About my college education:
Taking up political science was fun, I became socially aware, abreast with current developments, learned to appreciate the political dynamics in our country. I excelled back in college, graduated with honors and was active in various extra curricular activities.
After college, I took up Law, it was not a walk in the park. I was exposed to my ignorance, that there were still a lot of things that I really do not know. In law school, you have to split hairs, study every night, burn the midnight oil, prepare for recitations everyday.
Skills that I've acquired in my study political science and Law are logical thinking, creative skills, comprehensive analysis, proper grammar. You can't take everything at their face value, I learned to dig dipper, analyze, fully comprehend the facts, pay attention to detail while meeting established deadlines. Also, I appreciated the socratic method in learning, with that method, I got to improve memorization skills and argumentation skills.
My current job:
Lawyer
Am I using what I learned in college:
Definitely, I've developed logical skills and analytical skills. Solutions to clients problems have to be approached whollistically, from various aspects. with my education, I was able to learn how to address client problems, search for authorities, gather supporting documents, investigate, be coherent. Also, writing and oral advocacy in the law profession is an important tool in supporting a client's cause, the interpersonal/argumentation skills I learned in college and law school helped a lot.
How long did it take to find a job:
After graduation then bar exam. After the bar exam, I took a three month vacation, and after my vacation I started to look for work, it took me perhaps around two weeks after sending my resume.
Do I recommend studying Laws:
Yes. There are only around 60,000 lawyers in the Philippines, compared to other professions, it is still a small number. Once you're a lawyer you can venture into different professions applying your legal knowledge- business, journalism, marketing, diplomacy, foreign affairs, politics, finance and the like. The salary of a lawyer at first is small, but once it would be better to get the experience first.
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