B Engineering / B Law (1 Viewer)

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I heard it is no longer offered in the future due to the high workload?

 

[Omium]

I heard it is no longer offered in the future due to the high workload?

This was initially on top of my UAC prefenrences. hmm Then i backed out.

 

[arjungamer123]

Why someone would do it is beyond me. It's not like you can be an engineer AND a lawyer. If you're doing Eng./Law, you're just wasting time for one of the courses.

Arts/Law makes more sense.

 

[ChockoRepublic]

my cuz does engineering and law and he seems to be on top of it all.

 

[Azamakumar]

my cuz does engineering and law and he seems to be on top of it all.

YOUR MUM DOES TRICKS FOR CASH AND SHES ALWAYS ON TOP LOL

 

[kevinx2]

Why someone would do it is beyond me. It's not like you can be an engineer AND a lawyer. If you're doing Eng./Law, you're just wasting time for one of the courses.

Arts/Law makes more sense.

Law degree =/= Lawyer

 

[bigboyjames]

high work load my ass....its jsut a worthless degree.

 

[arjungamer123]

Law degree =/= Lawyer

By your logic

Medicine degree =/ doctor

Tell me honestly, what are some applications of law you could use in engineering? excluding building regulations and such

 

[babikakez]

Tell me honestly, what are some applications of law you could use in engineering? excluding building regulations and such

But there may be aspects of engineering that could be relevant for law.

 

[kevinx2]

By your logic

Medicine degree =/ doctor

Tell me honestly, what are some applications of law you could use in engineering? excluding building regulations and such

Medicine is a much more specialised degree, intended for a more specific career path. Law is much more of a liberal degree.

It is self-evident that our society is becoming increasingly litigious. Civil Engineering is not
immune from this trend. Indeed, there is a considerable amount of litigation concerning
engineering. This is because engineering fundamentally deals with both technical and
financial risks. The increasing size of infrastructure projects, and a continuing trend to private
sector financing, have considerably magnified the potential for financial losses and the
tendency for recovery through the legal process. The
internationalisation of the engineering sector, both in
consulting and construction, has also increased the
complexity of the associated contractual and legal
obligations.
Occupational health and safety, and environmental
protection have also become significant areas of litigation
where questions of responsibility for financial loss and
injury are argued. The reliance of engineering companies
on technological advances to stay ahead of their
competitors makes intellectual property rights and patent
law important aspects of Civil Engineering.
The Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Law offer a double-degree course which
qualifies students for the degrees of Bachelor of Engineering and Bachelor of Laws. It is
intended to bridge the gap between technological and legal studies and to meet the need to
have engineers who are knowledgeable in the legal,
corporate and political arenas.
A BE/LLB degree in Civil Engineering at Monash
provides the ideal basis for many high level careers in
both engineering and the law. Construction firms in
particular pay attention to a potential employee with these
two degrees, as much of their work involves contract law
issues. Graduates can also gain employment in one of the
many legal firms specializing in construction law,
although any of the other areas of law can be pursued as a
career.
Graduates in Engineering/Law are also particularly
sought after by management consultants and in the
commercial sector because of their highly advanced
problem-solving abilities

University academics as well possibly?

 

[arjungamer123]

That's a quote from a Uni. They'll do anything to attract more students. I'd say go for either or, not both. Arts/Law I can understand, but not BE/Law.

 

[bigboyjames]

By your logic

Medicine degree =/ doctor

Tell me honestly, what are some applications of law you could use in engineering? excluding building regulations and such

+100

 

[bigboyjames]

if you want to do a double with engineering just do it with commerce or business..

 

[felixkam]

I am doing EE&T with law, first year.
The funny thing is u can't do law alone, most ppl will do it wth comm, arts or InSt since they match.But I am a science based student, how can I get a law degree otherwise?

 

[Lolsmith]

This thread is 3 years old jesus christ

 

[kooltrainer]

lol but engineering commerce is just as irrelevant as engineering law

 

[jaychouf4n]

I know that B eng/b Law is very rare and building firms are highly attracted to students who study both civil engineering and law.

My friend got a junior clerkship in his first year because he was studying eng/law.

