How about studying law in Australia?

First of all, let's analyze some reasons for choosing to study law in Australia:

1. Social status: Law is a high-paid and respected "golden collar" profession in the West.

2. Lack of talents: In Australia, law is a scarce profession, and the market demand for legal talents is growing.

3. Employment prospects: Law graduates are the most popular professionals in law firms, governments, major consulting companies and industries in Australia and Commonwealth countries.

4. Professional advantages: As an international student majoring in law in China, I have a language advantage in applying for a job in Australia. The China immigrant population in Australia is growing rapidly every year. When these China immigrants need legal aid, they give priority to consulting China lawyers who can speak Chinese and English.

5. High salary and continuous income growth: The salary (annual salary) of the Australian lawyer industry is about 80,000-65,438+0.5 million Australian dollars, and the specific salary depends on academic background, work experience and other factors.

6. Immigration advantages: solicitor is a SOL list immigration major, and the number of immigrants is very large, 3426, only 143, which is simply useless and wasteful.

Second, many people have begun to dream of such a good job, right? Then the question is, how do international students qualify as Australian lawyers?

Australia is a federal country, and both the federal and state governments have constitutional power. The lawyer system in each state is different, but in general it is similar. Generally speaking, becoming a professional lawyer in one state will also be recognized by other States. In New South Wales, for example, there are two main prerequisites for obtaining the qualification as a lawyer:

1. Education. Students must graduate from Australia with a Bachelor of Laws or Doctor of Laws (JD), and their universities must be recognized by the Legal Practitioners Admission Committee (LPAB).

2. Practical legal training for lawyers. Professional training of lawyers can be accomplished through, for example, law schools. Postgraduate diplomas in legal practice are awarded after graduation from law school. This course mainly includes the following three parts:

1) The first part is 15 week full-time course or 30 week part-time course. It can be a distance education or a full-time class in law school.

2) The second part is work experience, which refers to working full-time in a law firm for 75 working days, or working part-time for at least two days a week, totaling 75 working days.

3) The third part is continuing vocational education. It is required to complete the summary of work-related legal experience within 20 weeks after the end of the work experience part, and attend the 10 hour network lecture.

You become a "legal professional" after completing your training in law school. There is still a long way to go from a "lawyer professional" to what we call a real lawyer. Only by applying to the Bar Association for a practicing certificate can you become a junior lawyer. We can understand that junior lawyers, that is, lawyers who can only appear in lower courts, are mainly engaged in paperwork. The so-called "barrister", that is, a barrister, must be a member of the Bar Association. From junior lawyers to barristers, to take the unified examination, they must pass the examination before they can register with the Bar Association and appear in the High Court.

Third, why JD is a good choice for undergraduates.

JD(Juris Doctor) literally means doctor of law, and the actual study content is equivalent to undergraduate law. JD is recognized by many countries (including China) with a master's degree. Its historical origin can be traced back to the 1960s, when JD was called LL. Its Latin original is Legum Baccalaureus, which translates into a Bachelor of Laws. Later, due to the continuous specialization and refinement of American law, the title of LL. B was gradually replaced by JD and became the first law degree awarded by the Law School. Former US President Bill Clinton and current US President barack obama are JD's from Yale University and Harvard University respectively.

Students applying for JD must obtain a four-year bachelor's degree before they can apply. For a four-year undergraduate program, the major is defined as "non-law major". The academic system of JD is generally three years (except Bond University, two years). Compared with another LL.M (Master of Laws), JD has a longer academic system and wider learning content. After obtaining the doctor of law degree, the doctor of law can directly apply for the Australian Bar Examination (LL. M cannot apply directly). Students applying for JD need LSAT (Law School Entrance Examination) scores in addition to language scores. Compared with other masters or doctors, JD has no requirements or components for scientific research and dissertations. Although JD contains the word "doctor", it does not mean that JD holders can be called "doctor" before their names.

As a big country in western education, JD degree in Australia has developed very vigorously in the past 10 years. Here I will introduce JD degrees and application information of several top universities in Australia:

1. University of Melbourne

Title: Doctor of Laws, Melbourne

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 tuition: 36,416 Australian dollars/year.

2. Australian National University (ANU)

Course name: Doctor of Law

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 Tuition: 30,11AUD/year.

3. University of Sydney

Course name: Doctor of Law

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 tuition fee: 40,400 Australian dollars per year.

4. University of New South Wales (UNSW)

Course name: UNSW Doctor of Law

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 tuition fee: 35,760 Australian dollars per year.

5. Monash University (monash)

Course Name: Master of Laws (Doctor of Laws)

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 tuition: 37,900 Australian dollars per year.

6. Maguire University

Course name: Doctor of Law

Length of school hours: 3 years

20 14-20 15 tuition fee: 32,224 Australian dollars per year.

7. Bond University

Course name: Doctor of Law

Duration: 2-3 years

20 14-20 15 Tuition: 3 1, 856 Australian dollars/year.

Fourth, it is recommended by characteristic universities.

First of all, for studying law at Bond University, I would like to recommend Bond University:

1. Cradle of training legal talents: Bond Law School is one of the best law schools in Australia. Bond Law School has won the first place in the comprehensive satisfaction of all Australian law courses and the best teaching quality award in the evaluation conducted by the Federal Ministry of Education for nine consecutive years, and its graduates have also won the world-famous "Rhodes" scholarship.

2. Characteristic teaching: Bond University pays attention to the practicality of the course, and law students take classes in the "mock trial" of the school, and carry out professional training such as "interview skills, court debate and negotiation skills" to improve their comprehensive professional quality. Almost all the law graduates from Bond University have not graduated yet, and their internships were booked in advance by employers.

3. Efficient class hours: Bond University's JD major has a short academic system (JD courses in other universities generally take three years), which means that students can complete their studies in the shortest time, obtain professional qualifications, find jobs, and realize their ideals of immigration and employment.

4. Academic skills based on practical experience: The purpose of the law course of Bond University Law School is to train legal talents in the fields of law, commerce, enterprises and government. Bond's unique small class teaching is combined with the unique teaching method of law school. Students gain first-hand practical experience of mock trial in law school to help them master the following skills:

Legal research and analysis

Legal writing and drafting

Consultation and negotiation methods

Court debate and oral expression

5. Ranking of competitive universities: In the comprehensive satisfaction survey of Australian graduates by the Australian Graduate Careers Council, Bond University Law School won the first place for several years in a row.

6. Admission is relatively relaxed: Admission requirements: Bachelor degree (no limitation on majors), IELTS 7.0, no less than 6.5 in a single item, and language courses can be provided.