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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?" From personal experience, I've found that firms who take on non-law graduates prefer those who've had legal work experience, thus demonstrating that they do in fact know that a career in law is what they wish to enter into. Also, the expense which graduates put them through to complete the GDL and then the LP/BPTC shows dedication in my opinion - they're unlikely to invest so much time and money without really considering whether this is the career that they wish to pursue.... Most other graduate career paths don't have an associated degree, so people have no experience of those either....

23-Feb-2012

10:16 pm