Best uni for studying Law? (1 Viewer)

[Lucid Scintilla]

The UAI doesn't correlate to quality of the degree program in the slightest.

I understand; it's sort of hard not simply going by numbers and figures, the elitist Group of Eight thingy.

These are literally the exact same degree.

Yeah, I know. They're different means of spelling out the same thing (one derived from Latin; the other English); an undergraduate degree in law. :/

No, I'd say many firms are tied up in the notion of 'giving jobs to people with stellar academic transcripts'.

Ha, well... wasn't that a given?

I was referring to the hypothetical when all applicants have equally impressive transcripts?

I thought that Frigid and I civilly chased people like both of you away a long time ago. There are always more seventeen year olds ready to jump out of the woodwork though and rank law schools based on UAI cutoffs.

UWS and UoW kids, start your flaming.

K.

... instead, why don't you not chase nublets, and start a sole thread enlightening these 'seventeen-year-olds ready to jump out of the woodwork and rank law schools based on UAI cutoffs'?

Now edify me, how about, bests:
Prestige-wise: U Syd / UoM / ANU (but somehow U Syd, at least in NSW, seems to get a lot more respect).
By quality:
1. Melbourne
2. ANU (particularly environmental law / international law)
2. Sydney
4. UNSW
5. Monash
6. Queensland
7. UWA
8. Adelaide
9. Macquarie
10. Griffith

ekoolish, if you're genuine and serious about studying law, you shouldn't close your horizons solely to Sydney, NSW. A law degree's still a law degree (and it's OMGZ law).
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[ekoolish]

Well i have a family network established largely in Sydney, so it works quite well for me to study within Sydney rather then abroad.

Hfis you're just retarted. You make no sense whatsoever- i simply made the thread to gain an idea of which Uni could offer the best degree for my needs. So gtfo.

Thank you everyone else for the advice

 

[hfis]

i simply made the thread to gain an idea of which Uni could offer the best degree for my needs.

No, you asked 'what is the best uni to study law?' - much like another 500 people have done before you in this forum, you insufferable retard.

Click this to make all your wildest dreams come true.

Oh, and re: getting the fuck out; I'll get right on that chief.

 

[Lucid Scintilla]

Well i have a family network established largely in Sydney, so it works quite well for me to study within Sydney rather then abroad.

Abroad = overseas.
Interstate = in another state within the same country.

Hfis you're just retarted. You make no sense whatsoever- i simply made the thread to gain an idea of which Uni could offer the best degree for my needs. So gtfo.

Thank you everyone else for the advice

Lol, k, np.

By the way, if you're UAI aim is 90.01 (which you can't actually get), and that's what you get, I think the only law school without applying to another TAC (other than the UAC) that'd admit you would be Canberra (which is interstate) and some of the 'lesser' universities.
Cutoffs:
ANU: 95.5
Griffith: 93.05 (for the highest law course; combined with Psychological Sciences)
Macquarie: 96 (highest), 95 (lowest)
Southern Cross: 90
Canberra: 85
New England: 83
UNSW (win! (I'm biased)): 99.4
Syd: 99.55
UTS: 97.25-98.05
UWS: 90.10
W'gong: 90

Then remember there are bonus points.

 

[SylviaB]

wtf haha. who claims that. 'we're one of the top 8 unis in australia'. gee, that's totally awesome.

and yes they're ONE OF THE TOP, true, but i wouldn't say they were the top, not by a long shot.

Dude liek its an actual thing u kno

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_of_Eight_(Australian_universities)

 

[ekoolish]

No, you asked 'what is the best uni to study law?' - much like another 500 people have done before you in this forum, you insufferable retard.

Click this to make all your wildest dreams come true.

Oh, and re: getting the fuck out; I'll get right on that chief.

Now that isn't an exaggeration..

Lucid: Lol. I don't think you understand the irony of my signature. It is quite obvious 90.01 UAI is not achievable- which is my point exactly; impossible is nothing

 

[TehAzner]

Now that isn't an exaggeration..

Lucid: Lol. I don't think you understand the irony of my signature. It is quite obvious 90.01 UAI is not achievable- which is my point exactly; impossible is nothing

Your signature makes total sense to me

 

[Omnidragon]

avoid law like a plague... it is such a pretentious faculty

 

[jackmurray1989]

No, you asked 'what is the best uni to study law?' - much like another 500 people have done before you in this forum, you insufferable retard.

Click this to make all your wildest dreams come true.

Oh, and re: getting the fuck out; I'll get right on that chief.

Lol. Good to see you're stepping it up in frigid's absence. It always looks more authoritative when it's not in size 2 blue font.

