Studying law

Budah

Apologies if this is the incorrect place to post, I want to study law. Hopefully down the long road maybe even become a solicitor, unfortunately I was ignorant in my youth and dropped out. I do not have my LC, if only I could see how beneficial education was back then. How would I go about this? I already know it will take a long time as well as a lot of dedication and hard work. I'll be moving to England in February as well, I'll assume their education system would be substantially different to ours.

Thanks

seb65

Not sure how old you are, but I'd start by looking at mature student admission requirements in England, if that's where you're going to study.

MarkAnthony

English and Irish law and education are almost identical. See sebs post and also consider the OU. No one cares about leaving cert post 25 or so.

Best of luck.

OU is the open university.

nuac

Are you sure about law?

It is a tough profession.

Talk to some practising lawyers

j80ezgvc3p92xu

As someone studying for the Fe1 a part of me is screaming "please don't do it", but at the same time it is a fairly interesting and rewarding career (from the limited exposure I got to it anyway). Best of luck!

nuac

Chad Great Den wrote: »

As someone studying for the Fe1 a part of me is screaming "please don't do it", but at the same time it is a fairly interesting and rewarding career (from the limited exposure I got to it anyway). Best of luck!

Law nearly always be interesting as you are dealing the problems for people, companies or organisations.

Do not be too sure about the "rewarding" part. Often not; often a problem could arise long after a case is finished which could cost you money.

Consider the public service.
Permanent and pensionable

Mr. Incognito

Get some work experience in a solicitors and see if its for you

Long hard slog if it isnt

MarkAnthony

OP the posters above AFAIK are practitioners so I'm not trying to detract from their advice other than to say there are worse things to do than study law for the sake of it. If you lack formal qualification having a law degree will be a good jumping off point if you decide to do something else.

PaulieBoy

The thing about a law degree is that not only could you become a solicitor but it's a very useful degree to have in lots of other areas- management, advocacy, representation, etc. So not a bad place to start.

Budah

Hi, thank you all for the replies. A friend of mine told me to do a PLC (access to arts) which would make it easier to get into a course for law. However looking at this course on maynooths website, it does not say list PLCs as one of the requirements. I might stay here if studying would be cheaper.

https://www.maynoothuniversity.ie/study-maynooth/undergraduate-studies/courses/bcl-law-and-arts

PaulieBoy

If your going to stay then also consider DIT, they do a law degree full or part time. They also do a dip in law, level 6, which you could do initially if you wanted an easy slide into the whole thing.
Best of luck!