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At least they made it sound like I stood a chance at my interviews :p

I'd say study for CFA and get an asset management role.

lol studying law to improve english... first time I've heard that But yeah, if you are passionate about law go for it by all means, if you find it's not your cup of tea, you could always drop it after first semester and continue your other degree.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_Office Basically risk management, finance reporting/control and some IT.

Intakes for vacation programme for a certain middle office division of a certain investment bank: 5 UNSW, 2 Usyd, 2 Umelb, 2 Wollongong, 1 Macq, 1 UQld. Roughly half are double degree or honours.

says mr front office :p

Re: internships 07 Not accepting an offer is different from reneging an offer.

If you want a law wiki that badly: http://legalwiki.org.au/ Rely on it at your own risk

In the US it's extremely difficult to go from big 4 to IB (without an MBA) while in Canada and UK CA's and ACA's are revered. Dunno what its like in Aus though.

A large part of being successful in interviews seems to be this "cultural fit" thing. I got a position with a company which I thought I bombed the interview yet was rejected by other companies where I thought I aced the interviews. It's only a minor setback if you don't get vacation work...

How much do the top tiers pay grads anyway?

Unless you actually want to practice law or get into investment banking, you should consider other options. Law is very demanding and for me personally, my law results have dragged down my commerce degree WAM. This is despite the fact that every semester I would spend about 60% of my total...

From my experience the admin in the accounting discipline has been very organised in most subjects. However some finance subjects are hopleless, I've already got my degree and I still don't know my marks for several assignments, most notably from a certain lecturer who shares the same name with...

For Mallesons last year, the lowest WAM offered an interview for the summer clerkship was 62, and the lowest offered a position was 72. Out of slightly less than 600 applicants, around 40-50 were offered clerkships. This is straight from their HR person.

http://www.ausairpower.net/APA-Flanker.html A very detailed article about the shifting balance of regional air power.

- The US already have 183 operational and appear unlikely to order any more for themselves. Although foreign sales are currently still prohibited by law, that looks like it's about to change very soon (the same situation existed with previous US fighters such as the f-15). Lockheed have...

No nuclear weapons, but we should lobby the US to sell us some F22's

Regardless of any discussion about work life balance, in the end, very few (if any) grads are going to turn down an offer from a top tier firm. It's only after they've experienced it themselves are they able to make a rational decision of whether to stay or go.

Wow you're still here king john :wave: how've you been? I'm just prodding my way through law school...

Hey Velox and Brogs :) It has been established that the word "property" in this context does not only refer to real property such as land and buildings, as it is possible for items such as machinery, memorabilia etc to be subject to capital gains or losses. However so far I'm unable to...