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You don't even need a law degree to do conveyancing (true story!). Different story if you want to work in, say, commercial property. I dunno, I don't do an enormous amount of work during semester. Say 7 or 8 hours a week per subject? Inclusive of class time. During the lead-up to exams...

I've read some of that thread. I think some of it is correct - if your marks aren't in the top 30% (the lowest honours cut-off) then you'll struggle to get through the door at "big law". Plenty of other opportunities though, at firms less picky about law graduate marks (Big 4 accounting for...

Ah, well, as long as it's not misleading.

Yeah, you wouldn't want that, what with a legal career ahead of you.

Your client won't ask you anything unless you're very senior in my experience. But way to miss the point in any case.

Does anyone know why the cut-off is so high? I can remember a time where it was 99.15 (UAI of course rather than ATAR)

Questions about how your day was and your life experiences. At least you know where you stand with the investment banks.

I used to be fairly conflicted about this but these days I can safely say that I will not be using my law degree to be a lawyer

The approach of finding a similar case and applying it to find a similar result is the quickest way to a poor mark that I know of. And I should know, having tried it and learned my lesson in Torts in first year. You need to read the case and work out what the principle is, what the case...

Freud called. He wants a word.

It is possible but will be very hard regardless of which major you choose. Even disregarding workload, you will struggle to timetable classes such that you can work three days a week. Is it possible to work less than that? One and a half or two days a week would be far more manageable.

I'm not going to be a lawyer. My point was that the guide is one of the only ways to measure quality. I can't think of any other ways that are publically accessible - can you?

Yeah? Gimmie two other objective metrics.

I spend around $400 a semester, while desperately trying to buy second-hand. I manage to sell some of them. Call it a cost of ~$300 a semester when everything is said and done.

UNSW Bookshop Key in the course codes from UNSW Handbook into the textbook finder. Work from there. Obviously it will differ enormously from university to university. I'll be pretty surprised if you can get much for free. Even if you've got a more senior law student to sponge off editions...

If 20% of the workforce left every year, with no recruitment (absurd assumption) then there'd be ~32% of the workforce remaining after five years. So you might want to check that math? Great lawyers are those who have had a lot of experience in their area. Even after six weeks of reviewing...

I read that spiel too as well as the reply saying that you having nothing to worry about. If you're genuinely worried - rather than seeking attention by posting about your achievements - then maybe you should work on your lack of confidence and interview skills? There's no reason why you...

Damn, son, I wish I could do a 2000 word legal essay in six hours. Or any sort of assignment for that matter. I wouldn't worry if I were you.

Good, a few good ones (rather than a lot of meaningless ones), varied. There's no answer I could give you that would be helpful for your own applications, short of us sitting down and going through interview prep. Since you know those three factors are important, I'd recommend studying more...