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Personally, I would never pay $90k for an Australian law degree if I had an option of a CSP place at another Go8 university. Theoretically UMelb is better, but I must stress the word 'theoretically'. In reality, and in practice, it is unlikely that you will feel any tangible difference that is...

heh global my ass, now theres some marketing genius...meh, I wouldn't pay real money for an LLM at UMelb, or any other Australian law school for that matter... ...hit up the US and UK LLMs :lol:

Frigid is correct, it is not strictly accurate to call the Monash 'LLM(JD)' an LLM, as traditionally an LLM requires completion of an entry law degree. LLM by definition is a 2nd law degree. The monash degree should be considered a JD that allows you to do a wider range of electives. The fact...

guetinij, in the current economic climate, I don't think you should be focusing on whether the name of the university will get you a job or not. Down in Melbourne atm, I know that students at both top-tier law schools are having a hard time finding clerkships and graduate positions that they...

You should give this thread a read: http://community.boredofstudies.org/331/law/214592/juris-doctor-jd-vs-llb.html It touches on issues of career pathways, particularly what it takes to be an investment banker, and also some advice on how you should approach choosing your eduction path. My...

you shouldn't be buying $1.2m houses on a 100k salary...

That's a prime example of why I agree with the Melbourne Model (shifting law and med to postgrad only) that we have down here. Its not a very popular opinion, and I concede that in part its a money making scheme by Melb Uni. ...but there are alot of high school students that have no business...

I think we should all drop this silly law business. Its a complete waste of our time, spending all day reading and writing...for a mere 100k!? Outrageous. How ever shall we feed our children! Or even our dogs!? Look at the poor spoodle...for christ's sake man, he needs caviar! I have the...

whats a spoodle?

Look I think a lot of it comes down to what kind of numbers one regards as 'impressive'. 5-10 years ago, Deliotte, P&G, Thales were coming into graduate careers fairs, poaching law and engineering graduates into 120k positions off the bat with huge growth promise. This does not happen anymore...

Omnidragon, I was basing my arguement on the data in that survey, I assume those figures were derived from a representative sample size of the industry in Australia, and are reasonably correct? Both low and high ends of the range tend to follow this trend as well. I realize that this is not an...

Another suggestion is to do B.Comm and transfer into B.Comm/LLB after 1st or 2nd year; this is a good idea if your not 100% decided on what you want to do, but don't want to wait 3 years to do a JD. Also, I urge you not to take our comments negatively. I think we all (including myself) may have...

I think people focus too much on graduate salary as an indicator of financial reward in this profession. In a sense, why should a 1st year level, junior solicitor, be paid more than a paralegal, who may have years of experience in their role; someone in their 1st year of most professions doesn't...

This annual survey may help you. I would look at the small firms for an indication. Keep in mind that all figures will have risen since 2007. http://www.mahlab.com.au/files/Survey2007PPAustralia.pdf

I might be able to answer some of your questions. However, keep in mind that I'm a graduate student from Victoria, and I've chosen a JD over a graduate-entry LLB. Everyone is in a different situation and what is a good choice for some, may not be for others. JD has a few advantages over LLB...

If I'm honest, the only reasons I can think of, at the moment, for going to Melbourne over Monash (personally) are 1. the 'Melbourne' name 2. the facilities. Whilst these are insidiously tempting, if I put my 'rational hat' on, they're really not good enough reasons compared to the practical...

yeh I'm leaning more towards Monash due to location, smaller class sizes. I'm also liking that they offer clinical and overseas programs. Melb didnt really mention anything like that at their info session, they were going on and on about their facilities and vague international prospects...

Pretend you were a graduate student and were just offered places at both Melb and Monash JD programs. Which one would you take, and why? I'm interested in tangible benefits that either school can offer over the other. I don't want to get bogged down in a debate about prestige; I'm aware that...

Hey guys, new to the forum. I've applied for midyear entry into the Monash JD. What I'm really after is a CSP place, as they say that "limited CSP places" are offered. I was told that they're offered by ranking of undergraduate score of successful applicants...but does anybody know how many CSP...