Join host Tain as she talks with two first-year international students, Mwambu and Isabella (both at St Chad’s), as they share what it’s like to study Law at Durham.
From their journeys into Durham and their first impressions, to navigating the demands of a law degree, making friends, and building a life beyond academics, they offer an honest and insightful look at the realities of being a law student here.
We cover everything from daily routines and favourite modules to overcoming challenges and finding your place in a new environment. For anyone considering Law at Durham, this episode is packed with practical advice, personal reflections, and encouragement from students who are living it right now.
Timestamps
0:36 – Journey into Durham Law
3:50 – Expectations before arriving
6:55 – A typical day studying law
10:03 – Life beyond law
14:57 – Finding your place at Durham
18:33 – How it feels to study law
23:35 – Most interesting aspects of law
29:25 – Reflections on first year
33:03 – Final words of wisdom
Intro
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Hi, it's me Tian with a Durham student and today I'm here with my law friends to give you guys inside scoops into what
it's like being a law student in Durham. Just giving your Durham stats. So that's your name, college, year group, and a
bonus one, where are you guys from. Hi guys, I'm Isabella. I'm from Hong Kong in St. Chhats College doing law. Hi
guys, I'm Wamboo. I'm in St. Chad's College and I'm from Zambia. Yeah, I guess um just to get started
right away, what was your journey into coming to Durham and like wanting to
Journey into Durham Law
pursue law? Okay, so it's a bit complicated for me. Um I barely scrapped the grades in DSSE,
but I decided to took a gap year because I'm still not sure whether I want to do law. I was struggling between law and
psychology. But like in the end there like I've thought of lot of things like let's say for money prospects, job
prospects and of course I need to respect my family's wishes. So here I am. My journey is kind of a little bit more
straightforward. I've always wanted to do law since I was about 10 years old. I've always planned to come to the UK
because I wanted I wanted it to set me apart in the job market once I became a lawyer. Uh so my ambition is to start my
own firm. So coming to the UK was a decision I made because I wanted to equip my skills myself with the skills
that would kind of set me apart from everyone else back home. Uh coming to Durham was a little bit more complicated
because I had such a wide variety of choice. I got all of my choices um from my UKcast list. So it was pretty much a
which one is the best and I feel like Durham was the best thing for me and yeah there's history
to add on. So I was initially designing between Durham and Manchester Law because for Manchester I think for my
year there are around like at least 10 students in like in my year in my school
that went to Manchester Uni. But like I don't think there are any like students from my old um high school
that went to Durham. So I was struggling at first. But I feel like Durham Law is
more is more like um wellknown and it kind of gives a more successful and
poshy vibe story. But yeah, so it's because it sounds more prestigious. So that's why I chose Durham than
Manchester. Uh my choice for Durham was pretty much it wasn't a prestige thing because one
of my choices was Cambridge and I did actually get into Cambridge but uh wasn't so successful on offer day but
that's a story for another time. The reason why I chose Durham was the community feel because when I visited Durham, I visited Durham outside of TDA.
So I saw Durham the city. I didn't see Durham the university. So when I saw Durham the city, I was greeted by loads
of people who no who had no idea where I was from, who had no reason to greet me whatsoever, no reason to be that nice to
me, but for some reason they were. And this community in Durham sort of spoke
to me. I said if I want to go somewhere that's supposed to develop me
holistically, not just develop me academically and whatnot because you can have all the prestige in the world, but
if you're not holistic, then there's no value for you in the workplace. So I decided to make the decision to
come to Durham because it was the more holistic choice for me. I could have gone to Liverpool, I could have gone to York, I could have gone to Leeds, but
Durham was the one that spoke to me the most and said, "This is the place for you." And that's what made me decide to
pick Durham. It picked me before I picked it. Oh, that's a great way of phrasing it.
