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You'll be a 30 year old graduate and you're calling other people a failure. :biglaugh:

I used to be pretty arrogant too. You'll learn, though judging from your signature, you gave up on law so I don't know why you're here slinging pooh.

In fairness it isn't true for the majority of graduates in any industry apart from some engineering roles. As other people have said though, more than any other industry, the expectations and hours far exceed what you would expect in comparable professions like accounting, and salaries are...

There was a spike here in Canberra because half of the Australian Government Solicitor quit. They were merged in to the Attorney General's Department, so are now on the AGD enterprise agreement. 20% bonus for paralegals, 20% pay cut for solicitors, no more bonuses and no change in hours or...

I wanted to do something vocational that'd give me the ability to work for myself after doing a few years corporate. I thought I was being really practical, but hey, 18 year olds are allowed to be naive.

I'm an accountant now and I'm actually shocked, in spite of its similarities to law, how much better everything about the profession is.

I've worked as a solicitor. I've been in legal recruitment. I've been in the APS. Of the people I know from law school, the majority are either back studying or doing something else, even people who managed to get a start in the profession. Of the people who are still in the profession, heaps...

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The entire law faculty has a massive hate boner for DFAT; so if by 'work closely' with government you mean slagging DFAT's policy positions off in class continuously, sure. Peter Bailey was a former public servant and established the Human Rights Commission, but he's retired now. The coursework...

ITT people with industry experience say law is shit. Later year students disagree.

Fuck books, university has nothing to do with practice either. Hit up the parents of your friends to see if you can get some work experience.

Law is expensive. At the very least you're wasting $ on uni fees and opportunity cost from when you could have been working rather than studying. Do what you think you'll enjoy, don't worry about 'wasting' your UAI.

Re: Finance/commerce (accounting) or Law/commerce (accounting), which has more 'scope Can you take a double accounting/finance major in a BCom with law? Most universities don't have a separate finance bachelors. Edit: @ UNSW, yes. Probably at other unis too.

Dude, seriously, what don't you get about this? You don't 'do' international law. You do a law degree and possibly take two or more international law related electives in your fourth and fifth year.

1. https://www.lawsociety.com.au/about/YoungLawyers/MentalHealth/Statistics/index.htm 2. Practise is nothing like university.

Oh my sweet summer child.

Assistant at a law firm etc. Additionally look at volunteering opportunities with groups like Civil Liberties Australia etc.

Look, I'm very bearish on law because I had a bad experience. It's not my place to tell you not to do something, but I do think you can achieve what you want now and open yourself up to other options you haven't thought of by doing something more generalist. Think about your general interests...

You're thinking in terms of strict pathways again. Accounting, banking or law. Don't do that :) Personally I think law is too restrictive, and you'll be better off pursuing a more generalist double degree that gives you flexibility when you graduate - and most of the stuff that you're interested...

I mean, there are so many areas in government where you could do interesting work that aligns with your interests - the performance arms of the state and Commonwealth audit office assess the performance of government policy, the productivity commission looks at reform, the state and Commonwealth...