Law Sector Sponsored by Staffordshire University
Law is a fascinating profession for graduates to enter, with three main routes into the sector.
The first, most popular, choice is to become a trainee solicitor. Following a period of professional study, graduates will undertake a two year training contract at a solicitors' firm, which can be anything from a one-partner high street practice, to a firm housing several thousands of solicitors.
The other common route for graduates is to become a pupil barrister, which again involves professional study, followed by a one-year pupillage with barristers' chambers.
The third route is to choose to become a legal executive - a qualifying route which has lower entry criteria and so has the advantage of enabling non-law graduates to swap to a career in law using part-time study.
Some of the graduate careers available in this sector:
Trainee solicitor I Pupil barrister I Legal executive I Government Legal Service trainee I Crown prosecutor
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EMPLOYERS
| Herbert Smith | Herbert Smith is a leading and full-service international legal pr... | more |
| Denton Wilde Sapte | We offer the full range of commercial legal services, working stra... | more |
| DLA Piper | With more than 3,700 lawyers in 64 offices in 25 countries, we hel... | more |
| Mills & Reeve | Mills & Reeve is one of the UK's leading full-service law firms. W... | more |
| Clifford Chance | Get your legal career off to an excellent start. Join one of our p... | more |
| Lovells | We are one of the largest international legal practices in the wor... | more |
| Addleshaw Goddard | Addleshaw Goddard is most definitely a firm on the move. Based in ... | more |
| Freshfields | With more than 2,500 lawyers working across 26 offices in 15 diffe... | more |
| Government Legal Service (GLS) | The GLS joins together some 1950 lawyers in around 30 Government o... | more |
| Eversheds | Eversheds LLP is one of the largest full service international law... | more |
LATEST JOBS
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| Campus Brand Manager | Real World Magazine | |
| Chartered Accountancy ACA Trainee | ICAEW | 27 Nov 2008 |
| Training Contract 2010/2011 | Simmons & Simmons | 31 Jul 2008 |
| Business Analyst Scheme | Npower | 31 Mar 2008 |
CASE STUDIES
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Ben Olushola - Denton Wilde Sapte - Trainee Solicitor I share my office with my supervisor; a 3.5 years qualified Associate in... more |
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Joanne Davies - Institute of Legal Executives I deal with clients who have new claims. I find out what happened, and... more |
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Myrto Gouti - Aviation Finance - Norton Rose When you're still at university there are opportunities to do lots of summer... more |
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Vijay Singh - Private Tax - Mills & Reeve I studied A-level law and the interest grew from that. Also my mum wanted... more |
ADVICE
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