牛津：法律PS2 赏析

牛津大学、伦敦国王学院、伦敦政治经济学院、伦敦大学学院和QMUL

你为什么想学习这个课程或学科？

爱壁鸠鲁曾说过“只有受过教育的人是自由的”;这些话对我来说意义深远。六年前我从立陶宛来到英国，这次我重返教育领域，希望拓展思维，赋予自己实现伟大成就的自由。我的首要志向是获得律师资格，但由于对国际法有浓厚兴趣，我也对联合国或欧盟职业的可能性感兴趣。除了了解我们的法律体系，法学学位还让我有机会进行分析和批判性思考，并理解其规则背后的哲学原则。这种知识对于积极参与社会至关重要：例如，在我立陶宛的最后一个学年，我领导了一场阻止关闭高中运动的运动，我本应感激法律知识在那场斗争中的帮助。那段经历的记忆是一个极大的动力。

我对客观论证和推理的天生热情使我非常适合法学学位：在学校时我在竞技辩论比赛中取得了成功，辩论教会我以客观的视角看待有争议的问题。我喜欢挑战构建一个支持看似无法辩护或我个人不同意立场的论点;我相信这项技能，加上我在公众演讲方面获得的自信，将对我作为学生的成长大有裨益。通过对阅读的热爱，我获得了快速且准确地吸收大量信息的能力，并且对语言的细微差别有着深刻的理解。法律规则的具体性质取决于赋予其词汇的含义，我期待研究和讨论对法规和判例法语言的解释。

你的资质和学习如何帮助你准备这门课程或科目？

为了准备自己，我正在伯克贝克学院攻读法律方法证书，专注于英国法律的构建与解释。我还在律师事务所CKFT实习，有机会亲眼见证法律规则在法庭上被应用，进一步激发了我对大学学习的热情。为了紧跟法律界的最新动态，我订阅了《律师》和《律师2be》。

我一直是学业上的佼佼者。完成学业后，我在基础中学毕业文凭的所有科目中都取得了优异成绩。我尤其喜欢创意写作，曾在全国比赛中获得第一名，并为自己在创意写作合集和多家立陶宛报纸发表作品感到自豪。

你在教育之外还做了哪些准备工作？这些经历为什么有用？

除了学术和写作，我还喜欢音乐：十五岁时我获得了专业钢琴演奏文凭，至今仍热爱演奏。我见多了——最近访问了新加坡和斯里兰卡——而且我是个热衷语言的人：我的母语是立陶宛语，英语流利，俄语会谈。我希望在大学期间进一步提升我的语言能力。

我理解重返教育领域，尤其是法律这样竞争激烈的学位，会带来挑战。不过，我有充分的理由相信自己有能力取得高成就。我在职场中获得的技能和人生经验让我有了评估优先事项的视角，也让我对周围世界的理解更加深思熟虑，能够成熟且深思熟虑地进行学习。在奢侈娱乐行业工作了五年，我还获得了出色的沟通和组织能力，以及强烈的主动性，这些都会极大地帮助我。如果有机会确保我发挥潜力——我觉得自己还没有机会——我会非常努力地证明自己是一个有才华且敬业的学生。

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Why do you want to study this course or subject?

Epictetus once said "only the educated are free"; and these are words that speak something profound to me. Having come to England from Lithuania six years ago, I am returning to education to expand my mind and give myself the freedom to achieve something great. My first ambition is to qualify as a solicitor, but with a keen interest in international law, I am also interested in the possibilities offered by careers in the UN or the EU. As well as knowledge of our legal system, a law degree will afford me the opportunity to think analytically and critically, and to gain an appreciation of the philosophical principles underpinning its rules. This kind of knowledge is critical for active participation in society: during my last school year in Lithuania, for example, I led a campaign to prevent the closure of my high school, and I would have been grateful of the assistance of legal knowledge during that struggle. Memory of that experience is a great motivating factor.

A natural enthusiasm for objective argument and reasoning makes me well-suited to a Law degree: at school I achieved success in competitive debating tournaments, and debate taught me to view controversial questions in an objective manner. I enjoy the challenge of constructing an argument to support a position that seems indefensible, or with which I do not personally agree; and I believe that this skill, in addition to the confidence I gained in public speaking, will be of great benefit to me as a student. Through my love of reading I have gained the ability to assimilate large quantities of information quickly and accurately, and I have a deep appreciation of the subtleties of language. The precise nature of legal rules is dependent on the meaning ascribed to the words that shape them, and I am looking forward to studying and discussing interpretations of the language of statutes and case law.

How have your qualifications and studies helped you to prepare for this course or subject?

To prepare myself, I am studying for a Legal Method Certificate at Birkbeck College, where I have focused on the construction and interpretation of English law. I also undertook a period of work experience at CKFT, a firm of solicitors, where the opportunity to witness legal rules being applied in a courtroom further whet my appetite for university study. To keep abreast with developments in the legal world, I subscribe to The Lawyer and Lawyer 2be.

I have always been a high achiever academically. Upon completing school, I achieved excellent grades in all subjects in my Basic School Leaving Diploma. I particularly enjoy creative writing, for which I have won first place in a national competition, and I am proud to have been published in a collection of creative writing and a number of Lithuanian newspapers.

What else have you done to prepare outside of education, and why are these experiences useful?

Beyond academia and writing, I enjoy music: at fifteen I was awarded a Professional Piano Player Diploma, and I still love to play. I am well travelled - recently visiting Singapore and Sri Lanka - and I am a keen linguist: my native language is Lithuanian, I am fluent in English, and I speak conversational Russian. I hope to expand my linguistic abilities further during my time at university.

I appreciate that returning to education, particularly to such a competitive degree as law, will present challenges. However, I have good reasons to believe in my ability to achieve highly. The skills and life experience I gained in employment have given me perspective in evaluating my priorities, and an understanding of the world around me that will enable me to conduct my studies thoughtfully and maturely. Having worked in the luxury entertainment industry for five years, I have also gained excellent communication and organisational skills and a strong sense of initiative, all of which will help me greatly. If given the opportunity to ensure I fulfil my potential - an opportunity I feel I have not yet had - I will work extremely hard to prove myself a talented and dedicated student.