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Question - I know I want to study law but not sure which field yet. Is it best to apply for law as a general course and then would I be able to decide after studying later, or would I not have that option and I have to decide now. For example, I saw for Goldsmiths uni there's Law and Law with Criminal Justice & Human Rights - I looked at the curriculum and it's nearly the exact same, but in the description for Law it had a more general description of what kind of lawyer you would be, but for criminal it said you would work in criminal cases. I could be interested in this but not sure yet, can someone help? Sorry if my question didn't make too much sense.

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chalks

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You are, presumably, a school student at the moment? If you are interested in the law, as a subject, then take the standard LLB and not a "Law plus something else" degree. It would be completely unrealistic for you to know which field of the law you want to go into at this stage - so don't worry on that front.

As I've mentioned on other threads, the profession is incredibly competitive to enter. I have no idea what A-Level grades you're aiming for (or have already received) or which Universities are on your radar. But do you have a clear understanding of the various paths into the law, the types of work that solicitors and barristers do and, most importantly, how hard it can be? On a previous thread, a poster was explaining the difficulties they faced and how they had wished they had known more about the challenges before they followed this route.

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Stiffy Byng

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OP, you might ask the moderators to merge your two threads on the same subject.

Original post by georgezra34

Question - I know I want to study law but not sure which field yet. Is it best to apply for law as a general course and then would I be able to decide after studying later, or would I not have that option and I have to decide now. For example, I saw for Goldsmiths uni there's Law and Law with Criminal Justice & Human Rights - I looked at the curriculum and it's nearly the exact same, but in the description for Law it had a more general description of what kind of lawyer you would be, but for criminal it said you would work in criminal cases. I could be interested in this but not sure yet, can someone help? Sorry if my question didn't make too much sense.

Hi @georgezra34

I hope you are having a good day! It is very unlikely that any student knows what area of law they would like to study before they start their law degree. I am a second year law student and some of my coursemates are still not sure what area of law they would like to specialise it.

I would recommend studying a general law degree (e.g. Law LLB). Any qualifying law degree requires you to study the following areas of law: contract law, criminal law, tort law, constitutional and administrative law, land law, equity and trusts law as well as eu law. This is really useful as once you have studied all of these modules, you can have a better understanding of what area you are the most interested in.

At the University of Leicester, the above modules that I mentioned all take place in your first and second year. In your third year, it is up to you to decide what modules you want to pick. There is a wide variety available from animals rights law, to criminal justice appeals to company law. They do this as they recognise that, understandably, students do not know what area of law they want to specialise in until they have learnt several different areas of law.

I hope this helps and feel free to reach out to ask any more questions! ☺️

Claire
Law LLB Student

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