[Jobrielle]

I did my law degree through UNE, some face to face, and the last 4 units externally. Could not recommend them highly enough, and Armidale is a beautiful setting for res school! Law is a LOT of reading. But for me, I would describe it as easy yet time consuming. I can highly recommend medico legal law, very interesting unit! And watch out for the jurisprudence lecturer, if he is still there. He is boring as batsh*t, seriously, I failed that unit three times because I could not bring myself to keep listening to him. That class used to have a very high fail rate.

[cln]

Has anyone had experience with law at UNE?

Hi OP, I am a year ahead of you - I started via UNE halfway through last year. Are you starting with LS100? That was my first unit, and I found it a good intro unit. I found there was quite bit of hand holding in this unit. For example, for the two assignments there were sample questions and answers provided, and the lecturer was pretty generous in providing feedback on questions related directly to the assignments, so I found the assignments fairly straightforward (I got strong Distinctions for both).

Personally, I am not loving distance education. I don't think it is for me, but at the moment it's my only option. I'm also finding it a bit hard to feel connected to UNE. This is my 3rd degree. I don't find I have a lot to do with UNE - I get more correspondence from my previous Uni as a grad than I do from UNE. I was intending to go to a residential this trimester to try and feel a bit more connected, but unfortunately had to cancel as I couldn't travel at that time.

If I can answer any other questions send me a PM

[YandiGirl]

For those who question the value of completing a law degree and not practicing......I am earning 5 times what I was earning in practice.

[Guest_CaptainOblivious_*]

Another person just saying that the legal world is very small and you need to be careful because the person you cross now may have a parent who sits in on your job interview in a couple of years, or they end up working in the same firm as you, or on the same field at a different firm. In each place I've worked, my boss would come and see me about applicants who had attended my uni before they had an interview and do the same to the other lawyers if the applicant had been to their uni at roughly the same time.

The expression 'the toes you step on today may be attached to the a*se you have to kiss tomorrow' is very apt in law and you should consider it while you're an undergrad.

Likewise, one of my best friends from my res college is now a law lecturer at UNE and I can guarantee you that she would be less than thrilled to have a student trying to climb over others to get themselves a better grade.

In terms of making it through, work out which kinds of subjects you're more likely to find interesting and mix them throughout the semesters where you have to do the really dry subjects. For example, I did contracts, property, constitutional law and criminal law at the same time. It means you can stay motivated more easily. You should probably sit down and map out the whole course at the beginning so you make sure you've covered all of the prerequisites in time to do the electives when you want to do them.

Some of the ones I found the most interesting were medico-legal issues, torts, criminal law, indigenous issues and moot. There were lots of others, but it was ages ago and I can't remember what they were.

[K-nut's Mummy]

I've just enrolled in law and am really looking forward to it although I too am very apprehensive about the amount of work involved and how that's going to go with single parenting.

[*lalah*]

I did law. It can be very tedious. Don't stress if you read the full text of a case and don't understand a thing at first, it gets a lot easier with practice.

Good luck!

[Guest_CaptainOblivious_*]

I did law. It can be very tedious. Don't stress if you read the full text of a case and don't understand a thing at first, it gets a lot easier with practice.

Good luck!

I'm not sure if they still have them, but butterworths (??) used to publish a little book with a summary of all of the major cases for each subject. They were about $20 and had an index by topic as well as by the case name. Brilliant for open book exams if you haven't had time to read the cases Go to a coop bookstore and see if they still have them.

[Ant2131]

Another law student here. I started by distance but just was not organised enough. I have now enrolled at Murdoch Uni and LOVE it. I adore going to uni where I am not a mum, wife etc but just another student. I live 2 hours away from Murdoch so have to commute and be super organised but it can be managed (and I have four kids, husband that can't boil water and 20+ pets)!

I am not a fan of contract law either so I had a chuckle - but love constitutional law which most people find boring as.

I am not really planning to be a lawyer either but just enjoying the ride and seeing where I end up. I agree though that there are some super super competitive students but it never bothers me. I dont compete, I see it as my own journey and dont get caught up in the stress of it all. I love being a mature student and find most of the lecturers are very supportive.

Relax and have fun, it is a wonderful opportunity. I am enjoying this so much more than my first degree straight out of school. It feels a bit indulgent to be honest.

[*lalah*]

I'm not sure if they still have them, but butterworths (??) used to publish a little book with a summary of all of the major cases for each subject. They were about $20 and had an index by topic as well as by the case name. Brilliant for open book exams if you haven't had time to read the cases Go to a coop bookstore and see if they still have them.

Yeah I think they still do. It's helpful at first to read those to make sure you get the point of the case, whilst still learning how to read cases properly, I reckon. Some of the judges waffle on so much!

[chat]

I'm not sure if they still have them, but butterworths (??) used to publish a little book with a summary of all of the major cases for each subject. They were about $20 and had an index by topic as well as by the case name. Brilliant for open book exams if you haven't had time to read the cases Go to a coop bookstore and see if they still have them.

Yeah, they are still around, I have one sitting on my desk right now. I prefer the Pearsons law briefs though.