mdolla: 7 Things you Need to Know if you are Going to Study Law

So you made up your mind and decided to study Law at the University, but you still want to know what it takes to make through this incredible career. Maybe you already have heard some stories from your family or friends, or even in some movies, so let’s see how accurate these stories are:

1. You will read a lot

Maybe this is the scariest of all so let’s put it in the first place, it is difficult to say how much reading a law degree takes, but be prepared because you will have to read a lot of books. So we hope you have this habit strongly with you because you will need it.

2. There will be a lot of frustrating moments

As you learn some of the law topics at a time you may not understand one entirely until you’re done with the next one. This is a very normal thing to feel, like if you are in the dark at first, but don’t let this worry you because universities organize the courses so that the first year exams at least can be understood easily on their own.

3. You will be asked for a lot of legal advice, even if you don’t want to give it

This is a little ironic, but the more studies of law you know, the less confident you will be in definitively stating what the legal position in a certain area is. You will focus on the more controversial and uncertain areas of law so it will be easy to forget that some will be actually very easy. So there will come a time when you will feel like a district attorney and start getting a lot of requests for legal advice that you just won’t feel comfortable giving!

4. There will be fascinating topics that you didn’t think will be

Here is one that will push you to pursuit this wonderful degree, and it’s absolutely obvious that you will enjoy some topics you didn’t think were interesting. Find this interesting element in everything that doesn’t appeal much to you, there will always be one. Try and make everything look interesting, that’s the key. And about the rest, well just resign yourself that you have to learn it well to complementize your whole studies. You can but it will be a lot more of the fascinating stuff, that’s for sure!

5. Get involved gently

You can get into the lawyer’s environment and learn a little bit more each time, people can share information on legal cases, courthouses around the country, events, and conferences and more. This way you will prepare yourself, surrounded by professionals and real situations.

6. You’ll do a lot of online research too

This can be something good because nowadays law students don’t have to spend hours sitting at the library and searching for the right book, now they can find some very good legal and law online pages in the web. This makes the work a lot simpler, but always look carefully for your references and make sure you are collecting your info in a professional site. You can contact lawyers in that kind of sites, who kindly will accept helping you with your work. So track some good online options that can make your work a little easier.

7. Being a law student is going to be exactly what you wanted it to be

There is no single ‘law degree experience’; choose well in making your priorities over the three-year period, just make sure you take your time for work. Like every subject at college, studying law has its positive and its negative sides. But, if you’re interested in the subject and you have the ability to motivate yourself, why not give it a go and spend three, or four years studying this fascinating degree that will definitively leave you with a lot of satisfactions.

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