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they might be referring to the all too common way that students go about writing essay assignments: "oh shit! it's due in 2 days, how long will it take for me to cobble something together..." lol.

Have you considered doing your degrees sequentially? For example doing your accounting degree and then graduate LLB or JD. I know that sequential degrees are not yet popular with school leavers (always in a hurry :D), but it can actually be a very good option. You would only be losing 1 or 2...

Perhaps he is illustrating the OP's point...or maybe that's giving him too much credit...

hit a nerve I guess..

Mpack, if you paid much attention around here, you'd note from my history that I don't particularly have much interest in top-tier firms nor rising through their ranks, or having my name in lights for that matter. My M.O. has always been to try and counter the narrow ideas that people have of...

Don't stress it. I know many people say that all that matters is the mark you get at the end, but this is not the best mentality to have WHILE your in the process. It can be very depressing if you think about your experience at law school just in terms of 'getting that mark'. Keep your mind on...

erm...I don't think you could 'objectively measure' how good a lawyer is... It's kind of a case of the 'right tool for the job'...ya know, like with most things in the real world. :o EDIT: On second thought, yeah i suppose there is something to be said for the quality of the tool, so to speak...

Did you even read my previous post: 'I'm sure that there is a space to be occupied between top-tier and your bottom rung suburban firm.' You yourself have just mentioned no less than 2 sources OTHER than the large top-tier firms (ie Big 6) where industry leaders could, and according to you DO...

All of the Go8 law schools are pretty tough. They like to keep a pretty steep normal distribution curve: most people sit around credit, then there's a steep drop and its as if they have a policy to strictly limit number of HD's. I wouldn't be surprised if it was a concerted effort, as I know...

How do you reconcile this with the data on attrition rates in my last post? I'm not suggesting that top-tier law firms don't have great lawyers or senior field leaders, that would be absurd. But it is also absurd to suggest that all the leaders were raised in the top-tier, considering the...

lol. Top-tier firms are an environment that produces great lawyers? Really? Where does that fit in, between the policy of padding billables with pointless busy-work and other questionable billing practices? Or the hideous attrition rate: 'A recent report speaks of ‘churn’ rates in law firms of...

I believe that I had said something like that, quoted from one of my first year lectures. You have misunderstood though, I didn't say that 40% of grads become lawyers, I said that ' only 40% of grads go on to practice as solicitors/barristers'. There is a subtle but significant difference. The...

I would really advise that you study in the jurisdiction that you will be practicing in initially, ie where you will be looking for grad work. If your interested in international law (this is very broad term), i would advice looking at the electives that each school offers in this area. These...

zing!

...Seriously though, my point is that it would be unwise to extrapolate job prospects and market state from a single person's experience during a single clerkship at a single law firm. Which is what seems to have been proposed:

Frigid, but surely you could have 0.5 of a clerkship: just have LaTrobe and Deakin clerks alternate. Or better yet, take the torso of a LaTrobe and the legs of a Deakin clerk to create some kind of super hybrid clerk... Also I found it quite interesting that the demand for uTas clerks is equal...

Thats because it's not :rolleyes:

lets not feed the troll, melsc. Only seems to encourage him

It seems that it is possible to register as a 'foreign lawyer' in some countries, thus avoiding admission requirements initially. There is a time limit though, and it doesn't seem like you can permanently practice; I believe its mostly to allow lawyers in Australian law firms to be temporarily...

LOL kids these days. Shut up you little weiner, go learn how to drive first.