And then I guess yeah, um, staying back in time like when you guys Yeah. before you were coming to Durham, like what was
some of the assumptions you had or like how has expectations compared to
Expectations before arriving
reality? Has anything changed or has anything surprised you in any sense at being in Dura? Not gonna lie, I was
binge watching YouTube videos on how to choose a college and well my cousin my cousin initially chose Durm Law uh and
she picked Chads and she and she also went to like a lot of open days and she told me well it's actually a pretty nice
college for her and I initially just wanted to like follow her footsteps and whatnot but like for now I get the ch
like I I get a chance to choose my colleges then I started like watching those like a a lot of videos, but I
don't think there are a lot actually to be honest. We'll work on that. But uh like at the end I chosen chats because
it's kind of ridiculous, but it's more like in the Bailey. It's kind of like the less
posh college that you can get. It's more like it's more down to earth.
It's more down to earth and well people are kind of rumored to be nice. So I was like, "Okay, fine. I wanted the Bailey
lifestyle. So why not? Most people back home don't really know much about Durham because uh back in
Zambia if you do have the privilege to go abroad because not everyone gets the privilege. If you do get the privilege
to go abroad the most well-known universities are probably Nottingham, Leeds, uh places like that, Manchester.
So I didn't have much much of I didn't have much avenue to make assumptions about Durham. I had I have one friend
who's in um she's currently in second year. Her name is Divia. She told me quite a bit about Durham because obviously she came before me and she
told me she had a wonderful time at Durham and honestly I believed her because if anyone has good judgment it's
Dia. So ultimately I took her word and obviously you know when you watch videos
on Tik Tok watch videos on YouTube as much as they do provide a perspective
that's just a single story and there's a danger in just listening to just a single story. So obviously I
took Divia's testimony. I took testimonies from YouTube and Tik Tok and things like that. And then obviously
visiting Durham before I actually made my choice then like made me build um a
more a more informed knowledge of Durham. So I wouldn't say I had assumptions per se, but I suppose my
only assumption was wow this place is a ghost town. Like wow, it must be in the
middle of nowhere. I'm not going clubbing anytime soon. But that that assumption was quickly changed.
We have a social life. Exactly. It was quickly changed when I first went to Jimmy's. And then you can tell that MUM is a law
student like just through, you know, like you said, don't just look at one thing. Look at all the different evidences and like also if you do want
to contact someone like to speak on one, there's unibody which you can reach out to like live students like it's actually
students responding to. So, if you did want more insider, but hopefully we're gonna give you guys enough today. And
yeah, um just moving on um back to like now you're in Durham. What has your
typical day looked like studying law? Oh, wow. I wouldn't say I have a typical
A typical day studying law
day cuz to be honest, my typical day is kind of boring, not going to lie. So, it's more So, it's more like let's say
um let's say on Tuesdays. So, you go to your a.m. luxury. If you can wake
up, then um wake up. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Like for an hour, then head back to your dorm. And if there's a
tutorial, then prep for that. If you've done that before, then um just make
lunch cuz I love out. So, um and go to the lecture at 2, right? Yeah. I go to
lecture at 2. Then later on, like for an hour, that's it. I guess
that's my typical day. Yeah. Uh, my typical day is kind of different cuz I like to switch things up.
I feel like there's a danger in being too complacent in a routine. So, I like to surprise myself almost. So, obviously
preparing for a lecture, usually when I have a.m. I'm up at cuz I I like I I like my time, you know.
I like I like a good hour of a whole shower, moisturize, all of that. I like
to do that in the morning. He likes his skincare routine. Exactly. So obviously get prepped for
the morning, have breakfast. You don't want to start the day on an empty stomach. That's too expensive. Um so
after lectures I pretty much say what study space haven't I explored? So be it
the Bill Bryson library or um the Anne Gilbert room in um or yeah
the yeah the study room in the law school um Elvet Riverside all sorts of
places. The Durham Student Union. So I pick a study place. I say, you know what? I'm going to study over there. Sit
down, do as much as as much work as I can. I like to mix and match. So, if I do maybe an hour of contract, an hour of
toilet, a little bit of this, a little bit of that, prepare for my seminars, kind of do some reading, and then, you
know, I'm back home. And once I'm back home, I've sort of put in a routine that
everything that I do school-wise, I'm not carrying school into my room with me. It's like I don't bring work home.
