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The pointlessness of a law degree

I can't say I have scrolled through the 5 pages of comments so I apologise if I am about to repeat what has already been said. As an individual who took the GDL/LPC route as opposed to an LLB, I disagree with this articles' extreme degradation of an LLB. As a final seat trainee I have had a good number of appraisals, and a common theme certainly in the earlier ones was that my underlying understanding of certain "basic" legal concepts was not perhaps as thorough or as deep as my peers who had completed an LLB. I would hasten to add that this isn't due to a lack of intelligence in my part - I hope - having a first class degree and commendations/distinctions at GDL/LPC. I am happy with the route I took, and don't think that in the long term there will be a significant difference as my exposure to legal concepts continues, but I do not think it's fair to state that LLBs are "less than useless", certainly as a trainee I can see the benefits that my colleagues are reaping from having done an LLB.

23-Feb-2012

9:26 am