Why study law (1 Viewer)

[summer25]

I'm in yr 12 at the moment and not sure whether law is the best course for me (provided i get in that is). Does law require 4 years of non-stop studying, reading, work etc? Is it memorising the constitution or does it have a more social/ethical/analytical focus?
Also do the majority of people who study law actually want to be lawyers or it used more as a ticket for better employment opportunities?
any comments would be really helpful - have to decide on courses by friday

 

[ujuphleg]

Hi.

I recommend reading this
http://community.boredofstudies.org/331/law/99861/law-guide.html

in particular this

http://community.boredofstudies.org/331/law/99861/law-guide.html#post2172379

 

[gordo]

it can require as little or as much as the effort you want to put in.
Its just like lots and lots of stories about stuff that has happened to people. You get interesting stories and boring stories and you can read as many or as few as you like. Ultimately you forget most of the story and just remember the moral of the story which ends up being the law. So, if you are lazy, you never read the story to begin with and just learn the morals (most of which are common sense).