Oh, yeah. That's a clear distinction. Yeah. So once I'm in my room, I'm in my room to chill. So if I don't if I don't
want to sit down and chill, I won't be in my room. But if I want to chill, I'll be in my room. And that's kind of like
my typical day. So just surround it around that. Cuz honestly, if you just pick a like a stuck routine for a day,
you're going to get quite bored of it. And you'd be doing things like a chore instead of doing things because you have
to. So I like to mix it up a little bit. If I get too bored then cuz I love out.
So, I have like a lot of flat mates. Um, one of the nicest ones called Lyanna. She's really nice and we'll occasionally
bake together and we'll have dinner. A that's so sweet. Um, I guess a lot of people's assumption with studying law is
that it's very intense, difficult, you have to study all the time and you guys seem to like manage balancing. So, like
I guess for people out there thinking that it's intense like um and law is all
you do, is that necessarily true? Um, what do you guys do beyond law? For one
Life beyond law
part that I'd say is you like everyone will struggle I think. Well, maybe it's
just me, but um I struggled at first to adapt to the writing style and everything cuz it's really different.
So, let's say like back in Hong Kong, we took the English exam called like the DSSE English. So, like I got a like I
got a pretty good grade there. Okay. But the full marks in that DSSE English
doesn't mean that you're capable at like writing a law essay that is fit to uni
standards. I really needed to like adapt to the like to the writing style and how
like the professors are going to judge it. So I did struggle back then. But
how did you overcome that struggle would you say? I asked a lot of um my tutors
and also my peers and also like someone that is from like another department
that's not from law to read my essay and see like what kind of like logical fallacies do I have and how to correct
that. So that really helped a lot. But in terms of like non-law aspects, I'd say
try to go for some like like try to go and join some clubs or try to discover
something new that you were like afraid to try before or that um you just like
you just feel like let's say I like I joined u the Japanese society because I
am interested in Japanese culture and I do speak a bit Japanese. So um that's
why I joined these like societies that are not law ones just to keep your like
your life more diverse. Yeah. Um for me, let me preface this by saying
whatever I do isn't a one-sizefits- all thing. Everyone is everyone is
different. But one thing I can assure you is that when you do start uni, you will struggle. And you'll struggle because the work is
very intensive. You might think, "Oh, I'm just doing one subject. It's not like school. I'm doing one subject that
I actually picked." As much as you are doing one subject, you're doing the work of, imagine the work of all of your A
levels, all of your GCSEs. Imagine all of that packed into one particular subject. That's what a university degree
is like. And law is kind of similar. Law involves a lot of reading, um, a lot of intense understanding. So, in terms of
intensity, yes, law is intense, but what makes it more intense is not having a
balance. I know it might seem like law firms all over the world won't pick you if you
don't get your first in first year, if you don't get a 21-1 or if you're not um living breathing the law. Like it might
seem that way, but I can tell you that the opposite is true. Law firms,
employers, anyone in this world is looking for someone who has personality beyond what they study. So, as a result,
my sort of interests outside of law, um, stuff like I do theater. So, I've been
doing theater since I was 12 years old. Um, I write poetry. Um, I listen to loads of music. I used to write, mix,
master, and make my own music as well. Come on. Um, I also dabbled a little bit in
boxing. I did call it rugby, college football, things like that just to keep
myself from worrying too much about my degree because it is quite worrying and it is quite scary. But it becomes more
intense for you when it controls every aspect of your life. Yes, do go and join
law society. Do go and join bar society. I'm part of those societies. But same here, they shouldn't be your be all and end
all. allow yourself to explore because this is this moment that you have in university is going to be the last
moment that you have to truly do things for yourself. So true because once you become an adult now you
have family to take care of. Now you have responsibilities to not just yourself but to your workmates and
everything. So enjoy yourself while you can. If you've never done rowing before,
sign up for rowing. If you've never acted before, please please sign up for a play. you might find me. Durham
Theater is a lovely, lovely community. If you ever run into me while we're doing a show, just say, "Hey, I listened
to your podcast when I was when I was in A levels and it really calmed me down and I'll give you a high five. Probably
won't buy you anything because I don't have much money, but yeah, life as a uni student is quite
broke." Yeah. All I can say is enjoy yourself. Enjoy yourself and explore.
