Becoming a lawyer

I don't know what that even means I joined this website like 4 days ago. I didn't even realise I 'repped' someone, so I can't give a reason as to why.

But do I care about your opinion?

No.

You've literally lived on TSR for the past 8 years and posted 22,713 times.

I'm in tears

"Reevaluate your life."

Ah ok,

Basically, you clicked the thumbs up on the left hand corner of a user's post, which contributes to the reputation as denoted by the number of green 'gems' accumulated.

Oh yes it appears I did. Sorry about that, shall I unclick it or?

Nah, you can't undo rep.

Just a thought for the future, since you don't want to rep people like me haaha

What why??? It's only a rep?

You've literally lived on TSR for the past 8 years and posted 22,713 times.

I'm in tears

"Reevaluate your life."

I like when forum users laugh at other forum users for being forum users

Sweet, sweet irony.

I haven't the faintest idea what you mean by this.

I haven't the faintest idea what you mean by this.

Was in support of your post lol

Sorry your thread had been hijacked (this happens on TSR all the time!)! I'm not a lawyer myself nor am I studying law at university but I'm hoping to becom a lawyer too when I'm older and as such I have intensively researched universities, requirements and prerequisites. Law is (as I'm sure you know already) the most competitive sector to enter in the UK if not in the world. To succeed you must be 100% passionate about law and driven too but that is not enough; you must be academically stellar (so ideally have all A*/A/B at GCSE and AAA-A*AA at A-Level) and must have done work experience and have strong extra curriculars which exhibit your passion ie debating, Model UN, mock trials, team sports. Law is a dry and boring subject to study academically (apparently although it's totally subjective. I'd advice reading law books to get a taste of it) so you must enjoy TONNES of reading, essay writing and have a highly analytical and evaluative mind to do well and get te 2:1/1:1 sought after by law firms. Law also requires you to then do an LPC after you've graduated to qualify as a lawyer; you will hopefully do this whilst working in a training contract with a firm (you start searching for these in your second year apparently). Training contracts are however highly competitive with something like 1 in every 100 applicants getting one which is why I myself am gonna study modern languages at university followed by a post graduate diploma in law (which is a three year law degree squeezed into a year and is an well respected as a law degree but expensive!) so I don't narrow my options as much and make myself more marketable (being multilingual is a HUGE benefit so I'd recommend leaning another language). Law at any RG university will be fine nowadays I should think although top players include Oxbridge, LSE, UCL, KCL, Bristol and Durham which send the highest proportion of grads to top firms (the likes of UEA are also rising up the ranks so don't discount an institution just because it's not RG). And lastly, if you don't think any of the above apply to you and you're the not the type of person who loves paperwork and bureaucracy (law is so much more than that but then again it is essentially full of paperwork) and imagine yourself ags Atticus Finch then perhaps law isn't for you. Law is highly academic and worth it for those who truly love it but the money isn't always that great (in fact it rarely is). Harsh but true. Hope this has been of help!