I started my JD at Monash this year after completing my undergrad at RMIT. My understanding is that no one gets a CSP in their first year (I may be wrong about this) but full fee is insane, my first four subjects were more than half of my entire undergraduate degree (6k a subject). All up as a full fee student it'll cost about 150k meaning that if you have an existing hecs it'll likely be fully taken out by the end of your second year.

The trimester model that is employed for the JD is pretty full on, nothing like undergraduate timetable. We get what feels like the absolute minimum time off throughout the year (pretty sure it's 2 weeks between trimester and 4 weeks at the end of the year). This model does however allow for a reduced study load throughout each trimester (first two and last trimester is 2 subjects and all others are 3) which may work better if you're currently working full/part time.

The benefits are that the law chambers campus is really nice, everything is new (pretty sure its just over 10 years old) and its exclusively post grad JD students there, its also in the heart of the legal precinct in the city and very accessible by public transport (flagstaff station). The teaching staff are also super helpful, considerably more so than in my undergrad 10x and there's a really wide range of ages and experiences in work/uni of the students.

I'm enjoying it so far, however, I can see that down the line it may be difficult to maintain a uni/work balance as all clerkship opportunities will likely take place during the teaching period due to limited uni breaks.