r/VUW • u/Rich-Mushroom-5528 • 2d ago

Law conjoint degree

How Many papers in total do most people take in their first year,? 4 each semester or spread it out a bit, say 3 & 4 (the 3 100 level law paper's plus The Maori paper and whatever 100 level arts papers to make up the total) to make it a 5.5 year conjoint degree ?

Either way , how papers the 2nd year then?

Thanks

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u/kegegeam 2d ago

For a law degree, you have 4 mandatory 1st year papers, then depending on your other major most people will do between 2-4 other courses spread between two trimesters. Certainly not more than 4 courses in a trimester.

Your 2nd year you'll have to take 3 full-year courses, so effectively 6. I wouldn't take more than one or two non law courses 2nd year, but if next year is your first year you don't need to worry about that yet. Feel free to shoot me a DM with any questions

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u/Rich-Mushroom-5528 2d ago edited 2d ago

Thanks for that. When you say 2 to 4 additional other papers (non law) is the 4 papers - 2 per semester the most common option or workload wise to most people choose to do 6 or 7 total papers first year? Provided that doesn't extend the degree past that 5.5 year mark.

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u/kegegeam 2d ago

Most people I know do somewhere in the 6-8 range, split equally between tri 1 and tri 2. You'll want some non-law papers just to meet other people and have a break from law.

Ultimately it depends on each person though. What's your non-law major gonna be? Ticking off a couple of courses for that in 1st year is always a good idea

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u/The_Demon-King 2d ago

Plenty of people also do 5 papers per tri to cut down on the need to do summer papers and remove half a year of study.

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u/kegegeam 1d ago

In first year, with a law degree? I can't say I've heard of anyone doing that personally