Part Time LLB Degree ???

Q: I was wondering if someone can offer me some advice. I'm thinking of doing a part time LLB Law degree, and am worried about will the course suit me etc. I'll be doing it as a mature student 2 eve's a week. Can anyone give me some advise on how they found the course, workload etc - also if there is any books people could recommend before I sign up, so I can learn a bit more and make sure I'm making the right choice. Any help would be great.

A: Ask yourself why you want to do the law degree? It is a means to a particular end? If you are looking to enter the legal profession then you may find the legal executive exams more relevant. I did the law degree full time over three years. The degree can be very tough - particularly if you opt to do a more specialist law degree. I decided to do a business law degree instead of the standard law degree so I had to do 24 modules over three years. Some unis only require 16 modules for a standard law degree. There are many specialist law degrees these days - european law, business law, european business law, criminal law, computer law. Books - if you want to get a flavour for law try Smith and Hogan on Criminal

Law, Dias on Tort. Ball on Environmental Law. These are three completely different areas for starters. Just don't assume that a law degree will automatically improve your job prospects. I have known friends who found it difficult to get a job. They had a law degree but did not wish to go into the legal profession. Employers would say "we would offer you the job, but you have a law degree - obviously you are going to go into the legal profession one day - you will not stick around" or "because you have a law degree you will not stay with us very long - you will soon be off working for another employer on a really high wage." Neither is necessarily the case.