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A sad but unavoidable aspect of law is that formal practice is compartmentalized by jurisdiction. In short, to be admitted to practice in a certain country, you really should attend law school there. That's not to say that it hasn't been done. People have done an undergrad LLB here and then...

I couldn't care less about what you have to say, my aim here was merely to intercept a fairly malignant arguement on it's way to Choke: that she should not attend the best law schools in the state (be it uSyd or UNSW), which she clearly is interested in doing, because shes not good enough, even...

Your argument relies on the assumption that performance in high school as reflected by UAI reliably correlates with performance at university. You are assuming that: a) Choke reached the absolute ceiling of her potential in scoring 96.95 b) That her ability will remain static, and that she...

I'll attempt to answer these questions, however, some of them are quite subjective so thesee are not absolutes. 1) Don't listen to your friend. Not to be rude, but she doesn't sound like she knows what shes talking about with a statement like that. There will be no such thing as 'catching up'...

If you're sure that you want to be doing law, then you should just do the LLB. For your purposes there is no significant difference between a JD and an LLB. The second degree in your double degree should be whatever your most interested in or what you can see yourself wanting to get into in the...

In Victoria Monash and Melbourne are considered the 1st tier, Deakin and La Trobe 2nd tier. Number one determinant of job projects will always be your own marks and CV, but all things being equal your job prospects would be better coming out of Monash.

:rolleyes: unlikely, I can't see any reputable company keeping an irritant like you around long enough to be interviewing people

If your no longer in law school or even at university, then why are you still posting on a tertiary education forum, insulting people who are? Thats pretty lame...

Don't let that discourage you; it was made plain to us that it was meant as a 'baptism of fire'. Like yourself, virtually no one had a legal background before hand, and we all felt like it was the most daunting thing in the world, it really scared the shit out of everyone. But everyone got...

of coarse, I merely answered assuming that he was looking into Monash options specifically. The LLB's here would have done something similar, I'm not exactly sure what, that's just the impression that they gave me. But I do maintain, the substantive units will almost certainly be taught in the...

LLB (graduate and undergraduate alike) and JD are exactly the same in terms of coursework...you will cover exactly the same core units in pretty much the same progression. However, I can attest to the fact that, at least at Monash, the studies are a little more rigorous in JD than in LLB...

lol, +1

Great responses from tessery and melsc. Only thing I'd like to add is that it's not even necessary to have to defend who you are or what you do to anyone, particularly to someone as obnoxious as the OP. Although, I do understand the impulse to respond to someone who is hatefully discriminating...

It depends what you want to achieve. I assume when you say that you want to do Com/Law, that you want to have an professional entry law degree under your belt in order work in a legally oriented role, or even practice. In this case, you will need to be looking at doing a JD (either at Monash or...

if you have applied to UTS and they have your details, its likely not to be fake; it is common for notice of a pending offer to be sent to your email before regular mail. It sounds to me like a conditional offer. In any case, what you should be doing is giving them a call to clarify and confirm...

"And finally, for the not insignificant number of students who took legal studies at high school in the hope that it would ease their transition into law school, provide them with a framework for studying law and give them an edge over classmates with no similar background, there is the...

Interesting article from Vanderbilt. It makes me happy that I don't live in the US:D. It would seem that undergraduate LLB makes alot of economic sense, as you avoid the opportunity cost incurred in any graduate law degree. "...of course, a law degree is a professional degree; it confers...

International law has applications in the public sector here, and in wider Asia (see: 'immigration policy' and 'refugee';)). However, you may be right in that its a competitive niche here as well?

my LSAT was 151, with WAM of 83. I was offered a csp place

This is complete nonsense. Bertrand is right only in that no US firm is likely to have heard of UMelb or UNSW, or be particularly interested in them for that matter. An ABA-approval will not substantially improve your chances of being employed as a lawyer in America other than allowing you to...