LAW PLUS

hey, i did law plus this year.
in terms of class hours, it's not very heavy at all. everyone (including law and accounting) has two hours of criminal and contract in both semesters, with an hour long tutorial every fortnight for each. then there's the intro to lawyering module, which was an hour a week in semester 1, then two a week in semester 2. we were supposed to have a tutorial for that, but i think there was only one, to keep an overzealous student happy.
then there's the electives. i took psychology and the extra law stream. i can give you more info on psychology if you want. the extra law stream took in labour law the first time semester, then commercial law, but i think this will be different for you next semester. law plus will be the only way to take a language with law next year. that's all the objective stuff i guess.
aside from that all i can say is i've met some great people, and most of my college friends have come from the course. it seems to be easy enough to pass, my lecture attendance was poor and i got through at christmas. i expect to be fine for the summer exams as well, tho that statement will probably come back to haunt me. the only thing is we've had a few people drop out, and apparently there'll be even fewer next year, suggesting it's not for everyone. anything else you'd like to know?

i've never heard anyone talking about german, but i do know a few people doing french. they've studied a novel (could be two) and had oral and listening tests. breaks down to around 55% for grammar and novel, 20% for oral, 10% for listening and the rest going to small class tests etc. didn't seem too hectic, but i know a girl who got an A1 in the lc and got a c2 at the christmas, whereas another friend got a B in both. but german could be totally different.

psychology was in two hour slots, once a week, with a tutorial that i think went every second week. i found it to be a nice break from law and it's interesting in itself. i hardly ever went to lectures the first semester and never to tutorials the second. the first semester we did a 50% paper on 'participation in a psychological experiment', plenty of opportunity for the 'i felt, i learned..' crap, the other 50% was a very very nice multiple choice exam, which a glance at the lecture slides will get you through..no negative marking either! the second semester was a career investigation report for 33%, then mcq for the rest, again very easy. the only thing i'd say, and i'm being un pc here is that the course does seem to attract a lot of overly opinionated, loud middle-aged women..if that's your bag, then lucky you. psychology was my best result at christmas, probably will be in summer too.

i did history, business and geography and i suppose that it did, but only because i'd cut myself off from the science avenue altogether, but really i did law because i thought there'd be money in it and the points were achievable

and yep, i absolutely love my course. most people i know are relaxed and friendly, and it's not like the stereotype of hiding library books or tearing pages out to get ahead. i know there's at least three exams i wouldn't have had a hope of getting through if it hadn't been for essays borrowed the night before from other people in the course. as i said, it's easy to get through, there's a nice buzz about it and it's got prestige as well.

is there money? i hope so. guess the main problem is that young solicitors who've been laid off already have some experience and by the time i've done with the degree the economy will presumably be back on track (economics wasn't one of my electives, so don't quote me on that) and we'll be competing with them for hires. the other thing to do is to look at it as a good general degree that doesn't necessarily lead down the traditional legal path.

i lived in plassey this year and it was fantastic, so there's no way i can't recommend not living on campus. almost certainly you'd be living in filth, but that's part of the charm i think. if you really want to study, go to the library, there's too many distractions on campus. unless you mean study in the general sense? as in is ul a good university? i think it's great, but i've nothing to compare it to!

ok, no problem.

I did german with Law Plus this year and I think it was a really good choice. It works really well with law because it's tested more continuously throughout the semester whereas Law is a lot more stressful around exam time. In this way, the workload is more evenly spread! I would definately recommend anyone who had a high standard of german in secondary to keep it up. As far as money goes, law plus will leave us all with so many options that I really don't think we need to focus on anything but getting a good degree! woo for us for making a good choice!

You choose your subjects like the first week of lectures. you shouldn't havem uch of a problem with the large classes like economics. I think the only one we were told took small numbers was psychology.

Yeah i'm starting in September too, and is it really true that you have to lug in a crazy amount of HEAVY law books to and from lectures?
just a rumour i have heard

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