OK since gaining my teaching qualification, I’ve decided that was not the right direction for my life. I got a job working for Nottingham City Council, and in the last few weeks got promoted to “Court Liaison Officer” which I really enjoy. Basically preparing all the paperwork for hearings and evictions (for non paying tenants or anti-social behaviour) I find it amazingly interesting, so…....
I made the decision that I wanted to persue it further. I’ve been speaking to the lawyers telling them I want to get more involved and they are going to start taking me to court and yesterday I rang the open university about doing an LLB Law Degree in the evenings.
The deadline to start in February is 5th Jan, so I’ve got to make a quick decision! Because I already have a degree in Chemistry, I can transfer 120 credits onto this course, meaning I can do my law degree part-time over the next 3 or 4 years.
The fees aren’t that bad, especially because I’ll be working full time. And if I start going to court and learning what the lawyers do, it’ll be like double studying!!
I’m really excited about this, and teaching is definitely going to sit on the back burner for a while (in fact, I think it was always on the back burner – glad I tried it and realised I didn’t like it though)