One of the things that pops up all the time when people ask me about my law degree is whether I want to be admitted as a solicitor or a barrister. Just to confirm, the difference is about 100 000 dollars a year in salary and you need to be admitted as a solicitor first. I should also mention that attorney is a word that is used in America.
God, it really pisses me off when people are all like " Oh! So you will be a fully qualified attorney?" NO! I will be a lawyer. In the good old British sense of the word. I also like the words knickers and mollycoddling. What of it?
If you call me an attorney, I will start calling myself Shirley Schmidt.
In addition to this, I want to avoid confusion by saying that the only bar I plan to spend any time at in the near future is the tennis club across the road, drinking 4 dollar ports and playing trivia.
An aspiring journalist, advocate for justice and Justice Kirby fanatic is working towards graduation, a real job, and all her big ideas. So really, this is a place for practising those ideas. For practising real life. For penning my youth. All that.
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