Life in SUSS SOL is really very hectic. Not because of school work alone but a confluence of factors, mainly work-related. When I meet friends that are furthering their studies in the midst of their careers, I’ve always wondered how it would be like juggling studies and work. I can now attest that this is extremely difficult. The thing that makes life a lot easier while pursuing a degree in law is friendly coursemates as well as actually enjoying the process of studying cases.
So the past few weeks have been extremely hectic. A typical day of mine would be something like this for me…
730 am to 845 am: Exercise
930 am to 630 pm (if I am lucky): Work
7 pm to 1030 pm: Online classes and dinner during classes (Mondays and Tuesday for this portion of this semester) or dinner with the family and perhaps some family time with my daughter if I can leave the office and work behind
1030 pm to 1230 pm: Discussions on Zoom or catch up on readings
Once in a while, I’ll get to catch up with some of my fellow classmates and it is really interesting to hear about their thoughts on the latest assignments and how they are coping at work and with their families. If there is one thing that is distinctly different when it comes to a typical student from SUSS SOL as compared to the other two law schools in Singapore it is the fact that many of the students in SUSS SOL are coping on multiple fronts. Work, family, studies. Some of us are handling multiple companies, businesses and in management dealing with staffing matters. There are countless incidents where I had to decide whether to refine my assignment or handle a matter at work. The usual remedy would actually be to take time out of the time to sleep.
So cue my first dining-in experience since I achieved fully vaccinated status with my fellow classmate Wilson. He is perhaps one of the many who I can safely say can understand what it is like to be eternally occupied. Time is perhaps the rarest commodity for both him and me and yet we still find the time to catch up once in a while.
This was breakfast last Friday. The topic of our conversation centred on how we would make our case for the latest assignment. How typical…
Breakfast with Wilson
Looking good Wilson… Always looking forward to all our discussions.
Oh and sometimes SUSS SOL coursemates impromptu study groups do include children.
Yours sincerely,
Daryl
Hi Daryl, enjoyed the serendipity of chancing upon your blog while searching for reviews on jd programs last night and then meeting Wilson today in a training session at Enterprise Singapore lol. I thought he looked familiar and he introduced himself as a jd student in SUSS. You can let him know we enjoyed his short but powerful presentation, punctuated by loads of company law lingo. Unfortunately did not get a chance to speak to him but the chance encounter did prompt this post.
I turn 41 this year and have just been admitted to smu jd. This blog is inspiring, to say the least, for anyone considering an academic pathway halfway through life. I do hope we can have an ‘interschool’ exchange of sorts when i start my program in Aug. Hmm wonder if the smu guys would be interested to start a blog with me lol. Anyways, understand you lot will be graduating soon so all the best. Cheers
Hi Jackson, I’m assuming it was Wilson from the current batch of year 3s? Working and studying is very hectic and SUSS gave me the option of completing a law degree with classes after office hours. I would think that SMU conducts classes in the day?
Yup Wilson as in the pic above. Yea understand you guys are juggling work, study and family so kudos to you all. SMU is a full time course, I would have preferred to work and study as well due to opportunity costs but didn’t think i could handle LNAT. Either ways, just glad to have chanced upon your blog and theres much to be gleaned here. Hope you continue to share your experiences and thoughts!