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Has anyone done any work experience/internships in this area? Whether it be a firm, health service, anything.

How was it? Really looking to get some experience in med law

I’ve heard two conflicting stories about this.

I’m also sitting uncapped exams due to mitigating circumstances so the 40% rule doesn’t apply to me

Hi guys,

Due to severe illness I missed out on a lot of studying but insisted on trying to get through my exams in the Autumn sitting, done 5 exams and have 3 left. For privacy reasons I won’t say what but I’m doing a double-degree, so law plus something else, this means that around 20 credits of my degree are not law related.

Currently, I have three results back - 61, 65, and a 70.

I don’t feel any of my other exams went well and one I asked to resit because I got 55, even though I thought I’d done well.

I had a pretty bad time at college in general so I really just want to be done and out of there, but I’m pretty worried I’ll get a low 2:1 at best or a 2:2. Is it worth repeating the year or just moving on?

I don’t have a great CV either, only plus is that I’m fluent in 6 languages but I don’t think that’ll be much help.

I recently posted on this thread wondering what quotes you guys say on the regular, but now I’m back with another question -

Are there any IJ quotes I could use for my graduation? Law school grad, if that helps.

I have absolutely no idea what to do with my life post graduation, I just want to get some experience for the CV and find out what I’m actually interested in.

Preferably I’d like to get out of Ireland for some experience as well.

Is anyone else in the same boat? I’m not ready to go back and study just yet.

Also does anyone have any advice re medical law, family, or criminal (experience in those areas) ?

Mine has been, and always will be - “Ozone? Oh I’m sorry, I meant to say I wanna touch you in your boy zone”. Anytime a friend asks me for a pickup line or something I will never not say this

Edit: “I fell down!” from the customer service dream phone bit lol

Hi all,

This is a long shot but due to illness I’m doing two company law modules in a few weeks time (final year undergraduate). I have plenty of notes but almost everyone I know did poorly in the exam. I know it’s not an FE-1 but I was wondering if anyone had any advice..? Particularly re essay questions?

I was diagnosed with epilepsy and a rare neurological condition earlier this year. I also suffered a bereavement. Conveniently, this all occurred in my final year of college (law school to be specific). I received my results yesterday, but I will preface this by saying that due to the severity of my illness I have to do some more exams in the fall as I couldn’t attend all of them during the first sitting. Right now, I’m averaging a 2:1, or for anyone who doesn’t use that grading system it’s maybe a B+ or an A, I’m not entirely sure. The highest grade you can get is a 1:1 and a 2:1 is below that. Lots of people get a 2:1, and it is quite difficult to get a 1:1.

I was pretty okay when opening these results. As I mentioned, I have more exams to do, so my average could go up. Besides this, I am 23 years old, and whilst I live at home, I don’t believe this has anything to do with my mother. Additionally, my average is not bad, by any means.

I had notified her of my results through text message. She seemed ok but not too annoyed. I arrived home after a long day at work, to a) find that I am due another brain scan (which is fine but anxiety inducing) and that b) she is incredibly disappointed with me. She took it upon herself to open my hospital letter without my consent, disregarded it, and immediately began to berate me as I read through the letter. She tells me I’m pathetic, worthless, that I “never learn my lesson” (she has been bullying me about my grades for years, whilst simultaneously complaining I have no confidence). I blow up, and tell her that I would have done much better in life had I been encouraged and supported, rather than being told I was stupid my entire life. I also mention the fact that I have been incredibly sick this year with a NEUROLOGICAL condition that clearly affects my ability to study, and she tells me point blank that it is not an excuse anymore. Again, she tells me that I am stupid, lazy, and that I will probably be living at home on benefits (even though I have had to work part-time this entire year to pay for my own hospital bills with 0 support from her) for the rest of my life. She also told me I should just scrap my degree entirely, that it is worth nothing and that I should consider a different career.

We haven’t spoke since, but I am strongly considering disinviting her from my graduation and instead going alone, as I honestly cannot believe she is speaking to me like this even in adulthood. I have endured this kind of abuse for my entire life. Does disinviting her make me the asshole? I know she’s my mom, a single mom at that, but with all the sacrifices she claims to make for me (even though I have financially supported myself for years), she has given me 0 support.

I was diagnosed with epilepsy and a rare neurological condition earlier this year. I also suffered a bereavement. Conveniently, this all occurred in my final year of college (law school to be specific). I received my results yesterday, but I will preface this by saying that due to the severity of my illness I have to do some more exams in the fall as I couldn’t attend all of them during the first sitting. Right now, I’m averaging a 2:1, or for anyone who doesn’t use that grading system it’s maybe a B+ or an A, I’m not entirely sure. The highest grade you can get is a 1:1 and a 2:1 is below that. Lots of people get a 2:1, and it is quite difficult to get a 1:1.

