[Sasural]

Hello,
Do me a solid and tell me which course will be most favorable for me....
Dual Honors Law + Information Systems
Dual Honors Law + Economics
Dual Honors Law + International Relations

So please bear in mind Career prospects and importance.
Thanks

[flopsy89]

Well that depends on what your career plans are..

[Sasural]

(Original post by flopsy89)
Well that depends on what your career plans are..

Career plans...
Here's the thing right, I'm not exactly sure I want to practice law so I was thinking a Dual Honors Degree would be a good idea so I can have another subject to fall back on...
Is that a good idea or do you think I should just stick with Single Honors Law?
Which would be better for me in the long run?
Thanks for the input

[michael321]

(Original post by Sasural)
Career plans...
Here's the thing right, I'm not exactly sure I want to practice law so I was thinking a Dual Honors Degree would be a good idea so I can have another subject to fall back on...
Is that a good idea or do you think I should just stick with Single Honors Law?
Which would be better for me in the long run?
Thanks for the input

Law is not a vocational subject. You can always "fall back" on your LLB to boost you into another career. To be honest I think there's a very limited difference, in terms of career prospects, between each of the joint honours degrees you mentioned and straight Law. What will matter far more in terms of employability is where the degree comes from.

[anaplian]

Don't bother with dual honors, if you actually end up practicing law then you'll have to pay out for the GDL - potentially 20k with accommodation. Conversely, an LLB is a great degree to 'fall back on' if you decide to do something else.

[flopsy89]

(Original post by Sasural)
Career plans...
Here's the thing right, I'm not exactly sure I want to practice law so I was thinking a Dual Honors Degree would be a good idea so I can have another subject to fall back on...
Is that a good idea or do you think I should just stick with Single Honors Law?
Which would be better for me in the long run?
Thanks for the input

I would do a qualifying straight LLB Law degree regardless to be honest. If you are not too bothered about the subjects you wanted to do it joint with.

As an above reply pointed out, it is more time and money to convert a joint honours into a Law degree if you decide you do want to practice, but will also put you in good stead to go into many other career options (the same as you would be able to consider with a joint honours!) There are plenty of Law students who do not then train to be a lawyer.

[DCMihai]

How about law + psychology? Wouldn't that make a difference?

[Sean9001]

(Original post by anaplian)
Don't bother with dual honors, if you actually end up practicing law then you'll have to pay out for the GDL - potentially 20k with accommodation. Conversely, an LLB is a great degree to 'fall back on' if you decide to do something else.

Wrong. Most law dual honours let you cover all 7 modules for a qualifying law degree.

Neg why? Off of the top of my head, look to the LSE's Anthropology and Law course.

[anaplian]

(Original post by Sean9001)
Wrong. Most law dual honours let you cover all 7 modules for a qualifying law degree.

Ah cool, wish i'd realised this actually.

[roh]

In reference to the above OP have a look at this and you can check whether a particular joint degree will qualify or not, as it varies from institution to institution eg. Durham's Sociology and Law course isn't qualifying whilst Warwick's is.

http://www.sra.org.uk/students/cours...providers.page

[Sasural]

Thanks for your help everyone! I've decided on law single honors. Thanks again!