Is Economics, Politics, Law a decent degree to become a Solicitor?

Dude240502

Does anyone know if the Economics, Politics and Law degree is a good degree if you wanted to become a Solicitor, it does say that graduates are eligible for entry to the Law Society of Ireland, does anyone know the path you'd take to become a Solicitor after you had finished, is it as useful as other Law degrees and if it would be useful outside of Ireland?

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Heeyy, As far as I know the EPL course sets you up for the subjects you need for the entrance exams to the Law Society. I'm in BCL though so I can't really tell you much on how EPL's find the law modules although I do know one person who says that Economics takes up more of his time than anything else? But everyone is different. Would you not consider throwing BCL down on the CAO just so you know you're covering everything and you seem to be more interested in directly becoming a solicitor so would the BCL course not suit you better?

To become a solicitor you need to sit the FE- 1 Exam to gain entry to the Law Society, this includes exams in Company, Constitutional, Tort, Criminal, Contract, EU law, Property and Equity.
If you pass these then you begin a 24 month in-office training contract.
11 months into your training contract you begin the PPC Courses (Professional Practice Courses) and you return to the Law Society for 12 weeks!

As you an see its a long enough road, hoping to head down it myself!

All that info can be found here http://www.lawsociety.ie/pages/Public-Becoming-a-Solicitor-CMS/

Anyways best of luck and hope you make the right choice for you:)!!

PenguinMan

Dude240502 wrote: »

Does anyone know if the Economics, Politics and Law degree is a good degree if you wanted to become a Solicitor, it does say that graduates are eligible for entry to the Law Society of Ireland, does anyone know the path you'd take to become a Solicitor after you had finished, is it as useful as other Law degrees and if it would be useful outside of Ireland?

EPL student who just finished first year here. As mentioned above, EPL does allow for entry to the Law Society and you can go on to become a solicitor. You cannot, however, become a barrister directly from EPL (you can from BCL). As for being useful outside of Ireland, it's worth noting that many of the law modules are based around Ireland and the Irish system. The first year law modules at the moment are the Irish Legal System, (Irish) Constitutional, (Irish) Advanced Constitutional Law and the Law of Contract. The only times we looked at cases outside of Ireland were cases in the European Court of Human Rights in Advanced Constitutional Law (1 topic) and certain Contract Cases where the decisions have been adopted here. I can't say what it's like in 2nd and 3rd year, but that's what it was like in 1st. The politics and economics modules do take a more global approach though.

If you've any more EPL questions let me know or send me a PM .

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BCL going into final year here.

This is something that gets heavily discussed among my class at least. Most EPL students don't seem to have a solid grasp of some of the most basic concepts of law subjects when we have to do group assignments with them etc. and although it might seem like snobbery most of us BCLs hate having to work with EPLs and try to avoid it like the plague, simply because nearly all of us have done it before and there are plenty of horror stories. Also generally people's marks have been dragged down when working with EPLs compared to work done by the same people in an all BCL group.
Please note that I have used the word 'most' quite often because obviously there are exceptions.
If you are thinking of becoming a solicitor/barrister you should probably apply for BCL.

While the degree would more than likely be recognised outside Ireland I can't imagine it being favoured over the BCL.

PenguinMan

Chanel Howling Khaki wrote: »

BCL going into final year here.

This is something that gets heavily discussed among my class at least. Most EPL students don't seem to have a solid grasp of some of the most basic concepts of law subjects when we have to do group assignments with them etc. and although it might seem like snobbery most of us BCLs hate having to work with EPLs and try to avoid it like the plague, simply because nearly all of us have done it before and there are plenty of horror stories. Also generally people's marks have been dragged down when working with EPLs compared to work done by the same people in an all BCL group.
Please note that I have used the word 'most' quite often because obviously there are exceptions.
If you are thinking of becoming a solicitor/barrister you should probably apply for BCL.

While the degree would more than likely be recognised outside Ireland I can't imagine it being favoured over the BCL.

Some EPL students have the same problem with some BCL students . Again, note the word "some". There are horror stories both sides, and regardless of whether you're an EPL, BCL or any other student if you don't bother your ass showing up and putting in the work, you won't learn. But granted yes, BCL does solely law so there is an advantage there. Come do an economics/politics assignment with us sometime .