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what to do with my law degree

  • 10-11-2011 1:34pm
    #1
    number13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 95 ✭✭


    im currently in my 4th year in a law degree part time. I really find it interesting however dont want to qualify as a solicitor or barrister due to mortage and kids cant really afford to give up my current job. i currently working behind a fish counter. Just wondering what careers are out there for me or did i just waste the last 4 years?:o:mad:


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  • #2
    jblack
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 476 ✭✭jblack


    Certainly not.

    Talk to a recruitment agency. They will give you at the very least an idea of where you can go from here.


  • #3
    32minutes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 123 ✭✭32minutes


    Well done, you've obviously got a lot on your plate and still managed to get through a law degree, when applying for any job I would imagine that would be a stand out quality and one you should point out.

    If you're not qualifying then they're are lots of roles out there that specfically look for legal degrees and others that you mighten't think of but would definitely appreciate the type of skills that law degrees entail. I would definitely sit down and list these out to yourself, attention to detail, research, abstract thinking etc. They can be hard to sell sometimes but will definitely stand to you.

    It's a seriously tough legal jobs market as you'll see from other threads but look at things like compliance, paralegal work, you can still apply for traineeships to big firms who wil pay you're fees for qualifying but it's super difficult and without Fe1s (or plans to do them) they might be even more difficult. The big accounting firms are also major recruiters of law graduates; PWC, E&Y, Deloitte and KPMG. And it's not all ballance sheets and cashflow statements (the advisor services expecially can be quasi legal) so might be worth considering also and they don't require you to have sat exams before offering you a role necessarily. Search through the threads here and internet for alternate careers with a law degree, much more varied than you would imagine. Also legal secretarial work, if you commit to it then there are jobs out there for that

    If you're interested in law and have any spare time at all then you could look at internships, some of them are shorter than you might imagine and you could squeeze them in during a holiday type period, these would be a definite asset


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