erm..is there any chance for STPM students to take up like part time job at law firms?do they need us?does that help for a student who wants to further his/her study in law?

Hello I have a few questions about law studies (related), hope someone can help me out here...

I'm currently a STPM leaver waiting for results, and I'm aiming for either local u's or NUS (if my results are >3.8 then I'll give NUS a try). Here are the q's:

1) Must law students be the debate-ish type to succeed? I can (and love) to read and write, and generally tend to notice fine prints, but I've only debated twice inter-class and I wasn't the most confident or outstanding one (that was in form 6...before that in F5 i wanted to join inter class debate but my teacher rejected me for those 'already good ones', sigh)

2) For NUS law, besides the stellar results, if I didn't have any outstanding CCAs beyond school level will there be high chances that they won't even look at my application? Is there anything that I can put in the CCA and essay section that can be of some worth? Does the same criteria hold true of scholarship applications? Heard their law is super2 competitive.

I've been to an old folks home, a blind fellowship (we organized a Christmas play for them) and a refugee school before, but both were under church activities (meaning: no cert), and also this outdoor camp for uniformed bodies in school where there was a participation cert...I also write for a local webzine.

No spectacular achievement though.

*my fault lo, I didn't start young...only got active in form 4, but just ahli aktif, no national level stuffs...in form 6 I tried very, very hard to redeem myself, and got elected to quite a few top posts in school, but nothing beyond school, maklumlah my school is a kampung school, nice but not one of those schools. NUS seems to be fond of ppl who were in the Olympiads...

right now I'm interning for a law firm doing property/conveyancing law...good experience but this also means no time to do some national level stuff etc...*

3) For the UPU form, according to the new format, if I want to apply to research u's then I have to make a minimum of 8 choices (that's how I understand it...correct me if I'm wrong)...there's not enough law degrees in M'sia to make 8 choices lah..the remaining choices have to put other courses...as far as I know only UM, UKM, UUM and UniSZA got...UiTM forget it as I'm not Bumi...

* it can feel funny when one tells everyone that I want to do law but end up doing something else...it's like 'aiya, why I say it so fast?'

Thank you...and I'm sorry if there's too many unrelated stuff here ya...

hey guys ,so i come here with a list of some university.Maybe u heard of it or oppositely,but what would be the best choice for you if you are going to pursuing LLB degree?

1)University of Manchester
2)University of Liverpool
3)Queen's University Belfast
4)University of Warwick
5)University of Shefield
6)University of Southampton

please leave comments.Thx.

ok and thx for your information buddy!!I think now my highest aim would be either warwick or manchester.Correct me if i'm wrong . 

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Added on March 21, 2012, 7:35 pm

And what would that be? do you mean money?

Well, without a 2:1 (second upper), it would be difficult to get into the top firms. Won't kill your career in law tho. You can still get into a good firm and succeed in practice and make a name for yourself without a 2:1 provided u read law in a good uni and appear good enough at your interviews. Top firms, in their attempt to screen candidates, will always prefer 2:1 holders and above from reputable unis.