Law School Scam: More students fewer and fewer jobs!

[dawwa9]

Snoop (< Is British)

FAH (< Is American)

See the difference, Somalis in the Americas think they found a new home (forever) while Somalis from ''the old world'' (Euro-Asia) will all eventually want to return to Somalia/Africa.

[snoop12]

not everyone should be, but in the case of somalia Doctors and Engineers are in HIGH demand, Law is good but regarding Somalia what you can offer is little compared to a Doctor or Engineer.

Law should be inlisted with high proffessions such as Medicine and Engineering but because you study europian laws and not islamic and somali laws i find it hard to see how you can contribute significantly to somalia using your proffesion.

my bro is one if not the best qualified IT expert somalia has, he makes big sacks of money when he wants not confined to weekly payments but still his proffesion is not as in demand in somalia as it is outside.

see this is the thing, who said i am going to somalia?

you can help your people in a lot of ways besides building and medicine even though i agree they are the highest in demand because there are so many wounded and so little infrastructure

Lol, Fah

Law is also need in Somalia infact our main problems are management but i dont see how you can apply the european laws into a Muslim country you need to get familiar with Islamic Law, and then if you want, take the positive aspects of the Laws/princibles you learn at you Uni and apply it to you anywhere in somalia that accepts it.

you see Law is needed but if you have future plans to return and help somalia, learning european laws/history is not so much helpfull


Dawwa

yea i notice this too, to be frank its desgraceful , i can understand those who came for education or those who came to avoid civil war but if the new generation want to settle in another country whiles their country sinks deeper and deeper it is just SAD dont be selfish give back

[FAH1223]

snoop, i'll get a masters in public administration... its the hot field these days wallahi

and the USA is our home, that doesn't mean we don't care about Somalia You always gotta give back niccaz

[Ms.Erudite]

Thats why i am a strong advocate of studying traditional subjects, best career options after uni.

Maths
science
medicine
accountancy
engineering etc

If you wanna be unemployed after uni than study political science, law, history, sociology etc.

You can hardly put law in with the rest of those subjects. Its a well respected, vocational degree, and if you have a good CV you're unlikely to be unemployed. There's opportunities for law graduates in many areas outside the legal world.


You need to put it in the list above accountancy lol!

80% of law students dont end up becoming lawyers. Its not a skill in demand, simple as that.

Also accountancy, be it chartered accountants are the last to be fired. There services are actually in demand, despite the recession.

Lol where did you get that figure from? It is true , however that not all law graduates become lawyers but that does not equate to being unemployed!

Recession is good for practising lawyers as well...companies suing each other or trying to get out of bad bargains..who are they gonna call?

[Ms.Erudite]

Thats why i am a strong advocate of studying traditional subjects, best career options after uni.

Maths
science
medicine
accountancy
engineering etc

If you wanna be unemployed after uni than study political science, law, history, sociology etc.

You can hardly put law in with the rest of those subjects. Its a well respected, vocational degree, and if you have a good CV you're unlikely to be unemployed. There's opportunities for law graduates in many areas outside the legal world.

You need to put it in the list above accountancy lol!

Law is not a vocational degree... it is more of an Academic Degree... Once you have completed a straight LLB course, you are still not a qualified lawyer or a solicitor...

I agree, stick to traditional degrees or vocational ones that land you straight into a career... like NHS courses or Teaching

Ps: i talk from experience.... Social Sciences

Lol yes you have to train for a year full time or 2years part-time to become a qualified barrister/solicitor.Which can be sponsored by a law firm, who'll pay you a decent starting salary!
Nurses have to train after getting their degree as do teachers, accountants, doctors etc....

[Firewall]

What somalia needs is
Doctors
Nurses
Urban Planners
Civil Engineers
Teachers

^^Those are crucial fields

[The_Patriot]

I saw this Somali guy that lives in England and went to study in India IT.
that what I call intelligence

[Ms.Erudite]

Those professions are definetly essential for any country and always will be, but law grads have a place in Somalia as well!

