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hey!
i would really like to hear from anyone who is studying law at wollongong uni..whats it like, are the facilities good, how much r textbooks, what are you learning, etc.
also secondary teaching and journalism...same sort of questions.
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TextbookS: Cost a fortune...but it's the same for every uni. Most unis actually use "Laying Down the Law" for first years. Freaking expensive for such a boring book about nothing. The supplementary readings (equivalent to handouts) were of much more use.

-100% employment rate according to the Good Unis Guide...3 years in a row..(i think)..

-Facilities: Not really any obvious facilities for law...but there are heaps of computers...if u know where to find them..and u DO need them..uni also has a shitload of law databases for journal articles amd other publications..very useful..there's a separate Law Library like most other unis...nothing special about that..

What we learn: We generally follow the standard for most unis...all major law areas are core subjects..(crime, public law, torts, evidence)...what sets it apart is the emphasis on practical subjects...like communication skills, negotiation, client interviewing...etc..

Seminars are a "new" way of teaching...this means that lectures are becomming less important whilst classroom style teaching is the lastest trend...all unis attempt to follow this now.,...
 

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Yeah Id say law at Wollongong is just like law at any other uni, without the prestige. I like it but its not for everyone.
 

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hey!
thanks for that it was really helpfull.
just one other thing did u get the marks that u needed from ur hsc or did u transfer after a year...if so how does that work etc
thanks!!!
 

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Got the marks no worries. But Ive heard of people being let in who were like 5 points below the cutoff. And if you go to a Shire school you get 3 extra points (same for wollongong schools too I think)
 

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shit..u must b pretty brainy then...i think i will get em. maybe a few marks less not 2 worry!!!!!

well im guessing u like it..wat r ur plans after u finnish
i didi work experience at wollongong legal aid for aboriginals n i thought that was awesome..i want to do that...do u guys do much on aboriginals like customary law n contempory issues?
 

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It gets touched on in LLB100 (the first subject you do) but if you do legal studies its like exactly the same. In the later years you choose electives but in the first few years you just do the basics, the examples that Santa gave above.
 

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Crime will deal with quite a bit of Customary Law...

Contempoary issues will ALWAYS be dealt with...no matter what law subject your taking....usually in seminars...
 

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Pfft... sif LLB. Law is for losers. :p

*puts on his spiteful law dropout hat*
 

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santaslayer said:
Crime will deal with quite a bit of Customary Law...

Contempoary issues will ALWAYS be dealt with...no matter what law subject your taking....usually in seminars...
Im told crime again only just touches on it.

Theres a whole elective on indigenous law that I think I might do next session.
 

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Ms 12 said:
Im told crime again only just touches on it.

Theres a whole elective on indigenous law that I think I might do next session.
If the content is similar to anything we did in HSC legal and RE then I'll be the first to put my hand up for it!
 

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