confidence

just wondering ...do you have to have a fairly confident personality to pursue a law degree? are most people on the course really out going? does taking law really help develop your confidence? also is there quite alot of debating involved? i'm not brill at debating!

Reply 1

newcboy

You don't really need a huge amount of confidence, no. It helps though to be able to speak in tutorials/seminars and I know some lecturers (although not at my university) ask questions in lectures.

There's a huge variety of people who study law: from geeks, "cool" people and your standard ******s.

Law might help to develop your confidence, but your confidence is bound to develop at university anyway.

I don't do any debating and I don't have to.

Reply 2

Lady Narcissus

Don't worry because being too out going and getting hammered socialising could make you do a lot worse at law. You'll develop as you do more, especially with the mooting which gives everyone a sporting chance i.e 10-15 minutes to have their say

Reply 3

Lush Law

I agree with the other comments in this thread. There's such a variety of people who take Law; some are very confident and others are quiet inept gimps.

I'm very confident and outgoing so I like getting stuck in with events in the Law School. Haven't tried mooting yet...next year :biggrin:

Reply 4

dragon_1706

I was a bit worried, as I'm not the most outgoing person in the world, but I surprised myself by gaining a huge amount of confidence and becoming one of the more outspoken ones in seminars. A couple of people hardly ever spoke unless they had to and still did really well.