Don't worry just like Obama, Blair and Medvedev, law grads will run Somalia

[RebelLion1]

^ I take it you're a law grad or studying law?

[snoop12]

Law is great yall

[Ms.Erudite]

^ I take it you're a law grad or studying law?

Is it not obvious?

[LaQaNyO]

You can hardly put law in with the rest of those subjects. Its a well respected, vocational degree, and if you have a good CV you're unlikely to be unemployed. There's opportunities for law graduates in many areas outside the legal world.

You need to put it in the list above accountancy lol!

Law is not a vocational degree... it is more of an Academic Degree... Once you have completed a straight LLB course, you are still not a qualified lawyer or a solicitor...

I agree, stick to traditional degrees or vocational ones that land you straight into a career... like NHS courses or Teaching

Ps: i talk from experience.... Social Sciences

Lol yes you have to train for a year full time or 2years part-time to become a qualified barrister/solicitor.Which can be sponsored by a law firm, who'll pay you a decent starting salary!
Nurses have to train after getting their degree as do teachers, accountants, doctors etc....

Lol... abaayo do you know what a vocational degree is? Because all i am saying is... Law is not a vocational degree... At the end of the day BA Honours in LAW alone does not qualify you as a Lawyer....

Yes, Nurses, doctors have to train (common sense) no1 is thrown right into a job... Laakiinse these types of professionals- do most of their training throughout their actual (vocational) degree by going on regular placements…

Once completed and registered with whatever British society they need to be.... They are a qualified Nurse, Doctor etc... regardless of whether they need training on job or not! And same goes for PGCE teaching...

[Ms.Erudite]

[/quote] Lol... abaayo do you know what a vocational degree is? Because all i am saying is... Law is not a vocational degree... At the end of the day BA Honours in LAW alone does not qualify you as a Lawyer....

Yes, Nurses, doctors have to train (common sense) no1 is thrown right into a job... Laakiinse these types of professionals- do most of their training throughout their actual (vocational) degree by going on regular placements…

Once completed and registered with whatever British society they need to be.... They are a qualified Nurse, Doctor etc... regardless of whether they need training on job or not! And same goes for PGCE teaching...[/quote]

Exactly no one is thrown into the job.. a law grad does either the LPC or BVC in the UK anyway and then becomes a registerd qualified Lawyer!
An undergrad degree in medicine doesn't make you fully fledged Doctor either, you have to have years of training. PGCE teaching is postgraduate training, have to do it regardless of what undergrad degree you have.

I meant Vocational, in the sense there is a clear career path mapped out for you, if you want it, unlike with History/English degrees, where there is no real set industry!

[LaQaNyO]

Lol.. Abaayo we can go on forever... Law is an academic degree just like History, Geography, Sociology, Psychology... Not a vocational degree like Nursing, Physiotherapy or Medicine for that matter... these courses put you on placements for nearly half of your time and that is what makes them a vocational degree.. ma garatey?

Ps: I've done a joint Bsc in this so i know it is an academic degree abaayo... and alhamdulilah yes--i am not unemployed.

[HaileyBailey]

first of all, it is important to note that every facet in our organized systems run on laws. consequently, there are needs for those who have the skills to deal with these systems of law. No organization whether public or private can operate without specific set of laws. For example, from small business to big business, from immigration to such matters as family, marriage, divorce, tax,banking,aviation, agriculture, land, you name it, it's all governed by systems of law. Now, law education in North America is very different from that in Europe. Here, in NA, law school is generally a post graduate education: One must complete at least 3 years of university and then pass the LSAT, before one can even consider applying to law school. Law school is generally 2 years plus one year of articling, then the bar. In north america the law society is highly protectionist, many european educated lawyers have hard time getting license to practice. None north american lawyers have to go through a rigorous and time consuming re-training. Sometimes, the NCA recommendations are so strict it becomes impossible to be licensed without doing law school all over again.