Occasional comments posted here have shown mild interest in my personal D/L odyssey. I therefore post the most recent development: I transferred my registration to the new (much more expensive) University of London Postgraduate Programme in Laws. I will examine in two "sections" next May, being Jurisprudence A/B. This is in the nature of an experiment. The University's prospectus suggest much enhanced study materials and greater guidance. My tentative goal is to write two sections in May then three sections the following October. Given that the equivalent annual requirment under the old program was eight sections at a sitting, this should be more "doable". If I succeed, I will have earned the University's Postgraduate Certificate in Laws and be halfway to the Postgraduate Diploma in Laws. I am not giving much thought to whether I aspire further than that; the LL.M. itself requires a further six sections. We'll see. It's interesting to note that persons whose period of registration in the old programme has actually EXPIRED (within the last three years) can gain automatic admission to the new programme. I wonder if they are trying to undo some damage, here? It is a relief to have finally decided.
My most sincere congratulations and best wishes on this next academic endeavor. I sincerelly hope it works out for you!
But Dr. Osborne, I've learned from very reliable sources that you didn't just unilaterally decide not to sit for the exams this year, but that you'd actually already flunked out. Why would they allow you into their new program when you've already proven your utter incompetence? I also learned that it took you 48 times to pass the bar. Come on, enough of this charade, why do you think you're good enough for the University of London, of all schools, when you're obviously so lacking in mental faculties? Hey, I got this information from a very reliable source--AED has outed you!
Forty-SEVEN times, please. Exaggeration is not appreciated! Actually, the school does not count my absence at teh last exam cycle (my first) against me. The British don't, apparently; they allowed two "attempts" but an "attempt" is defined as coming to the examination center and writing something. The new programme is stricter. Under most circumstances, you get only ONE shot at an exam instead of two. Maybe AED will at last begin to recognize me for my true worth? Thus far, the silence is deafening!
They're finally giving us our due. But frankly, I could think of far better and more cutting ways to attack my character and intellect--as well as yours--than what I see on those AED threads that involve us. I'm sure you could zing the two of us with a little more bite as well. LOL LF
Cool! Looks like I still get to buy you that graduation pint ;-) And good luck and good hunting! Angela
Dear Nosborne: Good thinking! Good decisioning! Good planning! Much grease to your elbows. You will succeed, no doubt about it, because we know that you will, unreservedly, put in the sweat and the hours and the work. Pray, what is the Yankee or USA equivalent (if any such thing exists) of what you wrote above, to wit: "the University's Postgraduate Certificate in Laws?" I mean, is it something like half of an LL.M. or something? My dear future-US-Supreme-Court-nominee (so say I, sweartogod!), that does not make you half of a full-fledged and pedigreed English barrister, does it?
Nothing so useful as a professional qualification, I'm afraid. The certificate and diploma don't seem to have a U.S. equivalent. I suppose they are somewhat similar to the specialization certificates you can get whilst in a J.D. program but not really. I don't think I've ever seen anything in the U.S. quite like them.
Firstly well done Nosborne. It's nasty having these decisions hanging over you... Jake, Anglela Gilham will have a far more professional response, but the post grad certs and diplomas are fairly common in the UK and often act as a bridge to a full degree. This can be either as an entry qualification of as a modular part of the course. As an example my intended MBA of choice (Henley) is split into three parts. If desired the student can take the first two parts as a 'Diploma in Management', a stand-alone qualification in itself. They can then go onto complete part 3 of the course, the two together will constitute the full MBA. In this instance it acts as a useful MBA course entry method for those who do not possess a Bachelors, as this is not part of the Diploma entry requirements. All the best, Dave C.
Congratulations, nosborne! I am very close to following you, so keep us posted! BTW, can you describe a little more "writing sections"? Is this the written work (papers? essay-style tests? both?) that you submit after studying the course material?
45 minutes, that is short. Now I understand why U of London has the reputation it does for rigor! Are you testing at a British consulate, or are there other proctor sites allowed?
Aaaah. Much now becomes clear! Instead of the standard 3 hour 4 essay exam on a subject, they've split the subject into 4 sections and they're allowing you to be examined on each topic in a section separately. Ewwwww. Not my idea of fun. Angela
Angela, That's right, and you get ONE shot at it. fortiterinre, There are hundreds of testing sites throughout the U.S.
