Masters of Commerical Law? (1 Viewer)

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Hi,

I am about to complete Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Business double degree. I enjoyed the business law units in the accounting degree and I am thinking of starting Masters of commercial law in a few months. I would appreciate it if anyone could advice on the job opportunities available if I complete a Masters of Commercial Law course.

Looking forward to your suggestions.

Thanks.

 

[Frigid]

if you like law so much, why don't you undertake a graduate LLB or JD?

 

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Re: Masters of Commercial Law?

Hi Frigid,

I thought about undertaking the masters of commercial law instead of LLB or JD because I wanted to do something that would complement my accounting degree and would useful if I get a chance to do CPA later.

 

[RogueAcademic]

Re: Masters of Commercial Law?

I've really never understood the utility of the Masters of Commercial Law (MoCL), especially in your circumstances where you've barely completed your undergraduate degree. The MoCL functions best for the professional I think, who has already had a few years experience in his or her field, who wants to further understand the law of business in regards to its relevance to their work.

If you want to complement your accounting degree, a specialised masters in accounting would be more appropriate I think, for eg a masters in tax accounting, or just go ahead and complete your CPA or CA first, then see if the MoCL is appropriate for your career aspirations at that point.

Personally though I agree with Frigid - if you're going to do a MoCL, you might as well do an LLB or JD.

 

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Hi RogueAcademic

Thanks for your reply.

I also think that starting MoCL is not the best option for me at the moment. Especially since I am quite unsure about which area of accounting I would like to work in. I think the best option would be the CPA or CA programs.

 

[Affinity]

go do a proper law degree like they said

 

[Cookie182]

im also a little lost- i thought only lawyers (someone with a JD/LLB) could undertake studies in law at the masters level. To a non-lawyer, what use is this? I mean can they give legal advice at the end to the same degree as a lawyer but only within the parameters of commercial law? (and lets face it, commercial law encompasses a lot of areas)

 

[RogueAcademic]

im also a little lost- i thought only lawyers (someone with a JD/LLB) could undertake studies in law at the masters level.

For someone with a LLB or JD, their qualification would be a Master of Laws (Commercial Law), aka "LLM". For a non-law graduate, it would be denoted differently, for example it would be a "Master of Commercial Law, aka "MComLaw" (or something along those lines). Non-law students would first have to undertake a preliminary 'introduction to australian law" type of subject.

For a non-law graduate, they would do these types of legal masters degree if it specifically benefited their understanding of their current line of work. Perhaps they've come across a number of legal obstacles in their import/export business and so they may want to specifically learn more about the legalities of international import/export business without having to go through other irrelevant topics of law in an LLB like equity, criminal law, constitutional law etc that has less relevance to their interests. They may have no intention to practice as a lawyer at all, so what they gain from the masters degree is immediately applicable to their work.

Or they may be an executive of an NGO aid organisation who might want to learn specifically more about human rights laws which will help in their current line of work, so they'd do a Master in Human Rights Law, as opposed to LLM (Human Rights) (or something like that).

 

[Cookie182]

For someone with a LLB or JD, their qualification would be a Master of Laws (Commercial Law), aka "LLM". For a non-law graduate, it would be denoted differently, for example it would be a "Master of Commercial Law, aka "MComLaw" (or something along those lines). Non-law students would first have to undertake a preliminary 'introduction to australian law" type of subject.

For a non-law graduate, they would do these types of legal masters degree if it specifically benefited their understanding of their current line of work. Perhaps they've come across a number of legal obstacles in their import/export business and so they may want to specifically learn more about the legalities of international import/export business without having to go through other irrelevant topics of law in an LLB like equity, criminal law, constitutional law etc that has less relevance to their interests. They may have no intention to practice as a lawyer at all, so what they gain from the masters degree is immediately applicable to their work.

Or they may be an executive of an NGO aid organisation who might want to learn specifically more about human rights laws which will help in their current line of work, so they'd do a Master in Human Rights Law, as opposed to LLM (Human Rights) (or something like that).

ok, yea thats makes perfect sense now. Thanks.