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Kings Inn employability?

  • 31-03-2013 9:00pm
    #1
    Cove.Throne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 ✭


    Hello.

    Currently in my final year of a law undergrad and like many I'm facing the prospect of leaving my study of interest for the sake of getting a job. Got an idea of attending Kings Inn, to study for their Barrister at Law degree, but not following down the traditional Barrister route.

    Really i'd like to prolong and increase my studies in law. However as we all know, a wide net of trepidation is cast before any legal path these days. So I was looking for opinions on the validity of attending Kings Inn, qualifying as a Barrister, however using the skills acquired training and applying it to a different job, whether that be in business or ideally some sort of legal consultant role.

    Essentially I'm looking to discover the employability of a fresh faced barrister outside of law, are they attractive to employers in business etc? are there many potions of legal consultants or such jobs? Does it beat doing a postgrad on law, which could be costing up to 8 grand anyway. Would the extra 5 be worth it, in terms of general employability?

    All opinions are welcome, maybe its not the best idea, but thought i'd give it some considerations,

    Thanks.


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  • #2
    NoQuarter
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,632 ✭✭✭NoQuarter


    Straight out of King's Inns, I dont think the employability factor is that great sadly. After 3 years at the Bar then I would think the prospects are a lot better. Or if you could do a post grad diploma in a niche area whilst in the KI or during your final year that might help.

    I do think the KI degree is more employable than a masters but thats only my opinion and obviously depends on whether the masters is in the area that you are looking to break into.

    The one thing to bear in mind is that after the KI, you area qualified lawyer whilst after a masters you are not. So maybe that does have a better stigma attached but I still dont think its that easy to just walk in somewhere straight from KI. Thats said, a few from my class are off doing other things now!

    Maybe find a niche area of law you would be interested in, such as aviation law for example, and work toward that with a postgrad and the KI degree. Food for thought.


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