Oxford graduate sues law college after it 'failed to prepare her for exams'

[Blue_Tires]

A student who claims her legal career was jinxed by an Oxford's law college's failure to prepare her adequately for gruelling professional exams today launched a unique £100,000 High Court compensation bid.

Maria Abramova claims staff at the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice let her down by failing to coach her in crucial exam techniques before she flunked her first set of exams in May 2005.

But the Institute is fighting the case and hotly disputes her allegations.

The 28-year-old Oxford University graduate says her experiences at the Institute (OXILP) left her with a critical blind spot in tackling exams, contributing to her failing the coveted New York bar examinations three years ago.

'I recently decided not to retake that examination,' she told the court, adding: 'This is because I have found it psychologically difficult to take legal examinations following my experiences on the Course and subsequently, at OXILP'.

And although the gifted linguist has managed to carve out a career as a paralegal with a UK firm specialising in aviation law, she says she still feels haunted by her failure to qualify as a solicitor because she never passed the Property Law and Practice (PLP) element of her course.

Ms Abramova, who is Russian-born, came to the UK 11 years ago having accumulated a variety of academic plaudits - including the state's 'silver medal for outstanding academic achievements'.



Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1352481/Oxford-graduate-Maria-Abramova-sues-law-college-100k.html#ixzz1CjWivrRT

[seabeyond]

1. lets see how well they taught her how to sue. nt

[Richardo]

2. She could become a dentist and start filing frivolous suits regarding the President's birthplace

Wait, we already have a Russian immigrant for that. :crazy:

[May Hamm]

3. It's traumatic to fail the BAR Exam

It's horrendously difficult and extremely stressful.

If she has researched college's pass/fail numbers and they support her allegations then there could be reason for the lawsuit. But Oxford has a pretty good reputation. She's a very smart person just to get into that school.

One thing this proves - Americans aren't the only ones who think someone else is to blame for everything.

[struggle4progress]

4. Oxford Institute of Legal Practice seems to be associated with Oxford Brookes University, which is

NOT part of Oxford University. It's (of course) impossible to determine, from an article in the Daily Mail, whether her suit has merit

[May Hamm]

5. Thanks

Generally I double check before I post. :dunce:

[struggle4progress]

6. Daily Mail incorrectly stated "an Oxford's law college." It's a junk paper

[david13]

7. It does not sound at all like the "real" Oxford. But if it is a fly by night

diploma mill, they usually are quite bar oriented, as that is the only credential they have to go by, and their rate is usually pathetically low.
One thing no law school teaches, is, ... how to sue.
Usually starting lawyers have to defer to the secretary to find out how to do that. If they're smart.
dc