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During high school I didn’t really have an interest in languages; if I am honest I couldn’t see the point and never really understood the grammar. I figured what was the point in putting in all those hours for a week in France or perhaps a weekend away in Germany. It turns out that was pretty short sighted...

Today, All About Law released some of our user statistics to see the general trends of law students in the UK. According to the latest statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency there are just fewer than 90,000 law students in the UK. The majority of those will be studying English and Welsh Law. We took a sample of over 2500 students and took at look at what aspiring lawyers are aiming for in the future.

Hindsight is such a wonderful thing. Time really does seem to move very quickly, summer barely seems to have passed, but there is no escaping this sharp, cool winter air.

I imagine lots of people tuned in to watch Question Time last night to what Mr Griffin had to say. I was interested to see what he would say and how his party would be portrayed. Everyone seems to have a lot of opinions on the BNP but I do wonder how much of that is based on hear say?

A fairly modern concept by all accounts. In recent years it has been particularly prevalent in public bodies and political speech. I would like to consider whether this is a useful idiom, or linguistic filler people say to seem concerned, fair and just and whether there are even such things as equal opportunities.

The new Supreme Court is here as I am sure everyone is aware. For the first time in U.K some cases will be televised…

I spent the first half hour of this morning looking through some law forums posting a few, hopefully useful comments. I came across one lady… this is her situation:

In my fourth year I spent a lot of time thinking about what I wanted to do. I became enthralled in my dissertation topic and briefly considered an academic route. It got me thinking about the purpose of the law degree and what it prepares the undergraduate for once they have graduated.