09-30-2009, 08:57 AM
hmmm I m speechless now I can only say thank u so much for telling me all these things... actually i was actually going to say those things here but u have already mentioned them which is brilliant masallah u have got an immense knowledge about most of the thing I guess !!
Ok I still want to ask u few things as I have got an idea tht u understand things really well ... first of all as u mentioned tht I shud work in uk and get some work experience and also asked me to do Postgraduate including BVC(Bar at Law) or LPC (Solicitor) LLM etc . But I want to tell u tht all these postgraduate courses r very expensive and its even hard to get admission specially in BVC. As the fees of any of the Postgraduate starts from £15000-£25000 and then living expense and all which means tht I will need another another £30,000 more to do BVC or any other Postgraduate course !! and I m sure u must be aware of the fact tht there r not many students who actually manage to pass BVC or LPC in first go... so the cases r pretty low if i wil spend tht much money and fail in the exam as I will be standing nowhere as I already dont have tht much money !! The second most importnat thing which I want to tell u is tht u need to be a qualified Solicitor or Barister and only then u can get a proper training contract in a law firm atleast in uk. Simple LLB(hons) r not even elligible for it and above all usually they give preference to qualified solicitors more than a LLB.. so in any uk law firm u need to have either LPC or BVC degree to become a trainee.... OK I hope u r getting me so far please tell me or ask me if I m wrong !! the only option i have is to go and ask any DESI Solicitor to allow me to work with him which was one of the only option I had.... ok lets not talk about wht wil i learn with them and wht wud be the value of showing the experience of Lets suppose Khan solicitor or any individual solicitor as compare to working with a Law firm.... Above all living in uk and doing nothing but working with a Desi solicitor which r honestly horrible , one of my frnd is working there and he even asks him to make tea and ask him to do photocopy etc... same the way ppl treat trainies in pak... so I m not sure is it worth spending tht much money of living in london and getting tht sort of experience from there ? I totally agree with u tht if i wil get a work experience from a proper firm tht must be very useful and it wud be worth staying and even if i will suffer I dont mind.... but not sure about the kind of work experience i wil get from these desis as they dont even know much and sit in local places and have no standards and they have same like any pakistani lawyer practicing in pak !!
Anyway the main thing is tht honestly speaking only LLB(hons) without a proper Law firm experience is nothing.. believe me getting a job even when the market wil stable wud not be tht easy.. i have to do sumthing else and I cant afford to do any further LAW course as it is very hard and very expensive too .... thts why I felt lets forget about the law for some time and get something else which is more useful and again I want to ask u.... lets suppose if I will try to do ACCA and also do practice in pak with any lawyer wil it be a bad idea ? and wht if inshallah i wil pass ACCA then wil i have to choose one thing b/w LLB or ACCA... like can I only be a Lawyer or accountant... wht about if i wil work in a firm and wil also work as a Legal adviser as I wil must have some legal exepereince as well by the time i wil complete my ACCA even just part 1 or 2. I m not trying to convince u but tell me does it make any sense whatever i m saying !!
Thanks and waiting for ur earliest reply !!
Ok I still want to ask u few things as I have got an idea tht u understand things really well ... first of all as u mentioned tht I shud work in uk and get some work experience and also asked me to do Postgraduate including BVC(Bar at Law) or LPC (Solicitor) LLM etc . But I want to tell u tht all these postgraduate courses r very expensive and its even hard to get admission specially in BVC. As the fees of any of the Postgraduate starts from £15000-£25000 and then living expense and all which means tht I will need another another £30,000 more to do BVC or any other Postgraduate course !! and I m sure u must be aware of the fact tht there r not many students who actually manage to pass BVC or LPC in first go... so the cases r pretty low if i wil spend tht much money and fail in the exam as I will be standing nowhere as I already dont have tht much money !! The second most importnat thing which I want to tell u is tht u need to be a qualified Solicitor or Barister and only then u can get a proper training contract in a law firm atleast in uk. Simple LLB(hons) r not even elligible for it and above all usually they give preference to qualified solicitors more than a LLB.. so in any uk law firm u need to have either LPC or BVC degree to become a trainee.... OK I hope u r getting me so far please tell me or ask me if I m wrong !! the only option i have is to go and ask any DESI Solicitor to allow me to work with him which was one of the only option I had.... ok lets not talk about wht wil i learn with them and wht wud be the value of showing the experience of Lets suppose Khan solicitor or any individual solicitor as compare to working with a Law firm.... Above all living in uk and doing nothing but working with a Desi solicitor which r honestly horrible , one of my frnd is working there and he even asks him to make tea and ask him to do photocopy etc... same the way ppl treat trainies in pak... so I m not sure is it worth spending tht much money of living in london and getting tht sort of experience from there ? I totally agree with u tht if i wil get a work experience from a proper firm tht must be very useful and it wud be worth staying and even if i will suffer I dont mind.... but not sure about the kind of work experience i wil get from these desis as they dont even know much and sit in local places and have no standards and they have same like any pakistani lawyer practicing in pak !!
Anyway the main thing is tht honestly speaking only LLB(hons) without a proper Law firm experience is nothing.. believe me getting a job even when the market wil stable wud not be tht easy.. i have to do sumthing else and I cant afford to do any further LAW course as it is very hard and very expensive too .... thts why I felt lets forget about the law for some time and get something else which is more useful and again I want to ask u.... lets suppose if I will try to do ACCA and also do practice in pak with any lawyer wil it be a bad idea ? and wht if inshallah i wil pass ACCA then wil i have to choose one thing b/w LLB or ACCA... like can I only be a Lawyer or accountant... wht about if i wil work in a firm and wil also work as a Legal adviser as I wil must have some legal exepereince as well by the time i wil complete my ACCA even just part 1 or 2. I m not trying to convince u but tell me does it make any sense whatever i m saying !!
Thanks and waiting for ur earliest reply !!
