subdued123 said:
Not too sure on Notre Dame Sydney.
Comes across to me as another institution offering law degrees, cheapening the overal prestige of it all. It's small, has no known academics, no industry rep (how many law firm partners came from ND?) and thinks participating in ALSA is a big deal. It's basically a strange off-shoot of Sydney Uni, created due to the stance of the Howard govt in funding a new private uni.
Every one is entitled to opinions. However this is my rebuttal.
Firstly you are probably correct about all of these statements when you talk about Sydney Notre Dame. However this may not be the case for the Notre Dame Law School.
I am pretty sure the Fremantle campus was established well before the Sydney Campus. So therefore I am not too sure about the Syd Uni links. Even on the Notre Dame website it states "Founded through an Act of the Parliament of Western Australia in December 1989". Therefore it could not have been associated with the Howard Government (The Fremantle Campus that is)
Both law schools have not been around for a while so i wouldnt expect there to be any Notre Dame partners in law firms. Also I hear there are just as many ND law students getting jobs at big law firms as students from other universities.
In respect to the academics, the Fremantle Campus has quite a few specialising in many fields. Of particular note we have the former Supreme Court Justice of Western Australia as one of our Associate Professors.
As I said before, I wont know the true value of this degree until I get out into the workforce.