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What attracted me to law was I really enjoyed studying legal studies in high
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school, and other humanities subjects, such as, geography and history,
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and I thought that I wanted to do a degree that would challenge me
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and be along those lines, but also complement a Business degree.
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I chose UTS because I heard it was a great university for both Law and
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Business, and a lot of my friends said that they
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loved it. They loved the people, the staff, the environment! I liked that in class it
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was very conversational and they were willing to
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help you out if you had any difficulty. I think some of the topics I found
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particularly challenging, and they were willing to go the extra
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mile to make sure that I understood. As part of the Law Society, I’m really
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involved in mooting, so it’s like what you see in movies it’s
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the fake court scenes, researching cases in the past and
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looking how you can use that to launch an argument. Every time I get to
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stand up and speak to the judge it’s a really nerdy
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adrenaline thrill that I love. If I had some advice for law
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students, it would be number one, get involved in the Law
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Society. It’s the best thing no matter what you’re interested in, there’ll be
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something that the Law Society can do for you.
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I’ve gotten involved with competitions, volunteering,
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social justice initiatives, there’s also socials and sports.
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Another piece of advice would be to form study groups with friends.
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If you can get together with other people, write notes together, and discuss
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hard concepts, it’ll help you grapple with them and understand them better, and
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it’s those people that I think are going to
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be lifelong friends. I currently work for barrister, which i
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really love doing. I get to go to court with him,
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I get to write documents, arrange matters, research things, and I think the legal
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experience is something that’s helping me put what
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I learned in the classroom into practice. Even though I started university
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thinking I would go into business, it’s now completely changed for me,
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because I’ve loved the course so much. So I think advocacy is going to be where
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I end up, so maybe as a barrister or in politics
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or legal advocacy of some form.
This is the transcript for the video Georgia’s experience at UTS Law