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  1. trishan

    2nd Year Law Student - Employment?

    Hi guys, Good to be back on BoS. I remember the hours I used to spend on BoS during Year 12. It's amazing how time flies as I am now getting into my second year at uni. So to the issue at hand. I have spent the first year of my commerce/law degree doing jobs that are customer...
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    Funny post on Craiglists "Best Of": Law firm interviews

    Top 10 Law Firm Interview Questions -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 2007-02-05, 12:51AM PST One of the worst experiences in law school has been the ritual of submitting applications for summer employment and then going through a...
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    $1m bullying claim - Civil Liability Act compensation caps

    $1million seems alot given the caps placed on the amount of compensation plaintiffs can receive under the ammended Civil Liability Act/Wrongs Act. I haven't read the judgment to see how damages have been calculated but surely under the ammendments people can no longer receive such large payouts.
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    The Melbourne Model: Thoughts and Opinions

    The Age, 17th April 2007 I finished VCE in 2006 and I am currently part of the last cohort of undergradute law students at the University of Melbourne. From next year those who want to do law at Melbourne University will have to do one of a handful of general courses before applying for...
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    UNSW students: Article needed

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone who goes to UNSW could do me a small favour. I need to read a journal article, but UMelb doesn't have any copies of the journal. UNSW has a copy and so I was wandering if anyone would be kind enough to scan/send me a copy of the artcile. The details are as...
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    First post from Melbourne Uni LRC

    OMG. This is my first post while sitting in a comp lab at Melbourne Uni's legal resource centre. I am on the third floor and I have an awesome view of the Melbourne CBD. This place is real cool. Anyone else here been to the law centre? Nice aye? Exciting stuff.
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    Com/Law or Optometry?

    I thought I would ask my law buddies this question too as I am sure you will give me good reason to do commerce/law or you might tell me from experience and foresight why law isn't the best option. Which has the better prospects, Commerce/Law or Optometry? Both are CSP places at the...
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    Commerce/Law or Optometry?

    Which has the better prospects, Commerce/Law or Optometry? Both are CSP places at the University of Melbourne over five years. Com/Law offers 100+ places. It is a very competitive course (cleary-in 99.45) with a great scope of career opportunity. Optom offers 30 odd places. It is...
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    Law through fiction and non-fiction

    We've all been inspired at some stage in our lives by a novel, a film, a play or even a real news story. Whatever the medium, the desire of students to study law has no doubt stemmed in part from exposure to great tales of the legal system through ficiton and non ficition. The following list...
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    The hoo-hah surrounding investment banking

    There's no doubt about it, for those people with high ambitions of earning $70K+ first year out of uni and 200K+ thereafter, investment banking is the way to go; so we are told. "Do a comm/law degree with honours in finance and make sure to get a D+ average and you're garunteed to rake in the...
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    BCom/LLB - Career paths & popularity

    For those of you considering to do a BComm/LLB double degree or those currently doing one, what are the types of career paths you are looking at? What are the prospects of your chosen career path? Another general question: Why is BComm/LLB so popular amongst school leavers with cut offs at...
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    BComm/LLB future and current students.

    For those of you considering to do a BComm/LLB double degree or those currently doing one, what are the types of career paths you are looking at? What are the prospects of your chosen career path? Another general question: Why is BComm/LLB so popular amongst school leavers with cut offs at...
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