I would agree with you as regards the experience. I worked as a trainee and Legal secretary for 4 years and to be honest, you couldn't buy that experience. (and i studied whilst working full time with no prep courses and I did a postgrad at the same time) As i said, those with experience or those who have gone that extra hurdle...Maybe those with apprenticeships should be the only ones to take the exams, but i don't think it really matters. it's just a time barrier in my mind. If someone will hire you they'll hire you.
On Apr 3, 7:22 pm, nilomu <[email protected]> wrote: > hear hear Ad. and Molly too. glad that people are thinking along the > same lines. i think someone needs to apologise to music students :) > kenno1888 - do you honestly think your law degree would equip you for > the scenario you presented?? i doubt it. the training you get for > something like that is in blackhall, not from books that you studied > in college. > > LDGantly, i would agree with your point about apprenticeships alright. > it would certainly deter people if they knew they had to obtain an > apprenticeship first before sitting the exams. but it wouldn't be > fair to those so interested in becoming a solicitor that they don't > mind taking the risk in the hope they'll get one after the exams. the > way things are at the moment i know for definate that i wouldn't be > sitting them if i didn't have an apprenticeship lined up. it might > also make people actually apply for secretarial positions in law firms > and give them some experience. that's how i started out. incidently, > my friend is in blackhall at the moment and she has commented that she > can't believe how much the legal secretaries know compared to others > who had just come from college. its these people that should be > commended as a lot of them have passed the exams while working full- > time. just gets on my nerves how narrow-minded some people are but > it's ironic as the law is one of those areas where you should be > completely open-minded. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "FE-1 Study Group" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ie/group/FE-1-Study-Group?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
