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gospel:

--- Quote from: Barmymoo on 28 Sep 2010, 09:53 ---I'm just entering my second year, and it's not quite the same as in the US - I don't have a major as such, I'm just doing a law degree. There are no non-law exams or papers, and I don't get a whole lot of choice about the papers I do (this year I am doing five, and three are compulsory).

In the UK law isn't a graduate thing, you take an undergraduate degree and then professional exams afterwards. In my opinion the undergraduate degree shouldn't be as vocational as it is, but obviously I'm in the minority.

The thing about Cambridge is that you do your degree in two parts, so I've done Part IA and am about to start Part IB. Then I could do a completely different subject for Part II and still have a valid degree after just three years of studying. But I'm not sure whether or not to go for it. I'm glad you guys agree that the networking isn't as necessary as everyone who does want to be a lawyer thinks it is. I just feel guilty when people look at me and basically go "you don't know what you're talking about, why wouldn't you want to be a lawyer?", because then I kind of doubt myself.

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Over 70% of people (at least in the US) do not go into a field related to their degree. The degree does not define who you are or what you can/will do, albeit an important piece of paper. Figure out what you want to do, get the degree, and prioritize. If you're 100% certain that the networking in the law field cannot/will not aid you in a non-law pursuit, then fuck it.  This isn't to say networkin gisn't important, unfortunately.

My apologizes for assuming you were from the US.

Jimmy the Squid:
10 months now of looking for a new job. 10 months of getting continually knocked back (if I get a reply at all). How fucking hard is it to get a goddamn retail job for fuck's sake. I'm going to be stuck in this fucking call centre until I fucking kill myself. I can't handle having to go in there every single fucking day.


Fuck.

Rizzo:
Have you considered temping to get some more varied experience?

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