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tarantinofan -> RE: The Unemployed / Made Redundent / Help each other through it Thread (3/7/2012 10:24:02 PM)
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This might seem a bizarre, or rather unique, scenario but I'll ask here anyway because what's to lose?
I can do the graduate diploma in law this September without acquiring any debt (my grandparents sadly all died within the last four years and left some money) and have got into several law schools. I still have time to opt out without losing any money but the deposit. Anyway, I am having second thoughts. I choose to do it originally because of some vague interest in the government legal service, though there are only around 60 training contracts per year, and because it would give me some focus (I've already spent one year out of uni just working and feeling lost). There are also a lot of different areas of law that could be interesting. So my dilemma is do I do this and add it to my CV and boost my credentials (Im not sure it would be a year wasted since its demanding, intensive work) and perhaps go into law, or do I just continue figuring things out (whatever that means) and likely end up doing a retail/admin job for 10 months, which wouldn't help my CV much anyway.
I was in a similar situation. Graduated a couple of years ago, took a year out, wasn't sure what to do, worked in an admin job, started a PGCE and it was awful, now I'm just coming up to the end of year exams for the GDL. I hate acknowledging when my parents are right, but time goes by so quickly- I started doing the admin work and before I knew it almost a year had gone by without really accomplishing much (though I had saved up enough to pay my fees).
I have loved the course, equity/land law aside, and have no regrets about doing it. If I could have the time back I would have applied straight out of uni and got some legal experience after graduating. At least if you are starting in September you can get a few months worth of experience to set yourself apart when applying for a contract (downside of law is that it is very competitive).
tl;dr- make a choice quickly, otherwise you just end up wasting precious time (speaking from experience)
Will you definitely be doing the LPC? My dilemma I suppose that I may very end up not doing law as a career, that's a very real possibility for me.
At some point. I'm applying for training contracts atm, but the deadlines are all at the end of this month and my first exam is on the 9th of August :/ If I don't get a contract before the start I'll probably get some (paid) legal experience to go on the CV for next years milkround or if I fail then I will have saved up enough to do the LPC anyway (the college I am doing my GDL with guarantees you a place on the LPC if you pass the GDL).
Do you know, or have an idea, of what you want to do instead of law?
I will say that an understanding of law gives you a fairly unique perspective of everyday issues (imho). So even if you decide to pursue another career I don't think it would be completely wasted.
Not much of an idea, no. When people ask why I am doing law I can't really give them a convincing answer, it is more of a case of spending the next year doing something productive, developing my credentials, weathering the economic storm (and not spending time and money on something like an MA in history), challenging myself (masochism?) and yeah, partly, not having to make a decision about what I really want to accomplish. Perhaps I will want to do law, but ultimately I don't know just yet.
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