Interested in Law but need advice

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asked on Jul 22, 2011 at 20:27
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Hello fellow Lowyatees, recently am interested in Law but not sure whether i should go for actual class or self study because i felt other than working there's not much accomplishments lately.

I've been working for few years so now not too sure which one is the best option for me, I did Business Admin before working & the only subject related to Law is International Law it was an interesting subject but i felt it's very wide as such it's only like an introduction to various types of laws.

My goal about learning the subject is to understand various areas of law particularly Malaysian Law & useful international law & utilizing the knowledge in whatever i'll be doing whether it's work/life/business or helping others rather than doing it for the sake of getting a qualification to get better jobs or even venture into law industry (but it's a +).

So here are my questions point by point, please provide feedbacks & fill me in on any additional information:

1.Should I do a diploma/degree in schools like ATC/BAC (KL) or should i just buy Malaysia Law Books and read on my own? I'd prefer classes instead of distance learning self-study.

2.If it's better to do a diploma/degree locally, should i go for Full Time or Part Time, I can choose either way but this is what i think, please correct me:

Full Time:
Pros:
a.Can Fully Concentrate on Studies
b.Can go back to student life, escape from office politics (for a while)
c.Fellow students are most likely fixed instead of random students, more dedication, easier to discuss/group study/hang out???.
d.More time to think what to do, & more time to actually do it.

Cons:
a.No Income (minor side income might be possible).
b.Afraid not used to fulltime student life after working life for few years.
c.Afraid i'd loose interest/slow down because i get bored having no other objectives other than study
d.Is it normal people similiar to my case leaving their job after few years working to study full time, I have an impression fulltime students are usually fresh from A-Levels/Highschool. Scare might have problem integrating in since i don't quite follow youth cultures.
e.More pressure to do well as it's fulltime & only objective.

Part Time:
Pros:
a.Have Income
b.Fellow students will most likely be working people, maybe more varieties of students from all age/experience/background (Better discussion due to diversify Experience???).
c.Better networking (Working people)
d.Feel more full/productive in life as studying while working compared to just studying.
e.Mindset feel more responsibility to study hard because I choose to study while working. Felt more I'm studying for the knowledge instead of the certificate compared to fulltime.

Cons:
a.Less time & focus on studies, especially course works.
b.Takes many more years to complete. So can't learn all the subjects & utilize them earlier.
c.Job schedule might cause me to miss classes, need to take leave to prepare/attend exams.
d.More tiring as i hear it's not easy to do LLB while working especially attending classes in the evenings after work.
e.Might have difficulties doing discussion/group studies as most students are very busy/tired/frustrated etc.
f.Students might bring in office politics trend to class room, something i really wanna avoid after work.
g.More expensive because of dragging on more years (registration fees etc need to renew each year)

3.Other than LLB, are there any better options suited for my requirements?

4.Which Uni/College are recommended? So far I hear people saying ATC & BAC are the better ones but even BAC alone are linked with few UK universities, so other than LLB London is there other better ones?

a.I plan to do it fully in Malaysia (most likely KL), with Full Classes instead of typical Distance learning workshops & rely mostly on self-study. Which uni/college offer better in this?

b.Which school/course offer better lecturers, maybe you can name a few notable good lecturers you went to their classes? After studying last time I really appreciate good lecturers, those that not just make classes interesting but also cover related subjects in class instead of asking us to read most of the stuffs. My previous lecturer was pretty good in giving Case examples in class to reflect what he is teaching so most of us have pretty clear idea what the subjects about without having to go back & do much readings to figure out what I just attended.

c.Are most courses offered go by year, i.e 1st year you must study this & this, next year this & this or like USA we can do whichever courses we want 1st as long as we complete the prerequisite subjects?

d.Which schools offers more flexibility, meaning like ease to switch from part time to full time, changing class if i miss a session without having to pay everything again? As some school like BAC is having a session starting September i was wondering whether i can give it a try before deciding whether to do full time or part time.

e.Comparing Full Time & Part Time, are the classes & lecturer the same (for 1 subject), or Full time tend to have more sessions while part time are more compact and maybe have only 1 longer session a week? If they are the same can part timer join full timer's session & vice versa if they miss a session?

f.Is 3 years the mininum time required to complete the course? Or is there some special accelerated class for people that have done certain degree or people who want to complete earlier? And for part timers usually how many years it takes to complete? Say in the unfortunate event we need to retake a course/exam, do we have to wait for the next year to do so?

5.After completing the course, is there any time limit where you need to take the CLP test & do cambering (if wanna enter law industry) or there's no time limit? If we do cambering do we need to be full time & not employed in other jobs/business?

At the moment these are the questions i have in mind. Hope you guys can give me as much info/response as possible as I really need to make a decision soon whether to continue work & do part time or leave & study full time. I've never done part time studies before so really don't know how it's like & whether i can cope with it, but if i were to try it'd be like at least another 3-4 months before i can leave my work & do full time due to my employment contract terms, or find a job with more stable schedule so i can focus on studies after working hours.

Thanks in advance.
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