Yeah, give yourself grace, guys. Like I know coming out of back of A level like everyone's worked really hard but you're
at university you deserve to be there and I know like a big struggle is like imposter syndrome feeling like am I
qualified to be here I don't know if you guys have had that with law like you know the competitiveness of like do I
deserve to be here and I guess yeah how have you like found your feet like coming to Durham like you know back from
Finding your place at Durham
fresher week till now like how have you seen this year like you settling in and
what tips would you give for settling in it. One piece of big advice, don't ever compare yourself to anyone else because
everyone is different. So what I did was that I to be honest like even till now
I'm still like experiencing bits of imposter syndrome because unlike everyone durm is my firm choice instead
of like an insurance. So you would like the rumors of like oh having a lot of Oxbridge rejects well if you go and ask
someone whether they're an Oxford reject or not then they are going to tell you the answer yes or no. But the problem is
why are you asking this question? Because you're seeking for like what approval or are you seeking for someone
that is way better than you or you're seeking something else. So let's say if you don't care you don't ask like that
person then that person just remains like someone that is still like let's
say on the same level of you you assume it then it will be like slightly better.
For me as an international student, it was a was a weird switch. Yeah. Because life outside of the UK and life
in the UK is completely different. And usually you run into situations where people will automatically assume that
you understand what in the world is going on. I know um I struggled particularly when
people would talk about places like Manchester being northern or Durham being northern. In my head, I would I
would think, well, geographically speaking, Durham is northern, but Manchester is more central. But it's
it's things like that that will initially make you think, and it's not just international students. Home students might feel this as well because
Durham is really diverse um in terms of people's backgrounds and where they come from and things like that. So, you might
feel as though I don't belong here. I I'm really out of my depth. That's just
a lie that you're telling yourself because you're scared. Honestly, um my
key to fitting in was if someone doesn't like me
while I'm being authentic, then they don't deserve me kind of thing. Um so that was kind of like my mindset going
in. Be as authentic as you can. Be you. There's no point in being fake or
pretending and things like that because it's much more putrid when you pretend than when you're actually authentic. And
you might come
the whole of the whole of your university life. So be out there, explore, you know, allow yourself to
just be with everything and you'll fit in much quicker that way rather than you
thinking, "Oh, this person like me. Oh, this person like me. Should I wear these clothes? Maybe these people like it.
maybe I should wear a Pink Floyd shirt because I want to hang out with the rock crowd kind of thing.
Um, so yeah, just be yourself and trust me, the imposter syndrome will be there
at first, but it will simply just fade away, especially when you find your people. Like Moi said, there's such a diversity
of students, so you can find your people. And we'll be having an episode about how do you find your people. But
yeah, moving back onto law. So, I'm sure there's a lot of um future lawyers probably watching this. Um what have you
felt like um how have you felt your degree is like, you know, in terms of what did you really enjoy like studying?
What does a lecture look like? What do seminars even look like? Um and yeah,
How it feels to study law
how have you found studying law in general? Okay, so lectures they last for an hour.
