Introduction to Australian legal profession

Among the students studying law in Australia, most choose master's courses. How to collect the basis of Australian law and extract the essence of Australian law has become the value of studying law in China. Generally speaking, commercial law, international law and intellectual property law are favored by overseas students in Australia.

There are a wide range of legal majors.

In Australia, choosing a law major has higher requirements for applicants. IELTS is generally around 7, and some schools require 6.5. At the same time, there are also high requirements for foreign students' scores in their own countries, such as China students with 85 points or above. In Australia, the law schools of the University of Melbourne, the University of Sydney, the University of Queensland, the Australian National University, the University of Western Australia and Bond University all enjoy a high reputation. The bias of law majors in each university is different. The University of Melbourne is good at theory, while the University of Sydney is good at offering a wide range of courses. Queensland and Bond University offer popular JD courses, while the University of Western Australia offers unique courses on water resources, minerals and forest law in combination with its own geographical advantages. Students can choose their own courses according to their professional background and future career direction.

Take the University of Sydney as an example. Most of the courses offered are aimed at students pursuing master's degrees. There are 14 master's degrees for students to choose from, covering traditional administrative law, commercial law, environmental law, health protection law and other fields that are increasingly concerned by the world. In addition, as the oldest school in Australia, the University of Sydney Law School has a good reputation in Australia and has become the focus of international students' attention.

LLM offered by the University of Western Australia includes two directions: MiningLaw and Women, both of which are forward-looking law courses, which fully shows the universality of offering law majors in Australian universities. At the same time, it is worth mentioning that Australia also provides JD courses for international students who already have undergraduate degrees. JD is a globally recognized undergraduate in law, and its authority and teaching quality are self-evident. Two years at Bond University can complete the courses that ordinary universities can complete in three years, which is beneficial to international students in time and economy.

Looking at the tuition fees for choosing a law major for studying in Australia, except that JD is 66,000 Australian dollars, the one-year master's degree is generally between 65,438 and 0.8-20,000 Australian dollars.

Therefore, from the aspects of curriculum, academic system, tuition and teaching quality, Australian law major has great attraction to international students.

Employment requires half a year's training in law school.

Many students are concerned about the employment in Australia after studying law in Australia, especially how to become a local professional lawyer in Australia. In Australia, because the federal and state governments have constitutional legislative power, the lawyer system in each state is different, but similar. Generally speaking, becoming a professional lawyer in one state is also recognized by other States. In New South Wales, for example, there are two prerequisites for becoming an Australian lawyer, one is education, and the other is training in law school.

First: academic requirements. Must be an Australian undergraduate or JD graduate, and such a university must be? Employment Bureau for Legal Practitioners? (LPAB)。 Generally, undergraduate students have LPAB exams.

Second: law school training. The whole course lasted nearly 6 months and mainly consisted of three parts. After graduation, a postgraduate diploma in law will be awarded. The first part is 15 week full-time course or 30 week part-time course, which can be distance education or law school course; The second part is work experience, which means 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. If it is intermittent work, it is required to work full-time for 2 weeks at a time or part-time for 5 weeks; The third part is continuing vocational education, which requires to complete the summary of work-related legal experience within 20 weeks after the end of the work experience part, and participate in 10 hours of online lectures. After completing law school training, you became? Legal practitioners? .

Sure, right? Legal practitioners? There is still a certain gap from what we call lawyers. Only by applying to the bar association for a practicing certificate can you become a junior lawyer, that is, a lawyer who can only appear in lower courts. A barrister, a barrister, must be a member of the Bar Association. From junior lawyers to barristers, everyone should participate in the unified BarEx am. You can only register with the Bar Association if you pass the exam.

Become a lawyer who can appear in the high court. Generally speaking, the road to becoming an Australian lawyer is long and arduous, with high language requirements. The university of Sydney requires 7.5 points for admission and a schooling period of more than 5 years. Becoming an Australian judge is even more difficult. The average age of Australian judges is 50 years old, and most of them have rich lawyer experience.

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As the saying goes, interest is the greatest motivation for learning. Therefore, it is necessary to combine your professional expertise and hobbies, and choose a major that is easier to play and master, so that you can learn more easily and have a greater chance of success. The traditional education system in China makes many students feel that they have no special interests and specialties. In fact, after digging, you can still find the direction that every student is interested in.

2. Choose a major according to career goals and long-term planning.

When choosing a major, you should prepare for employment in advance, choose a major with development potential according to your own career development goals and the trend of the job market, and consider the long-term career development potential and space of this major.

3. Choose the major first and then consider the institution.

At present, most students in China choose colleges first and then majors, which is unscientific. In foreign countries, schools with weak comprehensive strength do not mean that there are no good majors, and schools with strong comprehensive strength are not all among the best. Therefore, we should choose the major first, and then consider the institutions with advantages in the relevant professional education field, so as to improve? Hit rate? . Now which employer will only stare at a piece of paper in your hand? Diploma? ..... How? Or? Real material? The hedging period is longer.

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