Juris Doctor

[j-awad11]

Anybody here done or is doing the Master of Laws (Juris Doctor). Just wanting to know your background, what degree you came from in undergrad & how long it took/takes you to do.
Thanks.

[ninwa]

How long what took them to do?

Obviously not a JD student myself but I know several JD students with the following undergrad degrees:

- Monash arts majoring in criminology (Monash JD)
- Melbourne arts majoring in criminology or similar (Melbourne JD)
- Monash arts majoring in Asian studies (Monash JD)
- Monash arts majoring in psychology (Monash JD)
- RMIT graphics design or fashion design or something like that (Monash JD)
- Deakin commerce, not sure what major (Deakin JD)
- Monash fine arts (might have been a transfer to LLB rather than JD, I don't remember)
- Monash arts majoring in French (Latrobe JD)

[brenden]

I think she means how long the JD takes. The JD takes 3 years full time, with overloading I think (?). As shown, the background or degree doesn't particularly matter ^^

[j-awad11]

Yeah, I meant how long the JD took.
See, I'm in a BA and I only have 2 semesters left & I'll be graduating mid-2015, & I've been told that you can apply for August intake into the JD that takes 3 years but that overloading is unlikely to be granted due to the intensiveness of the course. Which is no problem, I don't mind the 3 years but I just wanted to see if people have overloaded/not overloaded & how long it has taken them to complete after their BA or other degree.

[ninwa]

I think it's possible to overload, but it's very exhausting because (I think) the JD follows the trimester system so you already have much fewer holidays than you're used to.

In the long run, that year saved isn't going to matter nearly as much as the potential negative impact on your average that overloading could very likely have. If you're going to be a lawyer, your academic results are by far the most important thing on your resume to a law firm (there was actually a survey on this recently but I can't find it atm) - they don't care if you were 23 or 25 when you finished.

[zhenzhenzhen]

IT student reporting in

[j-awad11]

yeah i understand it's going to be full on. does anybody know what the timetable will be like? I've looked online and it says (for most units) 30 hours of seminars plus library classes. so does that mean they set the seminar times and you just have to attend or are there choices like an undergrad timetable?

[ninwa]

compulsory units

electives

[zhenzhenzhen]

Timetable - 1 class per week per unit generally

[ninwa]

Some electives are intensive (i.e. something like 9am - 4am every day for 5 days)

Source: am sitting in one of those classes right now

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Some electives are intensive (i.e. something like 9am - 4am every day for 5 days)

wow, 19 hours...
#suchtired #muchcontacthours

[j-awad11]

compulsory units

electives

So do the streams mean you pick one or that you have to go to all? Also, how many units are there per trimester?

[ninwa]

wow, 19 hours...
#suchtired #muchcontacthours

...sigh

gonna leave it unchanged as a record of my shame

[j-awad11]

Does somebody have their own or a friend's timetable that they wouldn't mind showing me? I just want to get a sense of what's it like.

[zhenzhenzhen]

Here - most of these don't run every week, check the dates