I haven't always known it, but i've always been destined to have a career in law. I’ve been exposed to the legal world ever since I was a child with my first experience with the law was when I was four and had to go through the courts when I was adopted; aged 7 I went through the courts when my parents divorced and when I was 11 I went through the courts once more when I was involved in a car crash. Seeing how the world of law worked in the courts inspired to me to take law at A-level which I have loved. It has improved my confidence immensly with public speaking, as we often do mock trials and presentations in our class and to others. However, part of the reason I want to study law at university is that currently we only do civil and criminal
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We had numerous people talk to us about their experiences of studying law at degree level, confirming my decision to want to study law at a university as I am hardworking and often do extra independent study to go alongside with my A levels. This is why I have done a MOOC's with Future Learn. The Corporate Lawyers course was done in conjunction with a university and taught me about lawyers and the stigma around lawyers in today's society. This was relevant to me as I want to help change the stereotype of the legal world. It was also appealing to me that this course was done with a university, so the research I did for the course felt like what I would be doing in my …show more content…
I enjoyed learning about constitutional law as it’s so relevant in today’s society and was a topic I studied as part of my AS politics. After talking to my tutors about their experiences with doing law as a degree, it made me realise how suited I am to it as I enjoy reading and learning independently and have such a keen interest in the subject itself. During this trip, we visited a firm called Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer which gave me an insight into corporate law firms who deal with high-profile clients. This reaffirmed my decision to want to become a barrister, as I am more suited to being part of the action rather than working behind the scenes, I also want to help individual people rather than big
We had numerous people talk to us about their experiences of studying law at degree level, confirming my decision to want to study law at a university as I am hardworking and often do extra independent study to go alongside with my A levels. This is why I have done a MOOC's with Future Learn. The Corporate Lawyers course was done in conjunction with a university and taught me about lawyers and the stigma around lawyers in today's society. This was relevant to me as I want to help change the stereotype of the legal world. It was also appealing to me that this course was done with a university, so the research I did for the course felt like what I would be doing in my …show more content…
I enjoyed learning about constitutional law as it’s so relevant in today’s society and was a topic I studied as part of my AS politics. After talking to my tutors about their experiences with doing law as a degree, it made me realise how suited I am to it as I enjoy reading and learning independently and have such a keen interest in the subject itself. During this trip, we visited a firm called Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer which gave me an insight into corporate law firms who deal with high-profile clients. This reaffirmed my decision to want to become a barrister, as I am more suited to being part of the action rather than working behind the scenes, I also want to help individual people rather than big