BY LAW STUDENTS, FOR LAW STUDENTS
Many law students wish to be a ‘lawyer’ when they complete their degrees, however what does this really mean? With each area of law so vastly different from the next, EncycLAWpedia aims to provide you with the information you need to choose your future career path. Keep browsing our website to read our ‘Mergers & Acquisitions’, ‘Workplace Relations’ Law guides and more!
Learn about lawyers role in the Australian sports industry with James Fox from the Australian Crickerter’’ Association.
Contracts are the roadmaps of relationships and are crucial in everyday dealings. Find out how Verity White has put her unique spin on contracts at Checklist Legal through her use of technology.
As part of the public law team, Nick Shying provides legal advice to the Premier and DPC on administrative, constitutional and parliamentary matters. Learn more about Public Law industry insights.
Migration law is Commonwealth law that regulates who has the right to enter and remain in Australia. This area of law changes frequently and has been heavily impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It deals with visas for all purposes including refugee, partner, student, and working visas.
Georgia Macqueen-Gamble will give us insight into the emerging field of Alternative Legal Services and the benefit it provides to the legal industry.
Compensation law covers a wide range of personal injury matters. When a person suffers physically or psychologically or dies due to someone else’s negligence a compensation claim can be made.
Interested in environment and planning law? Have a read or listen to our interview with Bridget Phelan!
Ever wondered how your legal studies can cross over with your love for pop culture? Learn about what working in Entertainment Law involves, and what you can do to land a job in this sector!
Torts protect people from wrongful conduct by others and give claimants a right to sue for compensation or possibly an injunction to restrain the conduct. Like criminal laws, laws creating torts also have a normative or regulatory effect on conduct in society.
If you’re interested in learning more about criminal law in private practice and how you can carve your career pathway in this area, read our Criminal Law guide!
Unsure whether you should pursue tax law without a commerce degree? Want to learn more about the role of maths in tax law? Read our Tax Law guide to learn more!
With the world rapidly changing, why not consider a career in Technology Law? Our interview with Phillip Magness, lawyer at Corrs Chambers Westgarth covers this exciting and emerging area of law. Click to read more!
Interested in commercial law? Want to be the next Harvey Spectre? Learn more about corporate law and its subset, mergers and acquisitions law, in this guide, featuring an interview with Caroline Tait, Special Counsel at Bakers McKenzie
Learn all about the different branches of Intellectual Property and what work IP actually entails! Featuring an interview with George Raitt, Consultant at Piper Alderman, sessional lecturer at Monash University, and former partner at what is now Ashurst.
Just finished Employment Law and want to learn more about working in the field? Or simply want to learn more? Our guide on Workplace Relations has got you covered, featuring interviews with 2 lawyers currently working in the field!
Ever wondered what it’d be like to be a family lawyer? Or just curious about family law? Then take a look at our family law guide, featuring Kirsti Weisz, Lawyer at Victoria Legal Aid.
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EncycLAWpedia podcast has expanded in creating the “My Neighbour in Law” podcast now available! In addition to interviewing legal professionals across many different areas of practice and what the day-to-day lives of lawyers look like, we now have interviews from Monash Law students themselves discussing their law school experience. Students can expect to hear valuable insights into the legal world as well as advice on how to find and pursue their dream job. Perfect for law students on the go!
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