I was pretty okay when opening these results. As I mentioned, I have more exams to do, so my average could go up. Besides this, I am 23 years old, and whilst I live at home, I don’t believe this has anything to do with my mother. Additionally, my average is not bad, by any means.

I had notified her of my results through text message. She seemed ok but not too annoyed. I arrived home after a long day at work, to a) find that I am due another brain scan (which is fine but anxiety inducing) and that b) she is incredibly disappointed with me. She took it upon herself to open my hospital letter without my consent, disregarded it, and immediately began to berate me as I read through the letter. She tells me I’m pathetic, worthless, that I “never learn my lesson” (she has been bullying me about my grades for years, whilst simultaneously complaining I have no confidence). I blow up, and tell her that I would have done much better in life had I been encouraged and supported, rather than being told I was stupid my entire life. I also mention the fact that I have been incredibly sick this year with a NEUROLOGICAL condition that clearly affects my ability to study, and she tells me point blank that it is not an excuse anymore. Again, she tells me that I am stupid, lazy, and that I will probably be living at home on benefits (even though I have had to work part-time this entire year to pay for my own hospital bills with 0 support from her) for the rest of my life. She also told me I should just scrap my degree entirely, that it is worth nothing and that I should consider a different career.

We haven’t spoke since, but I am strongly considering disinviting her from my graduation and instead going alone, as I honestly cannot believe she is speaking to me like this even in adulthood. I have endured this kind of abuse for my entire life.

Edit: I love these facts

Hi all,

I know this has come up before but does anyone have any advice re immersion that doesn’t totally break the bank? Going to France and simply living there is great, but I wouldn’t be 100% comfortable getting a french-speaking job without some form of classes, plus it would have to be something semi short term. There are immersion programs that offer accommodation but they cost €5000 and I wouldn’t earn anything. Au pair jobs sound ideal other than the fact I have no childcare experience and don’t particularly like kids (sorry!).

Does anyone have any ideas? Or done something like this? Edit: I’m a law graduate if anyone has done any legal internships or something!

I imagine it would be cool to hear jokes/mentions of your field of study in a show - does it add something special that the rest of us don’t get, or does it take away from the series entirely? I’m a lawyer so my career is portrayed frequently in TV and screen media, but it’s often portrayed incorrectly, yet it’s still kind of cool to be able understand certain buzzwords or principles a bit more in depth.

Has anyone else suffered from this? I grew up unable to fall asleep early, even as a young child I would fall asleep around 11, when most kids were in bed by 8:30/9:30, and wake up around 10-12am. My parents never questioned it because they just assumed I was a problematic sleeper.

I still suffer from it, really really struggle to wake up in the morning and wake up always feeling terrible. It has definitely improved since I started on Keppra but I always find it difficult to express to people that I can sleep up to 14 hours like a cat and that me saying “I’m not a morning person” means i genuinely feel awful and incredibly sleepy when I wake up

I’m sick of having to call and email my local cinemas to see if the screenings are safe. I know you can find the info on specific movies online if you google hard enough but none of my local theatres have disclaimers on their websites. I called twice today and was told the Micheal Jackson film was safe, only to find out after I had paid and was seated that it wasn’t - a disclaimer came on screen and I had already paid for my ticket, popcorn, etc, plus was driven a long way to the movie by a friend. The staff can’t even give you a proper answer the majority of the time

This is a really stupid question but I became seriously ill and had surgery this year and am now sitting 5 papers in August. My results will be uncapped, but I’m really irrationally worried that because it’ll be August time the lecturers will assume I failed the first time around or are bitter that I sat an August paper and won’t give me a first. I’m graduating in October so I really need good grades. Has anyone sat an uncapped exam and received good results?

Hi all,

I’m a couple of months away from graduating law school.

For a bit of additional context, I am 22, come from a low socioeconomic background, no networks, no connections. I was diagnosed with a rare neurological condition which involves symptoms of epilepsy and a mass forming in my brain. Whilst I’m not in favour of making excuses for myself, this has been a great toll on me emotionally and physically, and for the first two years of college I averaged very poor grades, with the occasional okay/good grade in the mix. I haven’t received my final grades yet but I hope to reach around an A or B+ - in my country this is either a 1H or 2:1 grade.

This is NOT intended to be a sob story - I’m just plainly trying to say that my resume is lacking, and I’ve heard mixed things about mentioning my illness when applying for jobs.

One small plus I currently have is that I speak 5 languages to complete fluency and am learning two more. Other experience is just that I’ve had a service job…

In summary, my CV/resume is lacking, and I have no idea what to do. I don’t know where to volunteer, if volunteering is even an option, or how to gain absolutely any experience. I have no clear trajectory of what I want to specialise in but I’m interested in medical law, criminal law, and some aspects of company law.

I know this is more of a thinking-out-loud sort of post but any advice would be appreciated re specialisation, masters programs, experience, CV improvement…anything…lol