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Duck:
Okay now this could be a difficult one but has anyone heard stories of any graduates applying for jobs at Melbourne law firms? What I mean is do umelb and monash grads fare better by nature of having gone to uni in Melbourne or are the core courses different in some way that firms would prefer graduates from the state/city in which they are based?

ninwa:

--- Quote from: Duck on August 27, 2010, 02:00:07 pm ---Okay now this could be a difficult one but has anyone heard stories of any graduates applying for jobs at Melbourne law firms? What I mean is do umelb and monash grads fare better by nature of having gone to uni in Melbourne or are the core courses different in some way that firms would prefer graduates from the state/city in which they are based?

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Just had a look at ANU's law course and compared with Monash's. The only substantive differences I can see are:

- ANU offers equity and trusts as a combined subject, Monash has them as separate ones, therefore Melbourne law firms might feel you don't focus enough on them
- Can't see criminal law in ANU, I'm going to guess it comes under "Australian public law", you might have to check this just to make sure - at Melbourne unis you can't get your law degree without having done crim, obviously Melbourne law firms would take this into account
- Not sure what the equivalent of "Lawyers, Ethics & Society" is at ANU, I'm guessing it's "Lawyers, Justice and Ethics", in which case completing ANU's program would mean (I'm guessing) that you have fulfilled the requirements for admission to practice as a solicitor in Victoria
- Melbourne unis don't have international law as a compulsory subject, or "Litigation and Dispute Management" or "Legal Theory" :S (not that it really matters)

I would've thought ANU graduates would be at a slight advantage considering ANU is the best law school is Victoria

Also remember there is craploads of competition from Victorian students as it is. Wouldn't have a clue whether that really disadvantages interstate students though. Law firms would take you if your CV is amazing even if you were from Timbuktu

And remember there are plenty of amazing law firms in Canberra/Sydney, why would you want to come back to Melbourne anyway?

Duck:
Thanks for that and obviously I want to comeback to the best city in the world haha. Just weighing up options at the moment.

ninwa:

--- Quote from: ninwa on August 27, 2010, 02:29:19 pm ---I would've thought ANU graduates would be at a slight advantage considering ANU is the best law school is Victoria
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Sorry had an idiot moment there. I meant to say "ANU is the best law school in Australia"

florallover:
criminal law is a compulsory second year law subject, ninwa might have just missed it http://studyat.anu.edu.au/courses/LAWS1206;details.html

another difference is that monash spends a year on contracts, anu spends a semester. as with the equity thing though, it doesn't really matter as by the time you go to practice the law you studied will probs have changed anyway.

really among group of 8, law is law. i personally wouldn't move to canberra just for law if i could get into monash or sydney, but many of my friends with perfect or near perfect enters did. one word of advice though, if you're looking at anu because you don't think you'll get into monash but don't want to leave melbourne, consider deakin over latrobe. latrobe's law school is shockingly disorganised. deakin on the other hand promotes a really practical hands-on legal programme which employers like a lot (i've heard that monash is looking to reform its law programme to make it more practical as well). so if you had a great cv and good marks from deakin you would probably not be disadvantaged against the group of 8s.

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