Law degree (LLB) query

[ninwa]

No, that's enwiabe's job

I lol'd at your DP.

[tram]

lol.....yea, i am getting quite a few comments about the dp

[AzureBlue]

Is it possible to do an honours year for JD as it is in LLB?

[tram]

i'm pretty sure honours years are only for undergrauate degrees....

[Russ]

Honours is ugrad, yeah. If you finish a graduate degree and want to do further study you can do a Masters or a PhD

[Glockmeister]

My understanding is that Honours works differently from other degree. There's no 'Honours' year as in other courses - Honours is awarded based on your marks throughout the course.

[ninwa]

That's correct. However, you can do an optional thesis of 10k - 12k words, which could potentially push you into a higher class of honours and also makes you more attractive to employers.

Further info here: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/undergraduate/honours/index.html

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

[AzureBlue]

That's correct. However, you can do an optional thesis of 10k - 12k words, which could potentially push you into a higher class of honours and also makes you more attractive to employers.

Further info here: http://www.law.monash.edu.au/undergraduate/honours/index.html

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

K thanks for the info - I guess if I want to do further study after JD (when I've already been in uni for 7 years lol) I'll have to go on to Masters (LLM)...

[tram]

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

wait, ninwa, are you sure the monash JD is a master degree??

[Russ]

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

Yeah, not as far as I know. There are the 1st class/2nd class etc. from your grades but not a formal honours year.

[ninwa]

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

Yeah, not as far as I know. There are the 1st class/2nd class etc. from your grades but not a formal honours year.

Really? That's how LLB honours work too. In that case I guess JD also has a similar system then.

I couldn't find any info on honours in the JD website. I'm assuming as a technically masters degree it probably wouldn't (masters degrees don't have honours, do they?)

wait, ninwa, are you sure the monash JD is a master degree??

Shush, you

*slinks off*

[tram]

soz ninwa, couldn't resist

[Russ]

Really? That's how LLB honours work too. In that case I guess JD also has a similar system then.

I'm just speaking generally about postgrad/undergrad study, no idea what exactly happens with the JD.

[AzureBlue]

I thought honours was an extra year of study/research after bachelors'.

Also, do you think economics/finance or actuarial studies is more compatible to law, in terms of work/corporate-commercial-banking-financy law jobs?

[ninwa]

I thought honours was an extra year of study/research after bachelors'.

It is for almost every discipline except law. (There is an optional research subject, if you feel like it...)

Also, do you think economics/finance or actuarial studies is more compatible to law, in terms of work/corporate-commercial-banking-financy law jobs?

I would definitely say economics/finance. I have seen job ads asking for commerce/law students majoring in finance/accounting (not so much economics though).

I'm not entirely certain what actuaries do but I gather it is some sort of risk assessment/analysis, in which case you don't really need law for it.