Mhm. And for our first year, we don't get to choose um modules. We only have like uh
compulsory modules. Compulsory modules. Yeah, we have five then. Yeah, six if you're in like if
you're including the English law one, but that's like only for the first term. And also there's this thing called like
the employment course, but that one do you count it? I'm
It's more um to increase your employability skills once you finish. So it's not exactly a course that you
need to study. So each only have five and um we have seminars for um but like
to be honest seminars and tutorials they're basically the same thing where like there's just a group of people gathered here and you have your tutorial
sheet uh which is basically like um past papers or like essay questions or like problem based questions for you to
prepare then um just present it to the class but for each tutor like their
tutoring method may be different. So let's say for um let's say for UK con
which which is short for UK constitutional law. Uh for our group it's more like um a group discussion
then we present our ideas to others and by these efforts we all finish one
tutorial sheet. Yeah. Um I'm going to sound like I work for Durham Law School but trust me they have
not endorsed this video. I haven't gotten a single pound of them. Um but
the Durham law course I feel is one of the better taught courses because first of all our degree is split into two. So
it's taught two ways. First with lectures and tutorials and seminars. So lectures um you'll be happy to know that
the lectures are optional but please do go for your lectures because if you miss a lecture trust me it shows. I I had a
teacher in high school who would tell me that you can miss my classes as much as you want or you cannot pay attention in
my class as much as you want but you will pay with your marks and it's exactly the same with DM law school as
much as lectures are optional and they are recorded so all of them are recorded the slides are all available they're all
there on blackboard which is our learning site as much as all of that is available please do make an effort to go
for lectures uh seminars and tutorials on the other hand are compulsory so seminars The tutorials will have smaller
groups of about 10 to 15 people maximum probably and you'll each be assigned a
tutor. Um so the tutor will be working you through the content for that week. So you get a reading list specifically
for your seminars that will be separate from your D your reading list on your lectures and you have some accompanying
questions that you have to answer. So these are discussion questions. Uh so during that session it's about an hour
you break down with your peers. Um each tutorial does each tutorial leader sort
of does their tutorials differently. Uh but all of my tutorial leaders have been excellent in terms of they break us down
into small groups. They make us discuss small questions. Um they have very very patient with you. I know it might seem
like I shouldn't talk in a seminar. I shouldn't talk in a tutorial because if I say something, I'll sound dumb. But
there's no such thing because our tutors are really, really good at encouraging
people to speak and encouraging them to even give wrong answers and then gently correcting. No one will shout at you. No
one will call you dumb. No one will say that you're not well read enough. Unless you've made a concerted effort not to
read, that will show. But if you've made an effort, the tutors will be very nice to you, very kind to you. Um, just to
talk a little bit about first year modules. Most courses allow you to pick your modules in first year, but law
won't do that for a very very very particular reason. So for you to have a
qualifying law degree in the UK, you need some foundational modules. So these foundational modules are contract law,
EU law. I know EU law seems pointless since we left since we left the EU but
but but but another debate but I don't want to spoil it but you'll see it is necessary. Uh so we have
contract law, EU law, TOR law, um tort law, we also have UK constitutional law,
individual and the state and English law, introduction to English law and legal method which basically teaches you
okay these are some terms that they use in English law. This is how the English legal system works. This is how you
answer essays. this is how you answer problem questions and things like that just to teach you how to get into your
degree. Um then in second and third year obviously you have more choice. So if
anything that is the quickest summary I could give you of the whole guide on how Durham teaches a law degree and
if you have any more questions please please please do put it in the comments down below guys.
