Am I mad to even consider training to be a lawyer at the ripe old age of 33? I currently work in a fascinating job in policy in an international NGO. The more I do this job the more legalistic it becomes ? ie the more I look to the law as a source of policy. Infact I always look to law. I think I have an eye for detail (which is a nice way of saying I?m a nit-picker) and I think I have the right mind-set, for want of a better word, to read laws and get to the bottom of them. And, more to the point, I really enjoy doing it. The alternative would be to do an LLM in a specialised area of law (ie the one I deal with everyday), but I?m not sure where that would take me, except back to my existing job. I have a Ba and an Mphil so I know it would be a hard slog ? but how hard? How many hours a week would I need to put in to qualify? I know it?s a base question, but with kids that?s fairly fundamental. And once qualified would my other qualifications and experience count for anything or would it take me as long to get off the bottom rung as it would a 23-year old? Or ? worse ? would I launguish at the bottom while all the 23-year olds overtook me by putting in 60 or 70 hour weeks?
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calling all you lawyers - a bit of a reverse thread
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hatter · 19/05/2004 15:54
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