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The pointlessness of a law degree

As a LLB student, and someone who took law at A Level, I feel get so annoyed the firms and chambers take on such a high percentage of non-law graduates. How can a non law graduate know that they will enjoy or excel in a career in law if they have never studied it? Maybe a LLB doesn't prepare you much more for a career in law than any other degree, but I think recruiters are blind if they think that the majority of non-law graduates have only applied for training contracts on the basis that they didn't really know what to do with their history degree and they saw a nice starting salary accompanied by sponsorship for postgraduate study. I understand the need for diversity, but why such a huge percentage of non-law grads? I have studied law for 6 years now (am now at the tail end of 4 year joint honors LLB) and I think I am in a much better position to start a legal career than a non-law grad. Even if only for the fact that I know it's definitely what I want to do with my life.

22-Feb-2012

11:32 pm