Um, so yeah, I guess more per more uh I can't say this word specific
specific. You guys know what I'm on about within law? Like what did you like? Did you
learn something new or found really interesting like perhaps in your reading or in a lecture that you were just like
Most interesting aspects of law
whoa like Yeah. I don't know if you had any of those. Um yeah. Okay. So surprisingly cuz like coming
from a non-EU background and with like it was like the UK now
like not in the EU obviously. So I once hated you uh I once hated EU law so much
because it is like it is absolutely unnecessary for me. That's what I thought. But turns out the module that I
like the most is well EU law and also like let's say for other like
other modules other subjects let's say for um individual state which is some we
learned something like human rights and judicial review um I like for some process that I thought it's going to be
really simple turns out it's going to be really complicated and the debates that they have is also something that I've
never really anticipate ated when I learned law because the one like the one assumption that everyone may have is
that okay we are going to learn something really practical because it's a really practical subject
for like for law but actually like in order to fully understand it you need to
like immerse yourself into the debates so let's say if I were to be more
specific um maybe let's say in toward uh duty of
fair you have exceptions and those exceptions it may sound a bit unfair
let's say for um let's say for fair child or you you'll learn about this later um it like for me I personally
think that it's kind of a bit unfair to doctors so I actually got into a really
heated debate with like with the lecturer at that time but like in the end the problem's all
solved so like this is something that is um something that I didn't really
anticipate beforehand, but I did learn a lot by like having conversations or like
asking quote dumb questions because they like when it's given as a dumb question.
Yeah. There's no such thing. And because like when they do answer you, they'll give a really like thorough explanation
and you understand it more than before. Uh, a big wow moment for me when I
started law was learning how to sue people. You see, with tort law, tort law
teaches you all the different ways that you could take civil action against someone. And I kid you not, some of them
are very, very surprising. For instance, if you wanted to sue someone for a battery, simple unwanted,
let me use the actual definition. The application of unlawful force is a
battery. Now, that that unlawful force needs to be outside of what is the regular conduct of daily life. Meaning
that if someone randomly decides to push you while you're walking the middle of the street, this is not a concert, it's
not a club, anything like that. If someone decides to push you for no apparent reason whatsoever, you could
have a claim for them in battery. Obviously, you'd have to prove it, but you could have a claim for them in battery. What I'm illustrating by this
rather silly point is that I learned within DM law school that law has practical applications in life. That
might sound like, wow, Mambu, that's so surprising. Wow, law is practical. But what I mean
by that is that you can build your understanding of how the law works by using simple everyday examples. You
don't have to think of law as this big thing that oh all the big judges that went to Oxford and Cambridge really
understand how to break down the law. You could break down the law to a six-year-old and they will get it if you just have your understanding built up
enough where you can break it down to simple examples. Um another thing that I realized was the
skill of argument. You hear lots of people say, "Oh, I picked law because I just love to fight." As much as people
do say that, a fight in law is very different from a fight that you'd have with a friend over, I don't know, them
wearing shoes that you liked or or them hanging out with a guy that you like
kind of thing. By the way, that's that's a valid reason to cut someone off. If they hang out with the guy that you like, cut them off.
argument in law is so intricate in terms of you have your main argument, you have
counterarguments to your main argument. You're then using those counterarguments to strengthen your argument even more.
The thing is with law, your argument doesn't necessarily have to be correct. It's how well you can prove it. I could
very well tell you that Isabella's shirt is black even though Isabella shirt is white. But if I use enough legal
evidence to prove that Isabella's shirt might not actually be all that white and
could very well be black, I win the argument. Is actually legally black. So like same.
Okay. Same thing like tor law in defamation, let's say. Okay. So
uh not pretty well well legal advice is that be careful what you speak and what
you type and what you post on the net because because it is something that is
tangible. If it is something that is tangible permanent then it is actually an like
the statement is actually action like it's actionable actionable.
Yeah, as you can see law students talk in a different way, in a different language, but don't worry, you're like I think you
learn. And then I guess I know both of you too are first year like myself. I guess how have you feel like you know
reflecting how have you feel like this year went? I know you guys are both like so gracious given their time in middle
Reflections on first year
of exams but how have you found like from fresher week till now? Like how have you grown? How have you found law?
