Where to study law

[Julianne]

Currently, I have my heart set on becoming a solicitor, however, I am unsure about which uni I will be able to get into. The only universities I have considered are Melbourne or Monash as I like the prestige they carry with them. However, I know I will not be getting a 97+ enter score so I'm just wondering if anyone has any recommendations at other options or universities that are looked upon favorably that I could possibly attend. I have considered the Melbourne model and don't believe in wasting my time with arts when I'm not guaranteed a spot in law at the end of it. I am also considering arts at Monash however that would result in an 8 year course and its daunting, the idea of getting a full time job at 26 haha. I would love it if you could offer some words of wisdom to help me with my dilemma.

[Russ]

You seem to have answered your own question. You want to do law, but you're not willing to go to a uni that's not sandstone. Of the two Victorian options, you'll only consider Monash but you don't think the required score is realistic.

If you want to study law, you'll have to compromise one/some of those decisions. Doing law at Deakin or VU will be significantly easier to get into, but you'll probably face some sort of barrier based on prestige, since that's fairly well entrenched in the legal community as far as I can tell. If you want to avoid that risk and stick with Monash/Melbourne, you'll have to contemplate doing post graduate law and risking not getting in. Plenty of students graduate from the JD (or equivalent) every year, so it's not like it's a lesser options

You can also go interstate, but I don't think the clearly in score at a comparable university is going to be significantly lower than at Monash.

[burbs]

ANU - 96?

[sam.utute]

The Monash option won't necessarily mean an 8 year course. You can always get an internal transfer if you do well. I met someone today that was doing 2nd year Arts degree and had just started 1st year Law.

[Menang]

ANU - 96?

Yup, ANU has plenty prestige (as far as I know), but 96 is the minimum you need, I think. Getting a 96 won't guarantee you get in.

Are there any double degrees that lower the entry requirements? (Com/Law at Monash is 98.25 as opposed to 98.55 in just Law). I know it doesn't make that much of a different, but it may be what you need?

Also, Burberry - since when did you become just "burbs"?!

[burbs]

I think a 96 would be clearly in at ANU, not certain. But all double law degrees are 96, like comm/law and arts/law.

[Killerkob]

Apply for a scholarship at Bond University. Get involved in some of their competitions, show interest in the university. That place is the place for studying Law.

[eeps]

Apply for a scholarship at Bond University. Get involved in some of their competitions, show interest in the university. That place is the place for studying Law.

My school entered a team in the "High School Mooting Competition" run by Bond University; I'm in the team. This.

The best team and best advocates are offered 40% scholarships to undertake a Bachelor of Laws degree at Bond, subject to the student meeting the University’s entry requirements.

Also, someone last year at my school got into Arts/Law at ANU with an ATAR score of 96.5.

[ben92]

Another vote for ANU - it's up there with Melbourne/Monash in the G8 and due to the unpopularity of Canberra has a lower cut-off.

[Killerkob]

Apply for a scholarship at Bond University. Get involved in some of their competitions, show interest in the university. That place is the place for studying Law.

My school entered a team in the "High School Mooting Competition" run by Bond University; I'm in the team. This.

I participated the last two years and made it to Nationals last year. I would have applied but I wanted to do Engineering. My friend who applied got in though, simply because we studied legal studies and made it to Nationals in the Moot. Good luck! Well worth the experience.

[LOVEPHYSICS]

ANU, you can get in with a 96. Hence, that's why I considered it, though I decided not to attend for now because I felt I wasn't ready to go interstate. I just turned 18 and yeah, I am still a baby.

[chrisjb]

Apply for a scholarship at Bond University. Get involved in some of their competitions, show interest in the university. That place is the place for studying Law.

My school entered a team in the "High School Mooting Competition" run by Bond University; I'm in the team. This.

:O My school sent me an email today asking me if I wanted to be in a team and I said I'd like to... that means that if I end up getting in my school's team we might be against each other! D:

[eeps]

:O My school sent me an email today asking me if I wanted to be in a team and I said I'd like to... that means that if I end up getting in my school's team we might be against each other! D:

Cool! Hopefully you get into your school's team.  =] It would be awesome to compete against another VN-er. I'm not speaking though; I chose to play the role of solicitor. The two other members of my team are speaking - senior and junior counsel. The chances of us meeting are quite high I reckon; there aren't many schools in Victoria doing this competition from what I was told.

[Russ]

I was going to do mooting for a friends team who were short but apparently I actually have to be a law student

[werdna]

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