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Advice on career in law?

  • 07-05-2014 1:36pm
    #1
    QueenBee1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 282 ✭✭


    I have decided to go back to college full time to study and I am thinking about doing a law degree because I have always wanted to do law since school. But I would like advice on this, Are there jobs in this area anymore in light of the current economic down turn? Would it be a waste of time would i be better doing accounting/business?


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  • #2
    Zambia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,333 ✭✭✭Zambia


    QueenBee1 wrote: »
    I have decided to go back to college full time to study and I am thinking about doing a law degree because I have always wanted to do law since school. But I would like advice on this, Are there jobs in this area anymore in light of the current economic down turn? Would it be a waste of time would i be better doing accounting/business?

    If you want to do law do law, if you want to do business do business.

    There will always be a demand for both.


  • #3
    chops018
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    Be wary. Academic Law and Procedural Law (i.e. the work of a Solicitor or Barrister) are lot different.

    I loved academic law. Found it brilliant and interesting to research and very challenging.

    But, don't go thinking it's straight into a law degree, do well and get a first, then be brilliant as a Solicitor or Barrister, or even like doing same - although if you're coming out with a first then you would probably fare alright in the above professions with the training.

    Do note that plenty of Solicitors come from numerous backgrounds. The most frequent you usually see is Commerce. To train as a Barrister you must have a recognised law degree though, or else complete the Kings Inns diploma beforehand.


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