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What is SOAS good for?
Are their law graduates restricted to work in the non-profit sector?
I don't know. It just seems that in this forum at least, very few people talk of SOAS grads doing anything other than working in government, or for NGOs or other non-profit organisations. Surely, some must go on to work for commerical law firms.
I'm just trying to get a grasp on job prospects with a SOAS LLB. Do grads have a good shot of working in the for-profit sector?
Is Queen Mary better for this?
Thanks.
I'm just trying to get a grasp on job prospects with a SOAS LLB. Do grads have a good shot of working in the for-profit sector?
Is Queen Mary better for this?
Thanks.
Yeah, for profit...gotta get paid..
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I don't know how long this uni has been offering this course. I had certainly never heard of it when I was practising in the UK or interviewing.
Other posters have described some of the options offered - whilst they sound fascinating (comparing UK system with those of African/Asian countries for example), I don't really see that that would necessarily be of interest to the more mainstream employers.
Other posters have described some of the options offered - whilst they sound fascinating (comparing UK system with those of African/Asian countries for example), I don't really see that that would necessarily be of interest to the more mainstream employers.
SOAS is good for law. Afterall, it would give you more interesting things to talk about in your interview and the big law firms would see an opportunity in graduates from a specialist college, especially as many of these big law firms are expanding in places like China (due to the economic boom), India (Likewise), and the Middle East (oil) so its good to have an oriental outlook to your degree.
Damnation, double post.
americankid
Yeah, for profit...gotta get paid..
Well, do you want to do law relating to Africa/Asia, or that primarily related to the Western world? If the former, go to SOAS, if the latter, go elsewhere. And what's wrong with the 'not-for-profit' sector? You get paid either way - what's important is that you do what you like.
I've posted about this before. I simply don't agree that having studied an aspect of another country's legal system will have any real practical benefit once you start practice. For that reason, don't kid yourself that the big law firms will be particularly interested in that fact.
If i was interviewing someone and they said "Part of my degree involved the study of legal systems in the Far East - that will be useful cos your firm has an office in Shanghai", I would ask you: in what way will that be useful to us? Our lawyers in Shanghai can advise us as to the implications of Chinese law. What could you add?
If i was interviewing someone and they said "Part of my degree involved the study of legal systems in the Far East - that will be useful cos your firm has an office in Shanghai", I would ask you: in what way will that be useful to us? Our lawyers in Shanghai can advise us as to the implications of Chinese law. What could you add?
chalks
And I'm saying you shouldn't care. If you're *interested* in other countries' legal systems, you should go for it. If not, you shouldn't. SOAS will give you as good a law course as any other, but its focus is different.
Skunk. Go to their bar, trust me.
but seriously with their offer at AAA it can't be that bad right?
and yes i know we shouldn't trust the rankings but still isn't it being ranked at 4th (?) place for law?
I don't know guys please enlighten me cuz as I'm from Hong Kong SOAS seems to be both interesting and practical for me =P
and yes i know we shouldn't trust the rankings but still isn't it being ranked at 4th (?) place for law?
I don't know guys please enlighten me cuz as I'm from Hong Kong SOAS seems to be both interesting and practical for me =P
stevoz
but seriously with their offer at AAA it can't be that bad right?
I think judging the excellence of a Law dept by their offer requirement is utterly absurd. The general inability of the A level system to distinguish at the highest level has forced many institutions to raise their offers to AAA.
To the original poster~
SOAS seem to like their links to some of the top firms.. Check their Law Soc webpage out. http://www.soaslawsociety.org.uk/welcome.asp
Indeed, I'm sure there's someone there you could contact who would be able to give you much better stats of their graduate destinations than anyone here could.
J xxx
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