Graduate Legal & Law Jobs
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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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Graduate Law Employers
| 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 |
| Herbert Smith | Herbert Smith is a leading and full-service international legal pr... | more |
| Mills & Reeve | Mills & Reeve is one of the UK's leading full-service law firms. W... | more |
| Lovells | Lovells is one of the largest international legal practices in the... | more |
| Clifford Chance | Get your legal career off to an excellent start. Join one of our p... | 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 |
| Eversheds | Eversheds LLP is one of the largest full service international law... | more |
Graduate Law Case Studies
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Chelsea - Bird & Bird LLP - Trainee solicitorAs someone who has always been interested in developments in the law and current affairs, law always seemed a natural career progression, even if the path I followed was a little unusual. After completing my degree in Australia, I worked in Nuclear Medicine for five years, both in Melbourne and in London. ... more |
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Richard - Myers Lister Price Solicitors - ParalegalI currently have just finished the first year of my part-time LPC course at MMU while also working part-time at MLP solicitors and training almost full-time for the 400 hurdles. I was ranked sixteenth in the world last year so training for this takes up a large amount of my time and involves a careful balancing process with my studying of the law. ... more |
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Diana - Fraser Brown Solicitors - Trainee solicitorMy job varies from file to file, from client to client. I have not spent much time in the current seat, only 3 months, however it is challenging and there is always something new to research every day. I work in the Corporate Department assisting one of the Partners and as such I have the opportunity to meet clients quite often and work on various files at different stages of the transaction. ... more |
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Amy Hunter - Commercial Law - Pinsent MasonsI completed various different work experience placements and decided that commercial law was the area for me. I then went down the conventional route of applying for different vacation scheme placements. I completed placements at three firms and realised that, contrary to what I had initially thought, law firms really aren't all the same. For me, Pinsent Masons had the appeal of being a firm that, though already firmly established in the legal market, had the ambition to grow and develop further. ... more |
Graduate Law Advice
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Nailing That Position- Top Tips for Getting Picked For Graduate Training Schemes If you’re currently stressing over applying for and going for interview... more |
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The training to become a solicitor or barrister is changing. Real World... more |
