Where to study law

[eeps]

What's the ATAR requirement for Law, Arts/Law or Comm/Law at Bond Uni?

Doesn't say - this? It's not really clear. Though, I dare say it's less than Monash University's requirements. You could probably get into Bond University with a lower ATAR score than you would at Monash as long as you can pay.  =\

[sgeorge]

You apply to Bond before you receive your results and it's based on extra-curricular and grades. For example, I was offered law a couple of days before the English exam and only had to satisfactorily pass VCE to accept my offer.

[Water]

I know this is out of context, but

JD + Under Grad is 7 years and Monash Double is 5 years right? o.O

[eeps]

At Monash University... you can do Commerce/Law, Science/Law, Arts/Law etc - any double degree at Monash University with Law is 5 years. At UoM, I think it takes 6 years... 3 years undergraduate (undergraduate degrees at UoM are all 3 years now), in addition to 3 years JD. Correct me if I'm wrong... I'm not too sure though. Here's more information about JD at UoM.

[ninwa]

At Monash University... you can do Commerce/Law, Science/Law, Arts/Law etc - any double degree at Monash University with Law is 5 years. At UoM, I think it takes 6 years... 3 years undergraduate (undergraduate degrees at UoM are all 3 years now), in addition to 3 years JD. Correct me if I'm wrong... I'm not too sure though. Here's more information about JD at UoM.

5 years if you're willing to overload for a year, 5.5 if you're not, and 6 years for engineering/law

[burbs]

ANU has tons of prestige (many say its the best law uni in the country) and not a particularly high atar required. On the downside, you'd be living in Canberra...

TBH I don't think an Melbourne based employer will distinguish between the two as much. Correct me if I'm wrong Ninwa.

[ninwa]

Between ANU and UoM/Monash? Probably not

[appianway]

Hmm if you want to do international law, ANU would be pretty amazing. You can do internships at the White House as a subject for IR (if I'm correct), and there are also exchanges and programs in places like Geneva.

[chrisjb]

So ANU law cut-off is 96 or is that the minimum ATAR required? 96 seems too good to be true.

[Water]

So ANU law cut-off is 96 or is that the minimum ATAR required? 96 seems too good to be true.

Well, its isolated from metropolitan life, thats the trade off?

PS: Lol Chris, thats something, I for one can't do. Good on you  :smitten:

[chrisjb]

So ANU law cut-off is 96 or is that the minimum ATAR required? 96 seems too good to be true.

Well, its isolated from metropolitan life, thats the trade off?

I'll take it. Especially if I can talk my way into some sort of study abroad arrangement for a year or something. And I reckon I could put up with Canberra for 9 months a year... This is starting to look more and more like a number 1 preference.

[ben92]

Canberra's very underrated. A big advantage people forget is everything is in walking distance - even nightclubs.

[Water]

What about your friends/family and expenses >;?

[appianway]

Canberra's very underrated. A big advantage people forget is everything is in walking distance - even nightclubs.

LOL. Just LOL. (Actually, one of the guys in my lab works at Moose and was talking about it today, but that's another story...)

I live at a college with a lot of law students, and although I don't feel qualified to comment about what it's like to be involved in tutes and lectures, it seems as though the course is very rigorous. And, as I said before, there are a heap of international opportunities for ANU law. In addition, a lot of the people here doing law don't want to be lawyers - a lot want to go into politics, and there's probably more political opportunities here than anywhere else in Australia.

On the topic of living in Canberra, I'm going to say that it's not that bad. I'm not going to lie - I do miss Melbourne quite a bit at times, but that's more because I miss seeing my friends and my family. If you move out of home to almost anywhere in the world, you're probably going to feel that way. If you study on campus (anywhere, I presume), you'll make a lot of friends, and life will be so much more social than at home. ANU's generous with scholarships - you "only" need 99.50+ for $6,500 per year, and if you get 99.90+ you get $12,500 per year, provided that you maintain a HD average in non law subjects or 75 average in law. Part time work is easy to come by here, and it pays quite well - you could make in excess of 100 bucks per week if you studied law.

[Duck]

Canberra... nightclubs.

nightclubs = a bunch of guys standing around listening to an ipod on shuffle, right?