Law Actually: Essays win prizes… well, a place on the LPC

Sunday, 17 March 2013

Essays win prizes… well, a place on the LPC

I see from my inbox that Young Lawyer have been banging the drum for their 2013 essay competition. Must be that time of year again, eh?

The question this year is: What is the role of lawyers in protecting  access to justice post-LASPO?

The prize is well suited to those with self-loathing disorders.

I’m sure any student would prefer the cash equivalent!!

Btw - I had to Google “LASPO”. Should I be ashamed? Thinking smile

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Unknown7 October 2013 at 09:35
Participating in these types of contests will really be a win-win situation for students. They will always win learning despite the fact that they may not be chosen as the winner.
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Life as a Law Student

Despite the popular perception that life as a law student is cushy -- that we have not a care in world outside of the occasional lecture on law -- the truth couldn't be further removed. Law students get a lousy deal in all honesty. We don't spend our days skulking in bed, nor do we sit in front of a screen stagnating, forming permanent attachments to the controllers of Xbox 360s. Competition in law is among the highest of any discipline. So aside from uni work, getting out there and experiencing work placements with law firms or undertaking mini-pupillages are essential from an early stage. Juggling this with a demanding degree is no mean feat. Law students mostly struggle through uni with the knowledge that getting a training contract could be many painful and expensive years away. Many take out loans which in truth they can't afford, all just to see them through the LPC or BVC - qualifications which are as financially expensive as they are emotionally traumatic. And all this suffering, to spend years, perhaps, paralegaling or worse, waiting for that elusive training contract or pupillage to turn up.
And to what end? So you can finally call yourself a worthy member of the most despised profession on earth. Still want a career in law? Yeah, of course you do.

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Sunday, 17 March 2013

Essays win prizes… well, a place on the LPC

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