IS LAW THE RIGHT COURSE???

[vce01]

so, LLB/JD ---> LLM ---> Doctorate ..?

[Eriny]

yep.

[xox.happy1.xox]

Is doctorate an extra year?

[Eriny]

It's several years extra. Different people take different amounts of time to do their doctorate. If you're doing it by thesis, the giant essay you write doesn't get 'graded' as such, but it needs to be of a certain level of quality to be accepted by the university. Usually the shortest amount of time you can do it in is about 3 years. But at the end you get a fancy title that looks nice on a business card (yay?)

[xox.happy1.xox]

It's several years extra. Different people take different amounts of time to do their doctorate. If you're doing it by thesis, the giant essay you write doesn't get 'graded' as such, but it needs to be of a certain level of quality to be accepted by the university. Usually the shortest amount of time you can do it in is about 3 years. But at the end you get a fancy title that looks nice on a business card (yay?)

Ohh... So I'm guessing the extra 3 years is worth it?

[brendan]

http://research.law.unimelb.edu.au/index.cfm?objectId=A9E8F677-1422-207C-BA4F70EC21E59B17
http://www.masters.law.unimelb.edu.au/go/courses-and-subjects/masters-degrees-2009

[Eriny]

It's several years extra. Different people take different amounts of time to do their doctorate. If you're doing it by thesis, the giant essay you write doesn't get 'graded' as such, but it needs to be of a certain level of quality to be accepted by the university. Usually the shortest amount of time you can do it in is about 3 years. But at the end you get a fancy title that looks nice on a business card (yay?)

Ohh... So I'm guessing the extra 3 years is worth it?

It really depends what you want to do. If you want to do research in law and/or be a lecturer in law, then this is a good path to take. If you want to work as a solicitor or barrister it is generally unecesary. If you want to specialise in something specific then Masters can be a good idea which is also quite impressive to prospective employers.

[xox.happy1.xox]

It's several years extra. Different people take different amounts of time to do their doctorate. If you're doing it by thesis, the giant essay you write doesn't get 'graded' as such, but it needs to be of a certain level of quality to be accepted by the university. Usually the shortest amount of time you can do it in is about 3 years. But at the end you get a fancy title that looks nice on a business card (yay?)

Ohh... So I'm guessing the extra 3 years is worth it?

It really depends what you want to do. If you want to do research in law and/or be a lecturer in law, then this is a good path to take. If you want to work as a solicitor or barrister it is generally unecesary. If you want to specialise in something specific then Masters can be a good idea which is also quite impressive to prospective employers.

I'm thinking of ultimately being a barrister... So it's probably unnecessary for me to do the Doctorate.

[xox.happy1.xox]

It's several years extra. Different people take different amounts of time to do their doctorate. If you're doing it by thesis, the giant essay you write doesn't get 'graded' as such, but it needs to be of a certain level of quality to be accepted by the university. Usually the shortest amount of time you can do it in is about 3 years. But at the end you get a fancy title that looks nice on a business card (yay?)

Ohh... So I'm guessing the extra 3 years is worth it?

It really depends what you want to do. If you want to do research in law and/or be a lecturer in law, then this is a good path to take. If you want to work as a solicitor or barrister it is generally unecesary. If you want to specialise in something specific then Masters can be a good idea which is also quite impressive to prospective employers.

I'm thinking of ultimately being a barrister... So it's probably unnecessary for me to do the Doctorate.

dont get ahead of yourself there :p

Well, going to start small and then make my way up.

[wombifat]

but doesnt JD stand for juris doctor...as in doctorate of law?

[brendan]

but doesnt JD stand for juris doctor...

yes

as in doctorate of law?

no

[Fyrefly]

but doesnt JD stand for juris doctor...

yes

as in doctorate of law?

no

To clarify: doing the JD does NOT earn u the title of doctor.

[Eriny]

JD is the equivalent of the LLB, the only difference is you can't do have the JD as your first degree (in other words, it's the postgrad version of the LLB for people who didn't have law as their undergraduate degree). Hence, you don't get a nice title.

[bubble sunglasses]

JD is the equivalent of the LLB, the only difference is you can't do have the JD as your first degree (in other words, it's the postgrad version of the LLB for people who didn't have law as their undergraduate degree). Hence, you don't get a nice title.

how long does JD take?

[clinton_09]

Melbourne uni's JD takes 3 years but you can accelerate it and do it in 2