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What does studying and practicing law actually entail?
vexx:
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--- Quote from: Akirus on June 15, 2010, 06:44:43 pm ---I'm interested in what kind of uses a law degree has and what skills can be transferred beyond actually practicing as a solicitor.
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Problem solving skills, mostly.
Logical reasoning skills.
The ability to think quickly on the spot (if you do mooting, that is).
..stuff...
each year that we couldn't possibly all become lawyers.
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hmm, would a law degree have any use for the medical professions (ie. medicine ha)? or is it completely useless, and law would ultimately be a waste of time..
ninwa:
--- Quote from: vexx on August 30, 2010, 09:31:32 pm ---hmm, would a law degree have any use for the medical professions (ie. medicine ha)? or is it completely useless, and law would ultimately be a waste of time..
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Yeah sure. There's an elective subject at Monash called "legal issues in medicine" or something and apparently it's very interesting (I have a friend taking it). Also studying stuff like negligence (which is a rather complex area of law) could be quite useful to you if you ever become a doctor and accidentally kill a patient, etc.
I think some head of some hospital has med and law degrees?
vexx:
--- Quote from: ninwa on August 30, 2010, 09:36:51 pm ---
--- Quote from: vexx on August 30, 2010, 09:31:32 pm ---hmm, would a law degree have any use for the medical professions (ie. medicine ha)? or is it completely useless, and law would ultimately be a waste of time..
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Yeah sure. There's an elective subject at Monash called "legal issues in medicine" or something and apparently it's very interesting (I have a friend taking it). Also studying stuff like negligence (which is a rather complex area of law) could be quite useful to you if you ever become a doctor and accidentally kill a patient, etc.
I think some head of some hospital has med and law degrees?
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haha yes.. i'm sure some head of some hospital has done both;)
well i guess knowing legal issues could be good to know if doing medicine anyway, do you cover anything in the early years/subjects that has any relevance, or is it only these more complex 'later' areas?
.. hmm this brings the question of studying law (since it'd just be the basic law degree with biomed) is even interesting for a science student.. is there anyway to find out other than actually doing it?
as i doubt there would be many cases involving medicine which one would be able to get attached to as an aspiring doctor.
ninwa:
Electives aren't more complex than compulsory units :)
At Monash you spend a whole semester studying the tort of negligence... there's also criminal law (studying stuff like negligent manslaughter)... we do study a few cases involving medical negligence but not many. There's not a great focus on it, since there's an entire elective subject devoted to it.
You could always sit in on a law lecture :P there's so many students nobody would know you aren't in uni lol. I can get you a timetable if you want.
eeps:
LOL. Yeah, could like people post up examples of timetables... on how the electives and subjects work in Uni?.. what would a normal week at Uni be like as a Law student...? I'm hoping to do Law or Commerce/Law at Monash after Year 12! :P
ISN'T like Negligence and Criminal Law etc. covered in Legal Studies 1/2 + 3/4... wouldn't I just be re-learning what I've learnt in Year 11 and 12. Although, in saying that, it probs goes into more detail at Uni level... :)
Cheers.
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