This is the transcript for the video Nick’s experience at UTS Law

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What attracted me to do Law was my grandfather,

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so he was a lawyer back in the days of the Soviet Union, and I would hear

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stories from my dad about how he would fight for the greater

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good in a country that usually wasn’t very just.

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So I grew up hearing those types of stories, and that inspired me to become a

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lawyer and try and make a positive change. I chose UTS for my Law

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degree for a couple of reasons. I had a close family friend who attended

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UTS Law, and he only spoke of his positive experiences

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there, and then I also heard about the reputation of UTS Law as being

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quite an innovative university in the way that they designed their courses

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and in the classroom as well. Currently my favorite subject that I have done

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has been contracts, especially because Chris Croese was the subject coordinator

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and my teacher of it. I always like his wacky emails with

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many hyperlinks thrown throughout it for YouTube videos.

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I feel like he just makes all the content very enjoyable and

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makes hard concepts quite easy. I think the most rewarding part of my degree at

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UTS has been my friends that I’ve met along the way.

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Coming into UTS Law I had pretty much no friends,

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but I feel like the people that I’ve met along the way through the Law Society,

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and through my classes have been the greatest part of my law degree so far.

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Another thing that I’ve been involved in is the Brennan Program,

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that’s really helped me engage with social justice issues in the community,

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really raised my awareness of social justice issues within the wider scope of

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the law. The advice that I would give future law

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students is know what you are coming into. Law is quite a

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heavy degree with a lot of reading and it takes a lot of work,

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but if you come into it knowing what you must do,

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and surrounding yourself with like-minded people who are willing to

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push you, then i feel like it will become a very

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enjoyable experience. The other highlights that I’ve had at

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university is meeting my current girlfriend.

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She also studies law here so that’s been a great positive, she’s a great person.

 

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