Career options for Legal Studies at Murdoch University

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Career options

As a Murdoch Legal Studies graduate, your employment outlook is excellent, especially if you combine it with other disciplines. Depending on which skill combinations or specialisations you have, your Murdoch degree may lead you towards work and study opportunities in a number of areas. The following are some professions to consider, including extra majors that will improve your prospects of achieving them.

Correctional Treatment Specialist

In jails and prisons, Correctional Treatment Specialists evaluate the progress of inmates. They also work with inmates, probation officers, and other agencies to develop parole and release plans. Their case reports are provided to the appropriate parole board when their clients are eligible for release. In addition, they plan education and training programs to improve offenders job skills and provide them with coping, anger management, and drug and sexual abuse counselling either individually or in groups. They usually write treatment plans and summaries for each client. Correctional Treatment Specialists working in parole and probation agencies perform many of the same duties as their counterparts who work in correctional institutions.

Forensic Accountant

Some public accountants specialise in Forensic Accounting-investigating and interpreting white-collar crimes such as securities fraud and embezzlement, bankruptcies and contract disputes, and other complex and possibly criminal financial transactions, including money laundering by organised criminals. Forensic Accountants combine their knowledge of accounting and finance with law and investigative techniques in order to determine whether an activity is illegal. Many work closely with law enforcement personnel and lawyers during investigations and often appear as expert witnesses during trials.

Industrial Relations Manager

Industrial Relations Managers and their staff implement industrial labour relations programs. Industrial relations specialists prepare information for management to use during collective bargaining agreement negotiations, a process that requires the specialist to be familiar with economic and wage data and to have extensive knowledge of labour law and collective bargaining trends. The labour relations staff interprets and administers the contract with respect to grievances, wages and salaries, employee welfare, health care, pensions, union and management practices, and other contractual stipulations.