 

[TheMM]

Hello, I'm a current B Eng/B Laws student at UNSW, just finished my first year and I thought I'd shed some light on the topic.

In terms of workload, the combination is not too excessive and at some stages easier than doing a stand alone engineering degree as law subjects require fewer contact hours (average contact hours for my first year was around 22 hours). However, law requires extensive reading and committed attendance to all the lectures where it's pretty important that you take notes and actually know what's happening (which at UNSW are basically tutes because the classes are around 30 ppl big and your name gets marked off). But of course if you're going to compare it to the more traditional B Arts/B Laws or B Comm/B Laws combos (average contact hours are around 14-16 hours for first years for Comm/Law, not sure about Arts/Law) then yes, of course the workload is far more intense with Eng/Law. But it all depends on what you like, I don't recommend doing Commerce or Arts purely for the lighter workload if it's not actually something you like/are interested in.

In terms of career prospects, an engineering degree benefits a future in law far more than a law degree would benefit a future in engineering. The popular choices of Arts/Law and Comm/Law and the nature of a Law degree, often mean that it's quite unusual to come across someone with a Science/Engineering background with a law degree. This inherently increases your prospects of landing a decent clerkship at a law firm etc.
Science/Engineering degrees can be applied to many aspects of the legal system, for example Science/Engineering degrees are very useful if you're thinking of dealing with patents. Or if you're interested in becoming a barrister, it could also really help you out in terms of expertise and experience. I'm doing Environmental Engineering with my Law degree, aiming to hopefully do some good in the Land and Environment Court one day, or repping a large environmental agency one day...

However, I think my torts lecturer told us once that about 70% of law graduates across all universities don't even end up using their Law degree in their future career, it's more just something that looks good on your resume. Despite graduating with a law degree, there's nothing that dictates that you actually need to use it, and you might find yourself completely happy working as some project manager with some construction firm instead.

Originally I only planned to do an engineering degree, but two more years for a law degree didn't seem like too bad of a trade...no regrets so far.

 

[Bobbo1]

Hello, I'm a current B Eng/B Laws student at UNSW, just finished my first year and I thought I'd shed some light on the topic.

In terms of workload, the combination is not too excessive and at some stages easier than doing a stand alone engineering degree as law subjects require fewer contact hours (average contact hours for my first year was around 22 hours). However, law requires extensive reading and committed attendance to all the lectures where it's pretty important that you take notes and actually know what's happening (which at UNSW are basically tutes because the classes are around 30 ppl big and your name gets marked off). But of course if you're going to compare it to the more traditional B Arts/B Laws or B Comm/B Laws combos (average contact hours are around 14-16 hours for first years for Comm/Law, not sure about Arts/Law) then yes, of course the workload is far more intense with Eng/Law. But it all depends on what you like, I don't recommend doing Commerce or Arts purely for the lighter workload if it's not actually something you like/are interested in.

In terms of career prospects, an engineering degree benefits a future in law far more than a law degree would benefit a future in engineering. The popular choices of Arts/Law and Comm/Law and the nature of a Law degree, often mean that it's quite unusual to come across someone with a Science/Engineering background with a law degree. This inherently increases your prospects of landing a decent clerkship at a law firm etc.
Science/Engineering degrees can be applied to many aspects of the legal system, for example Science/Engineering degrees are very useful if you're thinking of dealing with patents. Or if you're interested in becoming a barrister, it could also really help you out in terms of expertise and experience. I'm doing Environmental Engineering with my Law degree, aiming to hopefully do some good in the Land and Environment Court one day, or repping a large environmental agency one day...

However, I think my torts lecturer told us once that about 70% of law graduates across all universities don't even end up using their Law degree in their future career, it's more just something that looks good on your resume. Despite graduating with a law degree, there's nothing that dictates that you actually need to use it, and you might find yourself completely happy working as some project manager with some construction firm instead.

Originally I only planned to do an engineering degree, but two more years for a law degree didn't seem like too bad of a trade...no regrets so far.

Wow, quite interesting - ty for sharing your insight. Do you anything about engineering/commerce double degrees?

 

[mitchy_boy]

herp this is so stupid.