Studying Law Abroad- an exciting experience
View(s):The NCHS has launched the “Two Plus One LL.B. Degree” of the highly acclaimed Ulster University, where the third and final year has to be spent in Ulster. This is the only LL.B. programme currently offered in Sri Lanka which requires the third year to be spent in a foreign university which is the award granting institution.
Dr. Dayanath Jayasuriya P.C.
Ulster University is a young, dynamic and innovative university with a spirit that transforms lives, stretches minds, develops skills and raises ambitions. International students from over 100 countries worldwide choose Ulster every year for the unique experience studying in Northern Ireland offers them. According to its website, it receives over 35,000 undergraduate applications each year. “Whatever your personal or professional ambitions, we have an exciting range of courses designed to prepare you for a successful future and a rewarding career. Experience first class teaching, an inclusive learning environment, outstanding facilities and resources, and ongoing support to help you realize your goals.
From affordable tuition fees and accommodation to high graduate employability, Ulster University offers international students an outstanding UK study experience that prepares international students as leaders in their future careers.
Laura Tucker, a graduate of Queen Mary, University of London and a former staff writer for TopUniversities.com has listed 25 good reasons as to the benefits of studying abroad. Some of the reasons are self-evident but it is useful for prospective students and their parents to gain some insight into the numerous benefits of the opportunity to study abroad. In this short piece, we just explore five such benefits:
1. An impressive CV
The starting point for the application for a job is the submission of your biodata or the curriculum vitae. Where it is evident that you have had exposure at a reputed foreign university you are considered as a ’premium candidate’. With increasing numbers of law graduates with degrees from foreign universities completed entirely in Sri Lanka competing for jobs in multinational firms and international organizations, Ulster University Law graduates who have studied at the Ulster University in Northern Ireland will have a distinct advantage over others.
2. Living and studying in a foreign country is completely different to a holiday
Unlike visiting a city for fun-filled holiday, living in a country means you get totally ‘immersed’ in your studies and campus-based social and cultural activities. In the context of studying law, you get an opportunity of witnessing how trials are conducted and Justice is administered. Each legal system is distinctive from others. You will get an opportunity at times to meet leading lawyers and gain some first-hand insight into how well they prepared and handled the case for their clients. Some of these lawyers may eventually become your referees for international jobs.
3. Meet a diverse range of people studying abroad and make lifelong friends
As Laura points out, “Your exposure to many different types of people will not only help you to develop your people skills, but it will also give you a firmer knowledge of others, both friend and foe.” Keeping in touch with some of your new friends would help you to exchange views and may even lead to getting the opportunity for invitations for foreign jobs, foreign seminars and conferences.
4. Exposure to Different Learning and Teaching Processes
Even though we tend to mirror courses on a weekly basis, each lecturer has a distinctive style of lecturing and interpreting the law and facts. You will encounter lecturers and scholars from different jurisdictions adopting a completely new way of teaching. “This can be daunting, but it will also open your mind to new ways of learning.”
5. Personality changes
You learn to be self-reliant even though you will have access to a mentor or counselor. On your return you will be less reliant on your parents and elder siblings and assume more responsibility for yourself. You will get accustomed to cultural sensitivities and be able to view matters from a more holistic international perspective. You will tend to reflect on different value systems and cultural practices and their relevance to law-making and administration.
All in all, the NCHS- Ulster University “Two Plus One” LL.B. Degree offers a new opportunity for you to study for one year, along with some 28,000 other students, spread over the 5 campuses of the Ulster University in the multi-cultural city of Belfast.