So first and foremost, thank you for taking the time to read this, I understand that to any newcomers that you know rather little about me, so I'll give you a quick rundown before we get this show on the road and then hopefully you'll learn more about me on my journey.
So without going into too much detail because you know, this is the internet, I'm currently at university, studying law, I'm awful when it comes to ensuring I maintain my health and wellbeing and I have a tendency to use long posh words while trying to get my point across, so uh, yeah, there's your little snipit of information about me.
So, I'm not really sure where to begin, so we'll start with today and just see where these entries take me I suppose, it's a plan at least.
So I've just passed the threshold of having been at university again for a week and honestly I forget how mentally draining it can be sometimes, it's not that it's been a hard week per se, because as introduction weeks go, it wasn't awful, well, asides the three hour seminar I had, that one was *fun*. That having been said, this is my final year of my degree, it's very much of a "put your money where your mouth is" kind of year, time to cash in everything I've learned, say all the thoughts and prayers I know and hope for the best.
Module wise, it's a very family law oriented year, I've opted to take Family Law (obviously), Working With Children and Families (A module under another school), Law Clinic (Essentially training to be a lawyer) and Law in Practice (A minor dissertation as far as I'm aware). In addition to this, I've been given the topic of Equity and Trusts to cover also, which from my current understanding is to with holding somebody accountable for their words and actions, so it shouldn't be too bad. (A guy can hope)
I suppose the next question is why? Why family law? In short, I don't know if family law is definitely what I want to go into I guess this year is a form of a... taster? If that's the right word? An insight into what it's like would be a better way to put it. Since secondary school I'd toyed with the idea of becoming a big shot lawyer or an accountant, so did a couple weeks of accountancy, hated it, decided law was the next thing to try. It wasn't until maybe year 11/12 that it mattered what area of law I wanted to go into, because my dumbass didn't realise that you typically specialised in one of the areas. From there, it was between family law and criminal law.
Criminal law has always been appealing to me, the concept of each and every case having such a plethora of possibilities from the last case, with so many areas of the law, no two cases would be the same. It was my idea of a job that wouldn't become monotonous, something I'd enjoy.
Family law on the other hand, the desire to uptake such a position stems back to my childhood. Without getting too much into it, it wasn't awful, not by some of the standards that have been set in this day and age, but it wasn't always perfect. Between divorces, social care and the police, it could've been better, we'll put it that way. From there, I wanted to make a change, I wanted to be the one to offer the support. I'm still not one hundred percent sure if I want to go into law, I've lately been debating the concept of going into social work, being that person that I wish I'd had sooner. It would be a hard job, in under no illusion otherwise, some of the situations would be truly harrowing, decisions would have to be made that would affect lives, but I want to do something that makes an impact on the world. Albeit a minor one.
My current plan, which will no doubt go tits up at some point or another, because let's be honest, that's life, I'm looking at become a magistrate within the family court division in a nearby county court, whilst this is ongoing, I aim to either work to earn some money, to then go on and do a master's degree, though with each day that passes, I move more and more towards plan B. There's a program within England called CILEX, it's the chartered institute for legal executives, which in a summary, apprenticeships and education to come out as a qualified lawyer at the end with *hopefully* a placement in a firm. Yes, it's more education, yes, it's more money, but if I were to take up a part time job, between that, my CV and my education the hope is that it'd be worth it in the long run.
Just you wait, I'll be the one people consult in no time, at least that would be nice.
However, until then, it's about keeping my head down and keeping sane about it all. Recent events have made the latter of the two more difficult and honestly if it hadn't been for one of my coursemates encouraging me to get out of bed every morning, inviting me out to the pub for lunch etc. I probably wouldn't be in such a position where I want to get my life back on track. I owe him, big time and it's not like he's ever gonna read this but he's a real one.
I'd love to give some form of schedule as to how frequently these will be published, I want to say weekly, but some weeks I may just be inspired to write during the week, others I may not have the motivation at all. But thank you, whoever you are, dear reader, for joining me on this journey 💜
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