Law at Monash

[ange]

Are there currently any monash students who are doin law at monash?
if so can u please explain to me what is expected of us, what prior knowledge we must have and what a reasonable enter score would be?
also what sort of law double degree courses r unique and what subjects must u undertake in order to do law there?
i went to the seminar but it left me with even more questions which uinfortunately were not answered

[daniel99]

Look on VTAC and also Monash university websites..

The ENTER and prerequisites will be found on bot websites.

[ange]

cheers

[brendan]

i think ninwa is

[brendan]

prior knowledge we must have and what a reasonable enter score would be?

prior knowledge: none required.

reasonable ENTER: 99.4 and above

[daniel99]

i think ninwa is

I thought you were aswell???

[BA22]

Brendan is at UoM, Ninwa is at Monash

[ninwa]

what is expected of us, what prior knowledge we must have and what a reasonable enter score would be?

I'm not sure what you mean ..... ?
We're expected to do shitloads of reading lol and to turn up to lectures prepared (but nobody does it) and uhh yea please explain exactly what you mean lol

No prior knowledge needed though in first yr there is a subject in semester 1 called "intro to legal reasoning" and apparently some of the stuff we learnt there were taught in legal studies. But don't go dropping subjects and taking up legal because we weren't actually examined on that stuff lol

ENTER I think is 99 for straight law and 99.4 for most double degrees

also what sort of law double degree courses r unique and what subjects must u undertake in order to do law there?

These are all the double degrees with law available:
Bachelor of Aerospace Engineering / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Arts / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Biomedical Science / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Business (Banking and Finance) / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Commerce / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Music / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Performing Arts / Bachelor of Laws   
Bachelor of Science / Bachelor of Laws

Med/Law is pretty unique there's only about 5 ppl doing it this year

http://www.monash.edu.au/pubs/handbooks/courses/2708.html
^ is the course plan for a law degree
So there's subjects which are compulsory, and then there's "quasi-compulsory" subjects which you must do if you wish to practice as a lawyer, and then there are elective subjects.

The number of law subjects you do in a year also depends on what your other degree is. For me, arts/law, and for commerce/law, there's 2 arts subjects and 2 law subjects this year. For med/law, they don't start law subjects til 2nd year. For engineering/law they only have the 1 law subject for 1st year

... those are the only double degree combos I know about

[BA22]

   
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Laws   

Just a note that you must be actually be accepted into Med/Surg, applying for the law component at the end of your first year of the med course.

It is also academic suicide

[clinton_09]

that must be the most demanding and intense course i have heard about

[BA22]

It's fairly intense

You would simply not have a social life, haha

[costargh]

Would any one person actually utilise all those degrees at one time?
Eg.
10am Brain Surgery

2pm Doing the rounds at the hospital

6pm Meeting with corporate clients seeking legal advice

[brendan]

   
Bachelor of Medicine / Bachelor of Surgery / Bachelor of Laws   

Just a note that you must be actually be accepted into Med/Surg, applying for the law component at the end of your first year of the med course.

It is also academic suicide

I think it would only ever be useful to do get taste of both fields, and then decide on one profession and stick with it as soon as possible. You can't be both a doctor and a practicing lawyer at the same time.

You will be better at one of the fields and when you know which one that is, you ought to specialize in that field.

All individuals are different, but once you know that you will go into a certain profession, then it no longer, in my view, makes any sense to spend an extra 3/4 years and $$$ to undertake another degree.

[ninwa]

I think it would only ever be useful to do get taste of both fields, and then decide on one profession and stick with it as soon as possible. You can't be both a doctor and a practicing lawyer at the same time.

You will be better at one of the fields and when you know which one that is, you ought to specialize in that field.

All individuals are different, but once you know that you will go into a certain profession, then it no longer, in my view, makes any sense to spend an extra 3/4 years and $$$ to undertake another degree.

I met a med/law guy at the law students introduction night.

He told me that he started med, found the work far too easy and relaxed, and therefore decided to take up law "for fun".

...

[BA22]

haha, wait unti he does his med VIA's in years 2 and 4

Where all previous semesters of content are examinable