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Graduate Profiles

As a Melbourne JD graduate you join an elite group of skilled legal professionals sought after by firms and organisations in Australia and other countries.

We asked our graduate students about: their reasons for choosing the Melbourne JD; their experience of the program; and what advice they would give to prospective students thinking about applying for the Melbourne JD.

 Emma Ladakis

Emma Ladakis (Australia)

Having decided to pursue the study of law as a mature aged student, the Melbourne JD offered everything I was looking for in a law degree...

 William Holmes

William Holmes (Australia)

I chose the Melbourne JD program because it was a graduate qualification provided by the University of Melbourne.  Rather than complete another undergraduate program, I wanted to take advantage of the opportunities offered by seminar-style classes, more mature colleagues and tuition provided by practitioners...

 Nicholas Testro

Nicholas Testro (Australia)

I chose to study the Melbourne JD program because it was a graduate entry program at a renowned university.  As someone who had spent many years at university already, the course allowed me to complete my studies and pursue a career in the legal profession relatively quickly...

 Meredith Schilling

Meredith Schilling (Australia)

I chose the Melbourne JD because I was attracted to the idea of studying law with a group of mature-aged students from a diverse range of professional backgrounds...

 Alan Grinceri

Alan Grinceri (Australia)

I had previously worked as a chartered accountant at Deloitte and PricewaterhouseCoopers in areas where accounting intersected with law: corporate tax and insolvency.  This sparked my interest in studying law to understand and analyse legal concepts...

 Haitao PuHaitao Pu (Australia)
Melbourne Law School is one of the best law schools in the region and is highly regarded in the world, the Melbourne JD is a practical course with strong teaching that required great intellectual and physical commitment...
 Jeff FlanaganJeff Flanagan (USA/Australia)
The Melbourne JD/MBA offered me more than just a degree, it offered me the opportunity to gain knowledge in the legal field which is applicable to every business environment...
  

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