First Year Law Timetabling and Textbooks (1 Viewer)

[emiline]

Just a question, can anyone work out the Law timetable, especially with Laws1203 having all different tutorial groups etc and Laws 1201 being completely absent?!?!

And also, how do you buy textbooks? Do you buy them on campus or is the Co-op bookshop online the best way to go? And how or when do we find out what textbooks are needed?

Thanks!

 

[mmm_brrraains]

Generally you'd just pick one tutorial/lab group and stick with that for the whole semester. That's how it works in Arts and Science, not sure if Law does it differently. With the timetabling, remember what you find on the timetabling page at the moment is preliminary only. One of my subjects isn't up there yet either. It'll be finalised in the week before semester (or so they say )

There's a Co-Op bookshop at ANU, in Union Court. You can check what you'll need on The Co-op Online Bookshop - textbooks, books, course notes, study guides, software. Go to "Text List", select the ANU and then pick Laws 1201 and 1203 from the list. If you decide you want to buy the books, my advice is get in early. In the first couple of weeks of class the lines in the bookshop are gonna be looong!

 

[neo o]

As the above poster said, you'll only enroll in one tutorial group. You'll also only attend one stream of lectures, but you don't need to enroll in lectures. Generally full timetables will only be up by the first week of class, and you'll enroll in tutorials in the first week as well.

Buy your books on campus, that way you also get co-op membership and a lifetime 10% discount. Do be conservative when you buy those first law books though. Recommended reading generally isn't going to be that helpful, and you'll be able to read it in breaks during the library. The only really necessary things are bricks and the Australian Legal Citation Guide (which you'll use throughout your degree), but even that's available online at http://mulr.law.unimelb.edu.au/files/aglcdl.pdf

 

[cricketfan10]

As the above poster said, you'll only enroll in one tutorial group. You'll also only attend one stream of lectures, but you don't need to enroll in lectures. Generally full timetables will only be up by the first week of class, and you'll enroll in tutorials in the first week as well.

Buy your books on campus, that way you also get co-op membership and a lifetime 10% discount. Do be conservative when you buy those first law books though. Recommended reading generally isn't going to be that helpful, and you'll be able to read it in breaks during the library. The only really necessary things are bricks and the Australian Legal Citation Guide (which you'll use throughout your degree), but even that's available online at http://mulr.law.unimelb.edu.au/files/aglcdl.pdf

I heard you're told exactly what books you need at your first lecture, is that correct?

Also, didn't really see the need to make a new thread for this but will missing the introductory session to law school during o-week be a problem?

 

[neo o]

I heard you're told exactly what books you need at your first lecture, is that correct?

Also, didn't really see the need to make a new thread for this but will missing the introductory session to law school during o-week be a problem?

Yes, they do and no, it won't be a problem.

 

[emiline]

Thanks guys. So if my arts subject ENGL1004 clashes with a law subject, should I not be too worried just yet?
So don't buy textbooks until first week and first lecture?

 

[Ero]

Can Law courses be taken as electives in an Arts Degree? Or are they just limited to those doing Law?

 

[neo o]

Can Law courses be taken as electives in an Arts Degree? Or are they just limited to those doing Law?

Generally no. The faculty runs a course in intellectual property and environmental law for non-law students though. Neither will give you credit towards a law degree if you take one up later.

 

[jas0nt]

http://timetable.anu.edu.au/class/modules/byo.asp?intYear=2009

put in your classes ("fill your shopping bag") and presto.

if they are nice they disclose what times the tutes are on.

also if you go to the coop bookshop you'll see a list of text books assigned to each course. click 'text list', select ANU 2009 first semester and select your unit(s).

 

[jas0nt]

Thanks guys. So if my arts subject ENGL1004 clashes with a law subject, should I not be too worried just yet?
So don't buy textbooks until first week and first lecture?

first year clashes are rare but if it happens you have to take it on the chin and time manage better. rock up to one on one week, and alternate.

that said attending lectures isn't mandatory to pass or even get good grades. people say they are but it depends heavily on the subject.

 

[neo o]

I've gone to fewer than 30 law lectures in the past 4 years and I've got an average higher than most. True story.