from the SULS email:
"The Dean announced that the Faculty is seeking to replace the combined LLB with a combined JD in 2012 at the JD Information Session for Combined Students last Wednesday. The proposal would allow the benefits of the JD program to flow to combined as well as graduate-entry law students; prevent the perception that the graduate-only JD would be 'better' and make the teaching of the two cohorts more efficient and integrated. The Faculty is committed to retaining a combined law degree, recognising the benefits of integrating the teaching of law with another discipline, and will not move to the Melbourne model of offering a graduate entry JD only.
The Faculty will consult with other faculties and bodies within the university, the profession, employers, admission authorities and other relevant stakeholders in developing a proposal to be put to the Academic Board within the next few months.
The Faculty will do its best in good faith to offer current combined LLB students who will graduate from 2012 onwards (not students graduating in 2010 or 2011) the option to transfer into the JD, however this will depend upon whether the proposal is accepted, in what form and what transitional measures are approved.
Students with questions and feedback on the proposal should direct them to the SULS Vice-President (Education) Fiona Cunningham ateducation@suls.org.au, who will direct them on to the Faculty.
Updates on the progress of the proposal will be posted in the SULS weekly email, SULS website and on the Faculty website. The Dean's presentation will be available on the Faculty website shortly and notes from the information session will be available on the Education section of the SULS website at http://www.suls.org.au/education."
what are your thoughts?
I knew USYD was introducing the JD, but I hadn't really thought of how it would affect me (I didn't think it would affect me at all really). I'm doing combined Arts/Law, but this year taking a year to do honours in arts, so i'll be graduating from law in 2012. I guess if this goes ahead I might have the option of graduating with Bachelor of Laws or the JD.... Does anyone have any thoughts on what would be better? Or if there is any real difference. I hadn't seen the JD as much more than a re-naming of the bachelor of laws so that the law school could charge full-fee places. Whether there is any real difference in teaching methods or courses still appears unclear- and what the professional world sees of it is a bit unknown (well at least to me).
"The Dean announced that the Faculty is seeking to replace the combined LLB with a combined JD in 2012 at the JD Information Session for Combined Students last Wednesday. The proposal would allow the benefits of the JD program to flow to combined as well as graduate-entry law students; prevent the perception that the graduate-only JD would be 'better' and make the teaching of the two cohorts more efficient and integrated. The Faculty is committed to retaining a combined law degree, recognising the benefits of integrating the teaching of law with another discipline, and will not move to the Melbourne model of offering a graduate entry JD only.
The Faculty will consult with other faculties and bodies within the university, the profession, employers, admission authorities and other relevant stakeholders in developing a proposal to be put to the Academic Board within the next few months.
The Faculty will do its best in good faith to offer current combined LLB students who will graduate from 2012 onwards (not students graduating in 2010 or 2011) the option to transfer into the JD, however this will depend upon whether the proposal is accepted, in what form and what transitional measures are approved.
Students with questions and feedback on the proposal should direct them to the SULS Vice-President (Education) Fiona Cunningham ateducation@suls.org.au, who will direct them on to the Faculty.
Updates on the progress of the proposal will be posted in the SULS weekly email, SULS website and on the Faculty website. The Dean's presentation will be available on the Faculty website shortly and notes from the information session will be available on the Education section of the SULS website at http://www.suls.org.au/education."
what are your thoughts?
I knew USYD was introducing the JD, but I hadn't really thought of how it would affect me (I didn't think it would affect me at all really). I'm doing combined Arts/Law, but this year taking a year to do honours in arts, so i'll be graduating from law in 2012. I guess if this goes ahead I might have the option of graduating with Bachelor of Laws or the JD.... Does anyone have any thoughts on what would be better? Or if there is any real difference. I hadn't seen the JD as much more than a re-naming of the bachelor of laws so that the law school could charge full-fee places. Whether there is any real difference in teaching methods or courses still appears unclear- and what the professional world sees of it is a bit unknown (well at least to me).
