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Originally Posted by SamF
Law students are in the minority, spending a much longer time in the education system. If you look at it as a general "student" rather than law student what would your opinion be ? A side note being that not even a college education is needed to become a solicitor if you take the legal exec route.
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And who in their right mind would want to become a solicitor
Also if you check the figures for the exams you still have to take when going through the none uni route, you would still accumulate at least £10000 debt, as I remember being told that one exam alone (The LPC i believe, costs on average £7000).
Law students are not in a minority when you consider that alot of the health profession, social services and business students spend more than 3yrs at university, just to name few of many subjects that now require more than just a degree to get a decent job. Also the number of law students is very high, and jobs are competitive, and those taking the exec route have to be particularly talented to get anywhere decent, so its more of a matter of time or money with the solicitors route.
However, I still think its relevant to point out that I am one of these low income students from 'bad work ethic families' or whatever your exact words where, and I still have to leave with a huge amount of debt just like everyone else. I have to pay for my fee's, my accomodation etc, so talking about degrees and the cost to anyone really has no relevance when it comes to social class and employment, as nobody is exempt from fee's as much as some people might like to believe, so the 'low income crowd' are of no significant advantage at university.