b'HOW A LAW DEGREE IS By Eric LIKE A RELATIONSHIPIf anyone ever tells you that you wouldnt be so lonely if you didnt spend so much time studying, tell them that youre already taken by your law degree. told you that you wouldnt be so lonely if you didnt spend so much time studying? Tell them that youre already taken by your law degree. Heres how theyre like relationships.THE HONEYMOON PERIODIn your first year of law school, everything feels novel. Remember first year law when everything felt novel? With your doe-eyed high school idealism, you might aspire to a career in human rightsmade you confident about a career in human rightsla Amal Clooney and Geoffrey Robertson QC? But then inevitably firms try to entice you with lucrative corporate salaries and older students warned you about the soul-crushing journey ahead.This is no different to a new relationship. You see everything through rose-tinted glasses, before you start to notice your partners quirks and flaws. Yet, you stick it out together because you cant imagine life without them.COMMUNICATION IS KEY THERES ALCOHOL - LOTS OF ITVerbal and written communication skillsJust as you wine and dine with your partner, are essential to success in law and in ayou might go out with your mates post-exam relationship. Over the course of both, youfor celebratory (or consolatory) drinks. Its not become seasoned at spotting issues,uncommon for law students to skip a lecture discussing them thoroughly and comingor two towards the end of the semester to to a solution. hit up the campus bar, or to take their mind off a disappointing mark with a drink. Not to mention that the law society organises parties all year round with massive bar tabs.PAGE 16'