Is Law an overrated subject??

Law is one of the best degrees to do. It is a prestigious subject and is necessary if you want to go into the profession. Law is a professional job, like teaching and medicine.

Just asking cos quite a lot of people on this board are applying to study it including me. But, I've been involved in the Law for some time now (work in the area and all that!)and the theoretical side of it is not quite like the practice of it..
My days included no life... no weekends or evenings to myself cos I'm prpearing cases, statements, skel arguments, attending court or tribunals. Man is it stressful sometimes. A couple of Barristers the other day laughed when I said I wanted to go to the Bar. They said fine if you want no paid holidays, sick pay, low pay, etc. Of course, I knew all this. But most Barristers I come into contact with aren't highly paid and are just knackered most of the time!!
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There seems to be a myth in certain sectors that the only/best way to get into the law profession is by studying law as an undergraduate, and this means that many otherwise able candidates miss out on places at the top institutions because they fail to recognise that there are other ways in.

Law is one of the best degrees to do. It is a prestigious subject and is necessary if you want to go into the profession. Law is a professional job, like teaching and medicine.

"The problem with Law is any tin-pot institution can offer it thus devaluing the degree unlike Medicine where the standard is constantly high. Two people can have Law degrees but if one is from Bradford and the other from Manchester you can get a good idea as to who would be the more suitable candidate"

I totally agree that any old Uni can offer Law unlike Medicine. My friend who's a Solicitor has said that trends have tended to change in respect of Law. When she studied it , it wasn't at all popular, then it became the subject to study and now every institution offers it.
I guess my question was directed at those students who want to practice Law ( as either Solicitors or Barristers) and whether they realised that the Law isn't all that glamourous, in fact it's hardly about glamour and riches. You may get the prestige (if that's your cup of tea) but what is prestige when your working all day, weekend, etc and not bringing home the salary you anticipated you would. I know a lot of damned good Barristers in particular who struggle to get work or to get briefed not cos they are crap but because Solicitors firms have their favourites and it's hard to break new ground. I'm not even a Lawyer yet but I undertake the work of a lawyer and it wears you down after a while.... I like what I do but it's knackering.. and you hardly get any free time.
The question wasn't really about people who want to do conversion courses, or who aren't going into the Law. I'd advise anyone wanting to go ito Law to try and get some work in a Solicitors Firm (not for two or three weeks) but for a few months to get a feel for what is it like. If the firm allows you to do more than photocopying (a fav with some firms) and gives you some cases, it would provide quite a valuable insight... keep your ProPlus on hand!!

Just asking cos quite a lot of people on this board are applying to study it including me. But, I've been involved in the Law for some time now (work in the area and all that!)and the theoretical side of it is not quite like the practice of it..
My days included no life... no weekends or evenings to myself cos I'm prpearing cases, statements, skel arguments, attending court or tribunals. Man is it stressful sometimes. A couple of Barristers the other day laughed when I said I wanted to go to the Bar. They said fine if you want no paid holidays, sick pay, low pay, etc. Of course, I knew all this. But most Barristers I come into contact with aren't highly paid and are just knackered most of the time!!
XX Sorry for any typos in a hurry!!

Law is one of the best degrees to do. It is a prestigious subject and is necessary if you want to go into the profession. Law is a professional job, like teaching and medicine.

I think law from a good university is a very worthwhile and interesting subject ( to sum not me!) but from a uni which isnt one of the top one then it is over rated, personally i cant see the attraction but each to thier own, i think its daft that so many people want to do it, i dont think it is intelectually that hard to demand AAA although not easy i'm sure, i think in some cases people do it just for the possible money