I don't know what to do (Law Degree)

Hey guys. Hope everyone's well. I started my LLB Law degree about a month ago, and I really really feel like I've made the wrong decision. All of our lectures are online (which they only notified us of after the term started and we'd all paid for accommodation). Personally, I'm more of a visual and kinaesthetic learner, so having everything online is really unhelpful for me and literally nothing seems to be going in. I never understood how to take effective notes in secondary school and during my A levels, and now I feel like this will affect me greatly in at university, as everything is much more independent. I have found so far that when I'm watching the pre-recorded lectures and taking notes, I end up writing a transcript of what the lecturer is saying rather than the key points. I'm finding it so hard to identify these and come up with an effective notetaking and study system, and this has meant that I'm really behind with my notes and lectures.

Also, my main reason for studying law was the my interests in some of the modules (especially Criminal Law), my interest in the topic of justice as well as some indirect pressure from family members. But so far Criminal Law is nothing like I thought they would be and I fear I have made a grave mistake.

Part of me wants to keep at it for a while and see if it gets better, but I'm really worried that it won't and by the time I finally accept that it'll be too late to do anything about it.

I just feel so hopeless and anxious about the whole course and I don't know what to do. If I understood some of what was being taught post-lecture, or understood how to take effective notes and revise well, or had somebody to help me understand how to take notes and effective ways to study Law, maybe it wouldn't be so bad. But I have none of these.

I'm also really scared of the chance of me finally realising that Law isn't right for me and having to tell my parents. Even though they're really understanding, I feel like I'll be letting them down and I don't know what I can do.

I'm so sorry for taking up so much of your time. But if anyone can read this and offer some advice that would be extremely helpful. I honestly feel like such a failure atm, and I don't know what I can do. If anyone can help, I would be really grateful. Thanks so much in advance

Hey. Thank you for your response. It's really useful. I just don't know what to actually do now though. Like, if I say I don't want to study Law at university anymore, I don't really know what else I would do, as university was the only choice I had really considered. And I feel like it's too late to switch onto another course, but if it wasn't I would probably do Business Management or a business-related degree, as this was another area I was debating going into when I was applying to go to uni. I just feel like there's nothing I can do, and I really don't know how to let my parents know that I'm feeling this way.