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LLB DIT???

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  • 13-10-2012 10:03pm
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    ad1234
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    I am eager to become a solicitor but finding it hard to find advice on what courses will help get there.

    I was looking at the LLB in DIT art time, three evenings for 3 yrs.

    Has anyone any experience in this? Would i have a career after or just wasted 3 years. Would i need more courses to be able to practice as a solicitor?

    All advice hugly welcome.

    Thanks x


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    dazza21ie
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    What experience do you have already? Do you have a degree?


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    ResearchWill
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    ad1234 wrote: »
    I am eager to become a solicitor but finding it hard to find advice on what courses will help get there.

    I was looking at the LLB in DIT art time, three evenings for 3 yrs.

    Has anyone any experience in this? Would i have a career after or just wasted 3 years. Would i need more courses to be able to practice as a solicitor?

    All advice hugly welcome.

    Thanks x

    This link sets out the steps http://lawsociety.ie/Documents/education/hbs/routemap09.pdf

    At the moment unemployment among solicitors is very high.


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    Procrastastudy
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    I know people who are sitting next to me at GCD in second year LLB with training contracts lined up. I know people who have very well regarded masters with tons of experience in other legal fields who have found it very difficult to find a way into the profession. The qualification is as good as any other, don't expect the qualification alone to get you what you want.

    Not forgetting the dreaded FE1s of course.


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    blueythebear
    Registered Users Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭blueythebear


    ad1234 wrote: »
    I am eager to become a solicitor but finding it hard to find advice on what courses will help get there.

    I was looking at the LLB in DIT art time, three evenings for 3 yrs.

    Has anyone any experience in this? Would i have a career after or just wasted 3 years. Would i need more courses to be able to practice as a solicitor?

    All advice hugly welcome.

    Thanks x


    All you need is a degree to sit the FE1s (solicitor exams). Once you pass those exams you are free to enter a training contract. Even without a degree, you can sit hte preliminary exam.

    In terms of becoming a solicitor, training contracts are very scarce. There are more people seeking TCs each year than there are TCs available. If you manage to obtain a TC (and you'd be pretty lucky if you do), then you can train and qualify as a solicitor. Then you have the problem of getting your first post qualification job which is ALOT more difficult than obtaining a TC. Overall, bad time to become a solicitor.

    Equally if not worse is the story with Barristers. Too many barristers, not enough work. I don't know the ins and outs there but the barristering profession is (from what I have been told by barristers) every bit as bad, if not worse than solicitoring in the current climate.


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