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Attempting the impossible, so I'm told.

  • 30-07-2007 5:03pm
    #1
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭


    Hey, I am going to make an attempt at the supposed impossible according to my friends. Would anyone be able to give me some advice?

    I am looking to sit the preliminary examination (for people without university degrees) in March 2008. I was looking at some of the course providers, can anyone provide a well rounded view of the people offering courses? I have come across Baggot Street law tutorial centre, Ms. Clare Grealy, Mr. Julian Deale, Dublin tutorial centre, and Legal Solutions.


    I am also looking to sit 4 FE-1 exams in October 2008. Would anyone be able to provide negative and positive points about GCD professional law school. It is from what I am told the only place to go if you want to pass.


    One last question, are the FE-1 exams only held once in October, or are they held at other times of the year?

    Thanks, BTS.:eek:


Comments

  • #2
    Shinners23
    Closed Accounts Posts: 265 ✭✭Shinners23


    Op - nothing in this live is impossible.... it may be a maymooth task but not quite impossible. You just have to really want it. That's the only requirement.

    I have 5 out of 8 of the FE1's done and I work full time also. It is incredibly difficult. The FE1's are held twice a year, March and Oct. Ive done the GCD course and it is invaluable.

    Hope this helps and best of luck with it but as I say, if you want it bad enough.....
    :)


  • #3
    BehindTheScenes
    Closed Accounts Posts: 354 ✭✭BehindTheScenes


    Shinners23 wrote:
    Op - nothing in this live is impossible.... it may be a maymooth task but not quite impossible.

    Hope this helps and best of luck with it but as I say, if you want it bad enough.....
    :)

    Just want to say thanks for the words of encouragement. Yeah I am trying to do something really to expand my horizons and boundaries. Come from a family where education has very little meaning, which is unfortunate. Thanks though.:D

    GCD is definetly the best so it seems.


  • #4
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    Do any of the providers have distance learning options?


  • #5
    ladylorenzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 148 ✭✭ladylorenzo


    GCD does...you get the booklets and have a tutor assigned to you with whom you can submit work etc. You are invited to the Introductory week and also the exam preparation week at the end... and the cost.....around €375 per subject. I did the DL course and only used the manuals. You will get exam tips in the pack which are useful so its up to you whether you feel the need to attend the iIntro week and exam prep weeks.
    LL


  • #6
    OleLegend
    Closed Accounts Posts: 11 ✭OleLegend


    hey,

    i have been trying to get info on preparatory courses and from the people i have spoken with have said GCD is the best, the manuals are top notch

    and last year Griffith students won 8 out of 9 first prizes in the law society exams - that sold me as i have signed up


    check out www.gcd.ie/fe1


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  • #7
    jayo245
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭jayo245


    I'm currently studing law at GCD and can't praise them enough. My background is totally unrelated to what I'm doing and it was a long time since I was last in a classroom. Going into it I was under the commom misconception that law would be a very hard going subject. I don't know whether it's just the way they laid out the course, but I was pleasantly surprised to find it really enjoyable. The lecturers are great and if you have questions or need something they seem to go out of their way to help you.
    Good luck in your studies. Jay


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