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Melbourne Law School or Adelaide Law School?

micropain — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:07:02 +0000

I was recently checking out which Law schools would be a good selection for further study, and was directed by a friend to try one of the older, more “prestigious” Law Schools, so I decided to have a look at Melbourne Law School (the oldest in Australia), and Adelaide Law School (the second oldest).

The Melbourne Law School also offers a J.D. which made it all the more attractive, particularly if I am looking into going overseas into Britain.

However, on a search of the Adelaide Law School, I found a list of results regarding their Dean, Rosemary Owens, and students expressing their dislike of her. You may want to search for yourself to take a look.

I will leave the decision up to you, since life is about choices, but my leaning is obvious.

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Law School subjects

micropain — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:04:22 +0000

As apart of a single undergraduate llb degree, many friends have recently asked me how a Law degree is constructed. Basically, it requires 4 years in University, with “core” subjects as well as electives.

To illustrate this:
- Introduction to Australian Law
- Law of Torts
- Law of Contract
- Property Law
- Law of Torts 2
- Law of Contract 2
- Australian Constitutional Law
- Law of Crime
- Legal Research and Writing
- Administrative Laws
- Equity
- Corporate Law
- Legal Ethics
- Litigation Practice
- Civil and Criminal Procedure
- Introduction to Advocacy
- Law of Evidence
- Then you choose a selection of Electives

Law Society of South Australia: Have they got a preferred option?

micropain — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:03:49 +0000

With your career at stakes, and a difficult decision between the “questionable” new face of the Adelaide Law School (Rosemary Owens), and the UniSA Law School which has attracted various talent from the Adelaide Law School, what should your preferred choice be then? Well, it should obviously depend on which Law School LSSA prefers.

I recently phoned LSSA to enquire about whether the two Law School’s differed, and I was explained how the Adelaide Law School’s degree is much shorter than the UniSA one. Whereas in each study period, there are three subjects per semester at the Adelaide University; in UniSA, there are four subjects per semester. So, over 4 years (8 study periods), at Adelaide University, you’re doing 24 as supposed to 32 subjects at UniSA. Yes, the study load at the University of Adelaide is almost 25% less.

Talk about an easy way to get your Law degree, I think the newspapers are correct when they talk of a need to upgrade the Law degree to a “JD”, particularly in light of the second oldest Law School in Australia (the Adelaide University), which has a history spanning 150 years, offering 75% the load of the “new” Law School on the block.

Obviously, as you would expect, the LSSA didn’t say which one was better, but the person who I was speaking to made it obvious!