Attendance at Kings Inns Diploma Course

kevincaomhin

I was hoping some past students of the Kings Inns Diploma Course could advise on the following;

(a) Is attendance compulsory at the Kings Inns Diploma Course, I am aware they take a note of who attends the Tutorials but my understanding is unlike the Degree course no marks are directly lost for non- attendance.

(b) I will probably be in a position work wise to attend the entire first year classes but unable to attend anything in second year at all bar the weekends. (I would be able to attend the modular degree as well). Is this madness would I have any hope of passing second year by self learning from manuals and text books?

Thanks in advance for your time,

lawfilly

kevincaomhin wrote: »

I was hoping some past students of the Kings Inns Diploma Course could advise on the following;

(a) Is attendance compulsory at the Kings Inns Diploma Course, I am aware they take a note of who attends the Tutorials but my understanding is unlike the Degree course no marks are directly lost for non- attendance.

(b) I will probably be in a position work wise to attend the entire first year classes but unable to attend anything in second year at all bar the weekends. (I would be able to attend the modular degree as well). Is this madness would I have any hope of passing second year by self learning from manuals and text books?

Thanks in advance for your time,

Attendance isnt compulsory for lectures but let me warn you 2nd year is tougher than first! Subjects such as EU really need your attendance in lectures and tutorials!

Hippo

If you're unable to attend anything but weekends in the 2nd year you're asking for trouble I think. It would mean you would miss 2/3 of the tutorials - and if iirc they take attendance at tutorials very seriously, whatever about the lectures (no signing in at lectures).

Apart from any administrative/procedural implications, the tutorials are enormously helpful, and as Lawfilly says there's a considerable workload in year 2. It would be difficult to succeed on manuals alone - not that I'm saying it definitely can't be done!

GeorgeOrwell

Lectures are held Monday-Wednesday. Tutorials are held on Thursdays and every other Saturday.

If you were not able to attend any lectures or half of the tutorials you'd be at a serious disadvantage. In my experience, most of the subjects will not make sense if you have not been at the lecture.

Most people who do the Diploma are working full-time and most of them will miss the occasional lecture because of work. I'm not sure you could realistically pass the second year by only attending one-half of the tutorials and no lectures at all.