Recent content by subdued123

Butterworths. Your line about 'common Asian' gave me a chuckle - never heard that usage before. How 'common' can Asians be? I mean, there's only a billion or so of you guys.

Textbookexchange, please

First time i've been on BOS in a while, and this is STILL going? I started this in 08. Maybe my next thread will be 'Things you love about law students'. If it gets more than 10 positive replies, I will give everyone on BOS a handjob.

Well, good thing my high school average mark was 127

Thank you everyone. You've helped to fulfill a lifelong dream and you have also reaffirmed my faith in humanity.

i hate to be a troll, but for some reason I want to see this thread get over 600 - just a psychological thing. Only four more posts, can anyone else help me? Congrats to everyone who got a clerkship - if you didn't, it's not the end of the world.

we're not going to do your homework for you.

let me just double check - you want us to tell you if you'll get a summer clerkship purely on the basis that you're going to do Jessup, with no other information? Please tell me it ain't so.

don't worry guys, you'll be working 9-5 pretty much as summer clerks. Summer clerkships are not really designed to give you the real taste of life in a corporate law firm. If it were realistic, no-one would want to stay. That being said, colleagues who have clerked at inv. banks say they...

nope - all the unis will teach you the same thing. At the end of the day, a law degree can only take you as far as you want it to. And going to an establishment uni will only really matter if you want to work in a corporate setting - which you've already expressed an aversion to. Maybe look...

Not necessarily. In terms of revenue and size, they are number 1. But revenue doesn't make you happy at night. Freehills and Allens also have great prestige. Blakes is, by all accounts, a thoroughly decent place to work. And Mallesons doesn't have the greatest reputation for friendliness...

An equity partner owns part of the firm - profits will be shared between the partners. Technically all partners own part of the firm - they each get a vote in determining how the business is run. However, with the expansion of law firms to well over 100 partners in large firms, you have...

you can just send whatever results you have now - come interview time, they'll request a copy of your transcript, so by then they can have your most results, including the semester just passed.

a bit further - A barrister is a specialised lawyer who only does advocacy - court arguing. To be a barrister, you'll need a law degree/completed the LPAB Diploma. At this stage, you'll be a solicitor. To be a barrister, you need to take an extra series of exams - the bar exam, see...

what a great question. As a person almost finishing law and starting a career, I want to get in here before the mis-informed (and often cynical) posters get a shot. The fact is, you don't need to be the best. Whatever that means. Doing well in the HSC helps, and if you can get a UAI (or...