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The life of a lawyer
iNerd:
--- Quote from: AzureBlue on January 09, 2011, 05:43:43 pm ---
--- Quote from: tram on January 09, 2011, 04:02:56 pm ---In answer to Azure's question, if you get 99+ you can still apply for a cap place, if you don't get the CEO place you can still fall back on the full fee place.
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Lol "CEO" place :D Thanks
Yeah, I have a long time to think about whether to do JD or not. Just consider the permutations of:
- BComm (Economics major) with DipMSc (Pure Maths)
- BSc (Computer Science major) @ UoM
- Master of Actuarial Studies @ Macquarie/ANU
- JD @ UoM
where at least one of BCom and BSc must precede a graduate degree and any of them (apart from BCom which I will start with) can be included/excluded. :P I say to myself "Have fun choosing". :) See - combinatorics can play an important role in real life situations!
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Aren't you in my year? 2011 Year 11? You're so far ahead (planning-wise) :o
Russ:
Expensive if your SLE runs out
Russ:
Yeah. It's 7 EFTSL or whatever they call them (or 7 standard full time years).
ninwa:
--- Quote from: Burberry on January 09, 2011, 01:28:28 am ---Currently I am considering Comm/Law or Arts/Law at ANU, Monash or Melbourne.
My question is pretty broad:
What should I be aware of before I set myself on law this year? Not so much how hard it is at uni, more it usefulness in the job market, how to best maximise my chances of a job (do double degrees help more, if so which ones, what about languages...).
How long before lawyers make a decent living? Where is the money at? I'm not doing it for the money, but I would like to know.
Cheers, oh and any other advice like which uni is best etc.
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Usefulness: not so much if you want to be a lawyer. The market is WAY saturated with law school graduates. You'll need a pretty awesome average, extra-curriculars and work experience to get a competitive advantage. Also with popular law graduate preferred industries like diplomacy/international relations. Obviously languages will help there, no idea about law firms though.
Money is at being a barrister, or judge. Or corporate lawyer - big companies = big $$$.
Monash is the best in Victoria, ANU I think is one of the best in Australia by reputation (some rankings don't agree but I don't know).
ninwa:
--- Quote from: werdna on January 09, 2011, 02:52:57 pm ---From what I've heard from teachers, you won't be able to survive in law if you're not passionate about it.. and I mean really passionate. I think in some cases there are even 12-hour working days involved - the workload would be tough I'd imagine, but it'd also be a really rewarding job.
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Plenty of lawyers hate their jobs, you can still do good work while disliking it. Disagree re: rewarding but I don't really have the experience to back it up
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