if you're considering studying law this year then in this video I'm gonna talk
you through some of the qualifications you need as well as the personal
attributes time stamps will be below if you want to skip to certain part but
we're starting right now so if we've not met before my name is Joshua and this
channel is all about helping you with your educational journey and this series
in particular is looking at how to get into university courses so if it's not just
law you're looking at or have a look around my channel in case I've already
done it and if you like what you see please consider subscribing with that
all said and done law really isn't one of those degrees you should pick lightly
it really is a popular demanding and competitive course it's gonna take a
little bit more than just an interest to see you through you can't just watch the
first series of suits and think something that's for me
and this is why I want to start with personal attributes you know the part of
your character that's what make you who you are
and like I like to think we all to some degree have these personal attributes
I'm going to talk about but they really need to be top of their game and if
they're not that's okay because you should have some years in front of you to
improve it but my first one is communication skills communication
skills verbally as well as written you're gonna write a lot of essays
you're gonna go through a lot of presentations in a law degree so it's
important that you really develop those skills this is because you're gonna have
to present arguments logically and clearly to persuade your audience and
you will have a lot of opportunities to do this at GCSE a level which I will
talk about shortly but my next attribute it's all about having a fist for
knowledge you could be a great communicator but you got to make sure
that your resources are accurate you are factory correct and this means going out
your ways to find the right resources to suit your argument to prove your points
now for a lot of students doing all the degree this can be one of the more
boring parts of it you know going through textbooks trying to find
quotations trying to find studies but if you're going to be studying law this
needs to be something that you like doing you need to have that thirst for
knowledge because you're going to be doing a lot of it you also need to be
able to work independently now pretty much every degree has this aspect and
even careers going forward you need to work independently but because it's so
competitive you know not as a degree but law as a career can generally be
competitive as well you need to be able to self motivate you know be determined
within yourself to achieve your goals you know you can't lie on you know over
people or to is to talk you through it to walk you through everything you need
to be able to look after yourself and go and find what you need to do and do it
and lastly you need to have dedication again you might be thinking well every
degree is gonna require dedication not a heavy degree I don't think it's as tough
or as competitive as law I don't mean in a bad way towards any other degrees just
law in in itself it's just a different kind of difficulty and I always think
dedication you know is stems from your motivation of why you're doing it in the
first place so let's make sure your motivation for doing it is right but
also make sure that you know before you start you know you're gonna be dedicated
you're gonna be dedicated towards the long nights in the library you're gonna
be dedicated okay to write in those essays week-in
week-out dedicated in spending hours just to find one source to use and I'm
not saying all this to put you off but trying to bring up some of the realities to you to
make you think can i or can I not do that it's all ultimately up to you to
decide but right now let's get into the qualifications
starting with GCSEs now most universities will accept five GCSE is
grade four or five that's fine other universities might want slightly more
but just remember this it's a competitive course assume you're gonna
be up against people who do have ten eleven GCSE s grade nine now please
something because you haven't got that you shouldn't apply just mean you need
to be wary of that in your application and make sure you shine in other places
and if you're able to pick your GCSEs if you're watching this video early enough
then history GCSE is a really good one to pick because you do the can of essays
the kind of persuading and using resources logical arguments that you
will find in a law degree
now a levels don't fall into that trap of thinking I need to do a level law
because you don't I mean it could help especially because you're going to be
dedicating three to four years of your life into a law degree so it might be
useful just to get a taste of it but you do want to pick a levels that supports
the degree you go to do and as I said it's a lot of communicating verbally and
with the written word to sort of persuade your audience so a level
subjects with an elements of essay writing such as English literature
history but also subjects like Business Studies can be useful if you want to go
into that side of law same like economics but politics as well works
really hands a hand with law but you just pick what you think's right for you
don't worry too much about how it relates to the law if you are picking a
levels that do relate to law don't be scared to have at least one that's a bit
outside just in case you ever changed your mind in the future or just because
you've got interest do your a levels you choose what to do now you don't really
need much else over then you know the right stuff the right personal
attributes and some good qualifications but work experience in an office can
help as well if you're able at an interview to be able to say I've worked
in an office environment you know I can sit behind the desk for eight hours a
day that can really bode well to show to the to the interviewers for this
university that you've got some of the right stuff needed for this course but
don't feel like you have to that's just a suggestion if you think of anything
else that could help you get a place at universities to study law then leave
them in the comments below a final thought to leave you with is I know a law degree
sounds like you need to go into law you need to become a solicitor you need to
become a barrister that is not true and that's why I'm doing a video on the top
five careers you can do with a law degree it's gonna be up here somewhere
so check out that video remember to check out the rest of my channel and if
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