Career Clinic: City GDL or Graduate LLB?
"I am 25 years old and graduated in 2005 from Cambridge University with a 2:2 degree in English literature. My studies were interrupted due to personal reasons, and I realise that that doesn't change the fact that on paper I am a 2:2 candidate, but I am concerned how this may affect my pursuit of a career in law, specifically a career at the Bar...? "I have been offered places on both the GDL and Graduate LLB programmes at City University this year, but am unsure which place to take. I applied for the two-year Graduate LLB programme because I thought that it would give me the opportunity to compensate for my poor first degree result at the same time as allowing me to learn more about the law over a longer period of time.
July 30, 2009 at 06:05 AM
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"I am 25 years old and graduated in 2005 from Cambridge University with a 2:2 degree in English literature. My studies were interrupted due to personal reasons, and I realise that that doesn't change the fact that on paper I am a 2:2 candidate, but I am concerned how this may affect my pursuit of a career in law, specifically a career at the Bar…?
"I have been offered places on both the GDL and Graduate LLB programmes at City University this year, but am unsure which place to take. I applied for the two-year Graduate LLB programme because I thought that it would give me the opportunity to compensate for my poor first degree result at the same time as allowing me to learn more about the law over a longer period of time.
"However, I understand that the City GDL has an excellent reputation as one of the best in the country, and I wonder if it might be just as effective to do this and spend the extra year getting work experience before the BVC? I'm not sure how City's Graduate LLB Programme is regarded or if can ever be free of the 2:2 stigma. So is the City GDL or Graduate LLB the best option?"
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