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Is Kings Inns the best option???

  • 18-05-2010 1:27pm
    #1
    rgnky
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    Hi

    I know that this is a question asked so many times before on here, but my situation is slightly different. Last year i finished my BA (hon) in law, thinking it was approved by Kings Inns, long story it wasnt!!:mad:

    I now can try and get exemptions on another degree course and sit 1 year/or maybe 2 years on an approved degree course, or go to Kings Inns Diploma Course.

    I feel at this stage the odds are against me, im a mature student not living in Dubln and unemployed since last year. I am aware of the down side to becoming a barrister however i am stil very determined. If anyone can give me some advice regarding this i would be grateful.

    Im also aware there is nothing out there in the legal profession but it is the same across the board, is this a reason not to qualify?


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  • #2
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,397 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    This type of thread has been bashed to death recently, and I think from all the advice it seems to boil down to this:

    1) If you want to be a barrister, truly, then just do it.
    2) Approved Law Degree > Diploma (especially if it's only going to take you 2 years to get an approved law degree)
    3) While times are tough at the bar, barristers don't have it quite as bad as solicitors seem to. There seems to be quite a bit of work in criminal and apparently liquidations & applications to have companies restored to the register are plentiful.
    4) Being a barrister is always about what you put into it: there is work out there, you just have to be willing and able to do it. It's not easy money by any means though!

    Personally, I have a degree in marketing but I decided to go get my LL.B. and went to the Inns after that - I'm very glad I did it that way rather than doing the Diploma. I loved my year in the Inns and I believe that I am going to love being a barrister in the Autumn!


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