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Law Graduate- Alternative Options

  • 16-09-2008 4:39pm
    #1
    Zeeta
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13 ✭


    Basically I have a language degree and a law degree. For various reasons I do not intend to pursue a law career. I have been looking for graduate jobs on all the major recruitment websites and checking the papers daily but am finding it hard to get any response or even find anything suitable to my qualifications. Has anyone got any idea of anything else I should be doing, websites etc that may be suitable for me. Should I go abroad to find work? Has anybody any suggestions. Am becoming slightly disheartened with my minimum wage job after so long at university. Any advice would be helpful:)


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  • #2
    Nody
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,402 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    Legal translator?


  • #3
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,263 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    I do not intend to pursue a law career.

    I take it that you just mean not a barrister or solicitor, if you are still hoping for something that uses your law degree?

    Lots of large companies have legal departments that check that all the advertising, policies, documents etc are legally sound, and I don't think that all the people there would be fully qualified.

    It's a competitive market though - there are lots of qualified solicitors that can't get a full time job, and are taking anything legal related to tide them over.


  • #4
    pow wow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,288 ✭✭✭pow wow


    eoin_s wrote: »
    I take it that you just mean not a barrister or solicitor, if you are still hoping for something that uses your law degree?

    Lots of large companies have legal departments that check that all the advertising, policies, documents etc are legally sound, and I don't think that all the people there would be fully qualified.

    It's a competitive market though - there are lots of qualified solicitors that can't get a full time job, and are taking anything legal related to tide them over.

    I know when I worked for a couple of multi-nationals in HR related functions, our legal advisors weren't qualified solicitors. The top dogs were, but the everyday ones (who were on very good money ;)) weren't.


  • #5
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    If you want to work in the finance or banking, most places have a compliance department.

    Type compliance into www.irishjobs.ie and you'll get loads of jobs


  • #6
    Pythia
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,469 ✭✭✭Pythia


    What about tax accountant? That involves quite a lot of law and I know large accountancy firms do look for law grads.


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