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As a Year 12 student, Naomi McKeown missed out on undergraduate law by just a few marks.

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Get(ting) Up! close and personal with Zaahir Edries, UTS Law graduate and General Counsel for GetUp!.

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Stuart Lowe was an officer in the Royal Australian Navy when he was first exposed to issues relating to the law.

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During her search for a law degree, Luisa Vumbaca discovered the UTS Juris Doctor. Unlike many of its competitors, the UTS course was designed with working professionals in mind.

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UTS Juris Doctor

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Follow Jock, Emma and Mark as they reflect on how studying the Juris Doctor (JD) enriched their lives both professionally and personally.

UTS Juris Doctor transcript

I really enjoy how the law can be applied,
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how it can problem solve and how you can come up
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with creative solutions to challenging issues.
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I'd always planned to do law when I was young
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and I'd reached a time in my life and career
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where I was ready for a new challenge,
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ready to do something for me,
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something with real world impact.
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I always wanted to do something
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bigger than myself, to help others,
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and maybe even to help change the world.
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Studying the Juris Doctor at UTS
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was a truly meaningful step in that direction.
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I really appreciated studying law as a mature age student.
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UTS really embraces the diversity of their
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Juris Doctor cohort and is flexible
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with how you arrange your study.
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I wasn't just surrounded by students,
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I was completely immersed with professionals
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with real life experiences from diverse backgrounds.
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Nurses, doctors, accountants, scientists
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all wanting to learn and make a difference.
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From the first year of the Juris Doctor,
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I was inspired by my lecturers and tutors
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to think differently about everyday issues impacting society,
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through to complex legal problems.
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Being on campus is engaging and inspiring,
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and it's easy to find other students
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who are as motivated and passionate as you are.
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The Juris Doctor at UTS is pragmatic and future focused.
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From the outset, I knew how relevant
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the degree is to the real world,
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and it gave me the skills I needed
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to become a technology lawyer.
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Problems we're trying to solve
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and help our clients with
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are often emerging for the first time.
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When I enrolled in the course,
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I didn't know I would start a business years later,
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but studying the Juris Doctor
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made the transition so much easier.
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It has been the ultimate training ground
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for me to become the person I am today.
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The Juris Doctor has shown me how I can
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leverage my experience in a new career path,
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and that the pathways are limitless.
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UTS alumni stories: Francisco Widjojo

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Since studying a Bachelor of Laws/Bachelor of Business at UTS, international student Francisco has been an industry go-getter.

UTS alumni stories: Francisco Widjojo transcript

After graduating, I was working  as a corporate lawyer in Sydney.
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I was helping large companies
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acquire other businesses
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and raising money in the equity markets.
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That’s when I started to see the real growth of Indonesia.
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I was trying to figure out, where is Indonesia going?
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Where do I see myself, as this third culture kid
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with international experience?
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How could I contribute to the  growth story of Indonesia?
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We started Arkblu Capital so we could directly invest
Managing Partner
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in the next generation of homegrown Indonesian tech companies
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and venture capital funds.
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As Managing Partner, I basically  oversee our entire investment process,
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from sourcing to deal execution to deal support.
Why UTS
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During my studies, obviously I learnt the  technical components of law and business,
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but I think the most important  aspect is that I learnt how to think.
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UTS is very practical.
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At uni we created financial models,  we deconstructed different businesses.
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That critical thinking and  problem-solving ability,
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I think is the number-one thing that I  received from an Australian education.
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Another thing that drew me to UTS  was its strong international focus.
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The international leadership opportunities at UTS
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really allowed me to have a  broader view of the world.
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I think as the world becomes a lot  more globalised and integrated,
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being able to understand and interact with people
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from all around the world, is so important.
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And it's those global connections
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that have really allowed me to thrive.
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UTS Juris Doctor – Endless possibilities

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Emma's lifelong dream to study law and create real-world impact led her to study the Juris Doctor (JD) at UTS.

UTS Juris Doctor – Endless possibilities transcript

I'd always planned to do law when I was young, and I'd reached a time in my life  
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and career where I was ready for a new challenge, ready to do something for me, something with real  
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world impact. I've really appreciated studying  law as a mature age student. UTS really embraces  
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the diversity of their Juris Doctor cohort. Everyone comes  with their own experience, wanting to expand on  
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their current knowledge and with the freedom  to develop new interests. UTS is practical and  
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flexible with how you arrange your study. You can  make it fit with your life. Being on campus and  
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learning from students and experts in the field  is so engaging and inspiring. You begin to  
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see law in a whole new light. The subjects are  varied and challenging, but I haven't done one  
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yet that I haven't enjoyed. It's so important to be  open-minded as it's given me new career interests,  
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both within my current field and beyond. I'm really  passionate about the intersection between law and  
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health, and the Juris Doctor has really shown me how I can  leverage my experience in a new career path. I've  
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learned that the Juris Doctor has application in just about  every field, and in fact the pathways are limitless.
 

 

 


 
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UTS Juris Doctor – Connected learning and entrepreneurship

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Discover how a Juris Doctor (JD) degree helped Mark uncover an unexpected, but exhilarating new career path.

UTS Juris Doctor – Connected learning and entrepreneurship transcript

I always wanted to do something bigger than myself,
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to help others,
0:04
and to maybe even to change the world.
0:06
Studying the Juris Doctor at UTS
0:08
was a truly meaningful step in that direction.
0:12
I wasn't just surrounded by students,
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I was completely immersed with professionals,
0:17
with real life experiences from diverse backgrounds.
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Nurses, doctors, accountants, scientists
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all wanting to learn and to make a difference.
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While I was working in law firms,
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I found a new inspiration
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that pushed me down the path of entrepreneurship.
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Having a Juris Doctor degree
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made that transition so much easier,
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as it meant I didn't have to start from scratch.
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I knew how to set up a business structure,
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write my own contracts and grant applications,
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be analytical in my thinking
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while making important connections,
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and give myself legal advice
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to steer my business productively.
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Today, my business 'Savvy Beverages'
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is sold in stores all over Australia,
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and we've expanded globally into international markets
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with the help of UTS Startups.
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When I enrolled in the course,
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I didn't know I would start a business years later,
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the friendships, connections and skills you gain
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really set you up for success
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no matter what career path you choose.
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Studying the Juris Doctor has been
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the ultimate training ground for me
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to become the person that I am today.
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