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So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and prospective students in Australia / David Weis...

So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and p...

So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and prospective students in Australia / David Weis...

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So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and prospective students in Australia / David Weisbrot ; foreword by Michael Kirby.

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Full title

So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and prospective students in Australia / David Weisbrot ; foreword by Michael Kirby.

Publisher

Camberwell, Victoria ACER Press, 2013.

Call Numbers

G 2017/8264

Record Identifier

74VKqbXN2vQd

MMS ID

991020372809702626

Language

English

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Physical content

xv, 246 pages ; 24 cm.

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Machine generated contents note: Section 1 Introduction -- Who'd be a lawyer? Popular culture and the profession's image problem -- Do lawyers deserve a poor reputation? -- Terminology: Lawyers, barristers and solicitors -- Some reasons why you should not study law -- Good reasons to study law -- Se...

Contents note continued: How do I gain admission to an Australian law school? -- Is there a rank order of law schools? -- What does a law degree cost? -- Are there additional costs beyond tuition fees? -- Some overseas fee comparisons -- In sum: Do your sums -- A checklist for evaluating law schools...

Contents note continued: What are the different career paths in law? -- Are there too many law students for the market? -- Demographics: A large and growing legal services sector -- The changing nature of Australian legal practice -- Dynamic changes in lawyering: The late 1970s to the present -- Wha...

Publication information

Publisher

Camberwell, Victoria ACER Press, 2013.

Place of Publication

Victoria

Date Published

2013.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

This is the first comprehensive Australian guide written for people who are contemplating enrolling in a law degree, whether as an undergraduate or as a postgraduate - as well as for those who are already enrolled but wondering why, or where their law degree may lead them. So You Want To Be a Lawyer? provides all of the information any prospective...

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Full title

So you want to be a lawyer? : a guide for current and prospective students in Australia / David Weisbrot ; foreword by Michael Kirby.

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So you want to be a ... series.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

State Reference Library copy at G 2017/8264 : transferred from N340.02394/14

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Date Copyright

©2013.

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Call Numbers

G 2017/8264

Record Identifier

74VKqbXN2vQd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqbXN2vQd

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ISBN

9781742861012 (paperback) :

DDC

340.02394

MMS ID

991020372809702626

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