How have you adapted? I think I've evolved to a different person to be honest. like at the start of freshest week, everything is like,
"Oh yeah, I'll be fine. Just writing a few essays and like and like just enjoy my like just enjoy my UK life in the
fullest cuz like cuz like Hong Kong unis are pretty stressed out and there's even like like a university that they said is
quote quote like not from me quote like they said it's like a lot of stress and
tension. But I'm like okay well since I'm not in Hong Kong I'm in UK now so I can just like peace out. No, no, you're
entirely wrong. Like, like I still need to work hard and everything, but in the
process of working hard, you actually do learn a lot of stuff. Well, including the including the advices that we that
that like that we gave just now is something that you wouldn't have learned like if you're not really like really
drilling into your materials and like learning it. And also like you need to
learn how to talk to people. you need to learn how to socialize cuz it's emotional intelligence.
Yes, it's like really different from the way that Hong Kong works.
So, for now, like I think I have spoken differently and I think my personality
did change quite a lot compared. So, I'd say like this first year really changed me a lot. Well, aside from my waist size growing a
couple inches in this year. Um, aside from that, I feel like in terms of
growth, I've become a more open person. So, usually when you come
from usually when you come from all sorts of diverse backgrounds, especially when you come from um backgrounds that
are particularly sheltered, reserved, that kind of thing, your mind is not open to all sorts of possibilities and
all sorts of things being possible. But first year at this uni for me has sort of opened my eyes to different people's
lives. You know, it's called sa. The realization that people's lives are just as complicated as yours. I have had
extreme moments of s ever since I came to Durham. And I also feel like and bringing this back to law, I also feel
like doing this law degree has turned me into a person that saw things in a very
simplistic light, very surface level. Now I see the deeper issues. Now I see the nuances. Now I see all sorts of the
complications. You know, I don't just see a phone as a phone. I now see a
phone as um this was manufactured, this was designed by a company all the way in California, sent over to China,
manufactured by dubious labor practices, and then sent back for us to, you know,
have them as consumers. You know what I mean? Law allows you to look behind the curtain, so to speak, on life, that your
eyes are not only open, but your perspective on life is more full because it's much more fulfilling to see the
depth of things rather than just the surface. Trust me, the water looks much nicer underneath the surface than it
does when it's shining with the sunlight on top of it. That's a pretty This is branching to philosophy. It's reminded me of a Socrates quote. It's
better to be a pig dis No, not it's better to be a human dissatisfied than a
pig satisfied. Yeah, but okay. Um, so we're reaching. Thank you so much guys
for staying on so long. Hope you if you have comment down below, send in hearts and I just guess to sign off. Um, what
would be your final words of wisdom? Like final push like what would be your
Final words of wisdom
ultimate advice to a prospectus law student? Be yourself. be prepared to
face a lot of challenges and um persevere I hope.
Yeah, trust me your life starts now. This is the point where this is the real
beginning of your life where you get to decide on your terms. Before your parents decided where you go, what you
ate, things like that. Now it's your time to decide the direction that your life will go. And if you choose your
life to go into a direction that you don't like, that's up to you. But if you want your life to go into the direction
that you want, that you need, you have to put the work behind it. Especially in a place like this. Durham Law School is
quite a competitive law school. We have over 400 students in first year. Exactly. One of the very best. We have
over 400 students in first year. All of them want the same thing that you want, but how much more do you want it?
And my final final piece of advice before I keep on rambling is you should have picked Chads. If you didn't pick
Chads, you should have picked Chads. Don't worry if you're not in Chad. We do not mind everyone. I feel like whichever
college you do end up like you find your feet in that college as well. Yeah, you'll enjoy it. Yeah,
let's come to CHZ by the way. And then I guess yeah, I feel like just wrapping up from what you guys said,
it's like um guys like have fun. Like university is such a short time. Like we
will finish first year. We're like how are we no longer fresher? And like it's okay to make mistakes. You'll find your
feet and like you get out how much you put in. Okay. And that's a wrap. So thank you guys so much for listening in
and yeah, we hope to see you when you're in Durham. Bye bye.
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