 

[LA88]

I wonder, do the Australian Law Students Association competition rankings from 2008 change your perceptions of which law school is the best? It's one thing to have a high UAI cut-off and a prestige to boot. It's another to turn out students who have sought after skills and a practical aptitude that many undergraduates lack.

Final Standings

The short answer, to whoever started this thread, is that there is no short answer. Read as much as you can about the structure of the course offered at each uni, make sure each uni offers a good quality secondary degree and speak to some students currently enrolled at the unis you are interested in.

Keep an open mind, make an informed decision, and don't stress too much (you can transfer after your first year if you don't like it).

Good Hunting!

 

[ekoolish]

I wonder, do the Australian Law Students Association competition rankings from 2008 change your perceptions of which law school is the best? It's one thing to have a high UAI cut-off and a prestige to boot. It's another to turn out students who have sought after skills and a practical aptitude that many undergraduates lack.

Final Standings

The short answer, to whoever started this thread, is that there is no short answer. Read as much as you can about the structure of the course offered at each uni, make sure each uni offers a good quality secondary degree and speak to some students currently enrolled at the unis you are interested in.

Keep an open mind, make an informed decision, and don't stress too much (you can transfer after your first year if you don't like it).

Good Hunting!

That is interesting!
Thanks for the info. I never pay particular attention to posts regarding 'prestige' of unis anyway

 

[jtyler]

Bash it all you want (on "principle"), but there is a basis for notions of prestige...

 

[Strawbaby]

wtf haha. who claims that. 'we're one of the top 8 unis in australia'. gee, that's totally awesome.

Whenever anyone says 'top 8', it just means '8th, but we don't want to sounds bad'.
Painful.

 

[Oxbridge]

I haven't heard University of Adelaide mentioned amoungst all of this, TER for entry to Law at Adelaide is 95, so entry isn't exactly easy! Australia's third oldest Law School (behind Sydney and Melbourne), and (correct me if I'm wrong) but, given that Sydney and Melbourne no longer offer Law to new undergraduates, would make it the oldest in terms of Law undergrad courses. Adelaide is also a member of the 'Group of 8', I am doing the LLB programme this year there so will let you know what it's like.
I suppose when deciding on what law school to go to convenience and lifestyle play a part in which Uni to choose.

 

[Lucid Scintilla]

Melbourne stopped the LLB program a while back, but it has provisional/guaranteed law afterwards, leading to the award JD.

Sydney has combined undergraduate (three years of blurgh, or four if you're doing Engo or Media/Comm (these years have law sprinkled here and there), then two more years of law - like Melbourne in a way, except Melbourne requires you to maintain a certain level of achievement) and stand-alone graduate law.

 

[SoAmazing]

Then remember there are bonus points.

Correct me if im wrong but they do not apply bonus points for entry to a law degree. and as for best uni to study law
well in my opinion the best uni for law would be the uni of melb. it has a stellar international reputation which could be quite useful when seeking employment. well as they have abolished their undergrad law (and the fact that you asked about nsw) you may well turn to Usyd which is quite comparable to melbourne in perhaps most aspects. i myself am at ANU because i believe it to be a great uni and its reputation as the top university in australia wont hurt my chances of employment. Just to give you an idea these are rankings of the faculties of social science and law at the respective universities as compared to the world published by The Times higher education
ANU- 6th
Uni of Melb- 10th
Uni of Syd- 19th
Monash- 16th
UNSW- 21st
hope that helps

 

[Lucid Scintilla]

Correct me if im wrong but they do not apply bonus points for entry to a law degree. and as for best uni to study law

Bonus points, flexi-entry applies to Wollongong (I know you're like totally asking, 'that's a uni?'), non-G8 ones, shit ones.

USyd:
+New law building! Now at Darlington/Camperdown; now get mugged on your way from Redfern!
+Huge, aircon'd library.
+Good tute rooms.
+Timetabling is preeetty awesome.
-Law building's still being built, olol.
---At USyd; why aren't there more non-socialist, non-whitewashed, non-wanky [your ethnicity] people?
No bias.
Good for law combined with science, economics, social science, etc.

Buuut yeah, Melbourne's, like, the best. Its award is the JD. OH MY GOooD.


Pretty fucking timely of me.

 

[spence]

USyd:
+Timetabling is preeetty awesome.

Is that a joke?

 

[bell531]

The JD is coming in soon to UNSW and USYD, right? Will that change anything major to the relative competitiveness of these two uni's?

 

[Venom.]

I'm gonna throw UWS out there.