Law for the Sound Engineering Sot

Law for the Sound Engineering Sot Because nothing's as fun as an unused degree amirite

#1 Maark Abbott

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 08:23 PM

I find myself in an odd place, and I wonder if there's guidance that anyone cam provide me.

I'm 27. I've been doing the same sort of thing for nearly four years now, getting nowhere particularly quickly. I've made some initial enquiries with suits at work regarding looking into the CILEx route (for UK legal qualification) and I wonder if anyone has experience with this? I've had a peripheral glance at the website but personal experience is always better than a collection of pretty looking HTML.

What I'd be looking for is advice on timescale, cost... basically, what it'd entail. I know there are a lot of briefcase-wielders on here, hence I reckon this is the best place to start digging.

And it'd be an easier way to make a decent living than trying to get back into sound engineering...

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#2 HiddenOne

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Posted 06 February 2015 - 10:35 PM

Do it if you have the opportunity & skill. Unless you live in hub of musical industry, I think it's really hard to make a living in audio.

EDIT: Let me add, that if you aren't really worried about money, and you can be happy and find work in audio, do it. I am a jaded grouch at times.

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#3 Maark Abbott

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 08:06 PM

Unfortunately in the UK it's so niche that to get into it you need the means to start up your own studio or go the live route, in which earning a living wage seems to entail being a touring sound guy, which wouldn't be practical.

I'm quite keen to know how our resident legal minds (UK preferred) got into their present positions.

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#4 amphibian

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Posted 07 February 2015 - 08:21 PM

I'm in the US and I did it because I'm fairly good at problem-solving, excellent at dealing with difficult people and excellent at reading large stacks of dense material.

However, I stepped into the worst job market in the last 80 years for lawyers when I graduated. I don't work full time as a lawyer right now and I work for a civil engineering company doing many different things including contract reviews etc.

Honestly, I'd pick nursing over almost anything out there in the career fields - specifically being a nurse anesthetist. Yes, it's the medical field and swing shifts can be difficult, but it's guaranteed employment anywhere you go in the country and you're free to go home to be with your family without taking work home.

My advice can be summed up as: DO NOT GO INTO LAW AS A DEFAULT CAREER SHIFT.

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