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So soon I'll have an advisor's meeting and he's going to ask me if I want to Tax and Conveyancing so I can keep the option open to doing the Diploma in Legal Practice ie so I can finish my law degree and become a lawyer. Now, I'm not sure I want to be a lawyer anymore. About 65% certain I don't. But I hate shutting doors. Should I just grin and bear them or should I do something difft and if I want to be a lawyer pick them up later? I dunno. They're kinda asking me "what do you want to do with yr life?" aren't they. I've not made that decision yet. Obv some might say "but taking a LAW degree, err, DUH!" Well, yeh, maybe but I don't see it like that I see it as a general, well accepted qualification that will open as many doors as my face is deemed acceptable to walk through.

So... what should I do? Please... ?

― david h (david h), Thursday, 19 September 2002 05:46 (twenty-three years ago)

become a music biz lawyer

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:23 (twenty-three years ago)

a. not base crucial life decisions on a survey of mentalist internet insomniacs

b. failing that, would taking tax and conveyancing prevent you from taking a different course that would lead you to an alternate life plan? other than by default, that is.

c. if you follow electric sound of jim's advice read Don Passman's book.

― felicity (felicity), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:45 (twenty-three years ago)

Qualify to be a lawyer and get a job with D*nald Findlay.

My real advice: qualify first and *then* decide whether you want to be a lawyer. Sorry that's such a dull answer.

― Tim (Tim), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:41 (twenty-three years ago)

Tim is correct. Only bin it if you are really sure you don't want to become a lawyer or if doing the course will block some other, more interesting course that might be necessary for other options.

― RickyT (RickyT), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:48 (twenty-three years ago)

ahh, shit!

― david h (david h), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Felicity's point A is the important one here; but the advice to leave open any options you aren't sure you want to throw away is sound, as far as possible (i.e. one can't keep all options open indefinitely and still make progress in any direction). Taking particular modules doesn't force you into a particular job, but dropping this may limit your choices afterwards.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:46 (twenty-three years ago)

Come the end of my 3rd year of a 4 yr law degree, I was in exactly the same position as you. I begrudgingly decided to finish the degree (I was hanging around to complete a BA anyway), but I had decided not to be a lawyer - I hate the idea of shutting doors too.

Today, I'm not a lawyer and I never will be, but I've found the law degree really helpful for less direct reasons. It can be worthwhile finishing the degree even if its not going to be used directly.

― debaser (debaser), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Finish the degree, it doesn't mean you ahve to become a lawyer, and a degree can help you get a job in something fairly or completely unrelated (just ask all of the programmers with history degrees)

― Sofa King Alternative (Sofa King Alternative), Thursday, 19 September 2002 11:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Also finishing the degree will avoid future employers thinking taht you can't see things through, or some other silly interview-speak rubbish like that

― Sofa King Alternative (Sofa King Alternative), Friday, 20 September 2002 10:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Your law school has *advisors*?!?! Bastard!

(I agree with Tim and RickyT)

― Tim Finney (Tim Finney), Friday, 20 September 2002 11:51 (twenty-three years ago)

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