Study Advice.

Post » Thu Dec 08, 2011 11:47 am

I'm in High school, I'm probably getting about 16 GCSE's and am sitting on A's and B's. I'm going to college and thinking about studying three courses all at A level.
Critical Thinking, Psychology, and Law. Will I have to follow up law in University? How much money does a lawyer make out of Uni' normally? is it easy to find work? and
is it a rewarding job in terms of Morale and things likewise? Am I making a good choice by doing this. Remember these courses aren't set in stone so any advice to change
would be much appreciated. It'd be helpful if you could told me what you did in school.
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tiffany Royal
 
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Post » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:21 pm

You're welcome :)
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Post » Thu Dec 08, 2011 9:38 am

Well, it's definitely a high paying profession (not so sure about how well you'd be paid straight out of uni though). But both my mother and uncle (her brother) are lawyers and they say that if you want to be successful in their line of work, you're going to have to pretty much abandon all morals depending on what type of lawyer you are. That's why my mother quit.
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Post » Thu Dec 08, 2011 10:17 pm

From what I understand from my lawyer friends you absolutely need to be top of your class to actually come out with a law degree and become a lawyer. Out of 4 of my friends who have law degrees, only 2 became practising lawyers. And one of those spent an unpaid year as an intern and finally was taken on by the firm who he worked with during that time.

Bear in mind that I don't have a law degree myself but as I understand it there are no degrees now that guarantee you a job. All a degree now does is bring you to the level of thousands of others that are in the same boat. And with law you can either join an interesting branch (ie family law or criminal law) and get paid peanuts, or go into a boring branch (residential or business) and get paid a bucketload. So I get the impression it's hard to 'have it all' as a lawyer...
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Post » Thu Dec 08, 2011 3:32 pm

Nothing can guarantee you a job, not in today's climate at least. If you really enjoy law I'd suggest you do go for it. If it's just something you think you'd be good at or something you'd do because the pay is good, then really that's the wrong attitude to take as you'll end up resenting studying it when you get to degree level.

Have you considered doing something else instead of critical thinking? You don't say if you're in the UK or not (so I'm only going on what I know from our system) but an a-level in critical thinking is quite uncommon. In fact, in my last college it was offered only as a side-course for those who requested it.

EDIT- After GCSE I did 3 A-levels in English, History and Sociology, and a half A-level in Health and Social Care. I'm currently in my second year at university studying journalism and radio production. Like I said before, I'd only consider going on to do law at university if you're absolutely sure it's what you want, as it's a very specialist degree.
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