not just a BA. It's BA, btw.

This is BoA.

[ZachCharge]

Doesn't the model slightly lower the value of the ENTER score though?

Or maybe we all overvalue the ENTER

Well.....ENTER score is....our...err...life?

[EvangelionZeta]

Edmund, you don't have to do Law subjects in your undergraduate studies to be eligible for the JD.

Really, out of all the new generation degrees, I'd say Arts makes the most sense.

You can do any undergraduate degree and then do a JD, not just a BA. It's BA, btw.

This is BoA.
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Whoa.  I want to do BoA at UoM.

[Edmund]

Yes, they are not prerequisites.

Though my friend is doing some to get an idea of what it actually is (and of course whether he likes it)...

Law Breadth Subjects:

http://undergraduate.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectid=C18A87B5-1422-207C-BA3518CDB5DB0FAA

[champorado]

Whoa.  I want to do BoA at UoM.

Lol, I'm pretty sure you'd do BoA at any uni.

wut?

Edumund: Yep, that's a good idea. Just saying they're not compulsory. Is that list it? You have to do most of those subs in an Accounting major, lol.

[costargh]

Hmm, I like this system, more choice, you get to try many subjects, see what you like and all. Doesn't the model slightly lower the value of the ENTER score though? I mean clearly in for BoA is 85 while (at Monash) clearly in for law is 98. Since BoA leads to law, seems like your uni performance is more important (which is better I guess).

You do realise most degrees have open electives right?

The difference is that UoM FORCES you to do them rather than just giving you the option...

You call that choice?

[ZachCharge]

Well...the Melbourne Model...at least your not rushed into deciding a career halfway through Year 12.