Bored of Studies - View Single Post - [Serious] Law students, do you have a life?

ninjapuppet · 8 Jun 2009, 2:08 AM

I finished law semester 2006, and here were the results from my year.

http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/lpab/ll_lpab.nsf/vwFiles/Pass%20Fail%20stats%20Sept%202006.pdf/$file/Pass%20Fail%20stats%20Sept%202006.pdf

Average of 11.57% students got a pass with distinctions (PD) overall. note contracts vs conflict of laws.

Regarding the original question:
Grades are very important in law due to the immense competition early in your career. However, in first year I volunteered at McClellands lawyers as a paralegal, and saw 20+ new grads applying for 3 jobs, all generally of the D/HD calibre.

The boss told me that if there are 2 students to choose from, he would choose the one that showed evidence of studying most efficiently, to handle work pressure. ie,
student 1 gets D average, does heaps of activities outside study, sports, interacting with society, knitting groups, paralegal work blah blah blah,

student 2 - HD average nerd with no life experiences. spends all her time studying studying studying, focussing on grades, forgetting everything else.
who do you think would be the better candidate?
If you are straight from yr 12 with no outside activities, do some no-name/online law degree, scrape by a pass throughout: I suggest you take up some hobbies and interact more with society to make up for the shortfall.

8 Jun 2009, 2:08 AM	#42 (permalink)
ninjapuppet Assistant Member HSC: N/A Gender: Undisclosed Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 63 Last Activity: 17 Nov 2009, 9:30 AM	Re: [Serious] Law students, do you have a life? I finished law semester 2006, and here were the results from my year. http://www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/lawlink/lpab/ll_lpab.nsf/vwFiles/Pass%20Fail%20stats%20Sept%202006.pdf/$file/Pass%20Fail%20stats%20Sept%202006.pdf Average of 11.57% students got a pass with distinctions (PD) overall. note contracts vs conflict of laws. Regarding the original question: Grades are very important in law due to the immense competition early in your career. However, in first year I volunteered at McClellands lawyers as a paralegal, and saw 20+ new grads applying for 3 jobs, all generally of the D/HD calibre. The boss told me that if there are 2 students to choose from, he would choose the one that showed evidence of studying most efficiently, to handle work pressure. ie, student 1 gets D average, does heaps of activities outside study, sports, interacting with society, knitting groups, paralegal work blah blah blah, student 2 - HD average nerd with no life experiences. spends all her time studying studying studying, focussing on grades, forgetting everything else. who do you think would be the better candidate? If you are straight from yr 12 with no outside activities, do some no-name/online law degree, scrape by a pass throughout: I suggest you take up some hobbies and interact more with society to make up for the shortfall. Last edited by ninjapuppet; 8 Jun 2009 at 2:17 AM.