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Re: UNSW Law Student - Help? We have 1 week semester break (for everyone at uni), plus the law students have 1 week afterwards called "reading week", in which we have no law classes and can catch up on readings/assignments. That means if you are still doing your non-law degree at the time...

I must confess, only very rarely do we have essay questions in our sit-down law exams. The only one that I can think of was a policy question in Crim 1.

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Re: Contract Law help ! Well obviously the first thing that you will need to do is to define what consideration actually is. Then you will need to look at the justification for the rule. In your response you should explore particular consideration cases and examine whether the doctrine...

Justice Kirby is a remarkable man. He is exceptionally intelligent, very well read and overall a very decent human being. He does love the limelight and he speaks out a lot - perhaps sometimes when most would not - but it doesn't detract too much from his achievements over a great range of...

Personally, I don't really see how, following the Constitution, the High Court could have come to any other result than they did in the WorkChoices case. It should not be left to judges to come up with band-aid solutions to inherent problems (if you are of that view) in the Constitution. While...

Re: Law Firms Law firms have a variety of employment positions -- from administrative roles, to IT, to finance, to human resources. In that context, law firms necessarily take on people with non-law degrees. Support services are needed by all businesses. If this is what you are interested in...

Re: admin and con books? Aronson's Judicial Review of Administrative Action is a highly respectable text. The Federal Court and even the High Court refers to it from time to time. However, it is not really a very accessible book for students. The prescribed text for the administrative law...

Whilst only ~5% may get HDs in each law subject, this obviously does not include those who get from 80-84, marks which would contribute to shaping an 80+ WAM. That's correct -- and until there is an official announcement by the faculty, no-one should take anything said about Honours as gospel...

Re: D average - clearing up I don't think he was saying that those were top tier firms He was saying, "You mentioned top tier firms, what about [mid-tier firms such as] Tresscox, Philip Fox, Hunt and Hunt, Deacons etc etc".

Re: Where can I find courts (magistrate) history? High Court, Federal Court and Supreme Court cases are usually uploaded the next day (sometimes even the same day) as they are handed down. Keep in mind that not all cases are reported and so obviously not all decisions of the above courts will...

Re: Honors Mmm it depends on the university. At UNSW, the new Honours model will involve: • First Class Honours: Students whose WAM places them in the top 10% of their year group. (Official records indicate ~80 WAM required.) • Second Class Honours: Students whose WAM places them in the next...

I majored in Philosophy :P With regard to whether you should transfer from Arts or whatever, it depends on what your chances of transferring are. This depends on your UAI and university grades and where you want to transfer to. The law guide has it detailed here.

This gets asked a lot so forgive me if I am a bit brief. My personal opinion is, all else being equal, if you're going to do Arts/Law, goto USyd. If you're going to do Com/Law, goto UNSW. But there are other factors to be considered. USyd has a slight edge in prestige in law, so if you only...

Re: transferring from MedSci to MedSci/LLB@UTS question! The only sure way to know is to contact the particular universities you are considering transferring to and ask them.

You're welcome, good to hear :) Well I didn't say that contracts is easy to get D's in. I just said it is not difficult to get a D if you do what is required. Contracts is not an 'easy' subject per se. Torts is easier than contracts. There are some tricky areas in all subjects, even though the...

Some advice for notes and study Structure your notes under the main topics, such as "Offer", "Acceptance", "Consideration", etc. The structure of the textbook is often a good guide. The subject matter of your notes should be set out in the format of stating a principle, then citing the...

Kirby J has said that he used to doodle during the boring bits of Court of Appeal cases :P

Perfectly sensible question :) Personally I don't really know enough about each university to compare the two.

People pursue these careers for all sorts of reasons, often bad ones. An interesting article by Ross Gittins on career, personal strengths and happiness.