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The Inferiority Complex
post Aug 13 2016, 09:51 PM

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Guys, I needs help.
I'm going to start my Year 2 UOL.
And I have no idea how to choose the optional subjects between EU Law, Commercial Law and Family Law.
I know if you want to take Bar in UK then you have to take EU Law.
But if I choose to take EU Law, then should I choose Commercial Law or Family Law?
Is Commercial Law very important for you to get in big company?
If I am not going to take EU Law, that means I have to take CLP.
Is CLP really that difficult to do? I am kinda worried about this.

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The Inferiority Complex
post Aug 17 2016, 06:34 PM

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QUOTE(timo1003 @ Aug 17 2016, 01:27 AM)
I'm not entirely sure whether you'd really need eu law to qualify for the btpc programme (no offence i took it a few years ago, things may have changed since then) so you probably have to do some homework and be sure on that..

What do you mean exactly by 'big company'? A legal firm or just any big nonlegal company? Tbh your question is a bit subjective (though the general mindset may say commercial law>family law).. Different law firms may apply different considerations on the modules taken during your degree.. Even one who's never taken family law during his/her degree years can still excel later on in family law practice (working).. No wrong or right answer here..

And i really don't get the 'mindset' of thinking that clp is harder than other bars.. If you look at the stats (instead of hearsay), you'll notice the passing rate is more or less the same (remember the entry level for both exams are quite different..)  not to say the bar is more 'high class' though.. Cause if you're gonna practice in msia, they are a stepping stone to legal practice.. That's all..
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UOL has come out with a new regulation insisting that Year 2 students have to take EU Law to obtain a Qualifying Law Degree.

I mean those large finance or commercial companies which have their own legal team or legal advisers.
So, if next time I decide not to stay at law firms, then I may go for this.
Haha, according to my seniors, they said students in commercial law class are far larger than the students in family law class.
Maybe family law in Malaysia is not so popular, I guess ... LOL.

Because I always heard people saying CLP is more difficult than BPTC.
My college coordinator said last time she took clp and she failed 2 subjects out of 5 subjects, and if she wanted to resit, then she had to resit for all 5 subjects, not only that particular 2 failed subjects.
Maybe she meant that it's difficult in the sense that the process of doing it is too bulky or what.
And then she decided to go to UK to do BPTC, and she passed.


 

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