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Legal Work in the UK

  • 12-06-2013 8:05pm
    #1
    Jacques Mesrine
    Site Banned Posts: 43 ✭


    Is there much prospect of finding legal work in the united kingdom? I just finished a law degree last week and I don't fancy studying for the Fe1s and I would like to start working immediately. Also, what are the requirements for becoming a solicitor in the UK? Is it much different from here?

    Cheers


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  • #2
    LowKeyReturn
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    The UK has three different legal areas; Northern Ireland, Scotland and England & Wales. I assume you're looking at England & Wales?

    http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/careers/becoming-a-solicitor/


  • #3
    Jacques Mesrine
    Site Banned Posts: 43 ✭Jacques Mesrine


    LowKeyReturn wrote: »
    The UK has three different legal areas; Northern Ireland, Scotland and England & Wales. I assume you're looking at England & Wales?

    http://www.lawsociety.org.uk/careers/becoming-a-solicitor/

    That's right


  • #4
    Jacques Mesrine
    Site Banned Posts: 43 ✭Jacques Mesrine


    Is London the best place to try?


  • #5
    234
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    It depends on which way you want to go: solicitor or barrister. Obviously London is a massive global centre for legal services irrespective of which branch of the legal profession you choose.

    Either way work experience is essential. For solicitors in large/magic circle firms vacation schemes are usually a common way of recruiting trainees but they can be very difficult to get on to. There is always lots of competition for places on these schemes or for direct entry to their trainee programes.

    For barristers mini pupillages are essential. These are more akin to shadowing rather than interning as you don't do any work as such and they are usually between 2-5 days in duration.

    An important decision will be determining which area of law you want to go into: commercial/criminal/family as most job opportunities will be in larger firms/chambers which will specialise in a particular area.

    As for the qualification requirements: this is research that any aspiring lawyer should be easily able to carry out himself. There are an abundance of online resources. For a picture of life in large firms you could try rollonfriday.co.uk.

    Good luck, you will need it.


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