A Guide To Law Graduate Jobs
About Law Graduate Jobs
If you are thinking about doing graduate legal jobs once you have graduated from university, then you could already have your career mapped out in your head. Perhaps you want to aim for the top and become a barrister at QC level or even a judge. Others of you might be pondering a graduate career that involves working in law in another capacity and perhaps you are not even sure yet which are of law you would like to work in.
Competition for many graduate jobs in law can be extremely stiff, so, as well as excellent academic qualifications that go right back to GCSE level, you will need to work very hard to convince employers that you are the right person for the job. Whilst still at university, think about activities, clubs, placements you could do that could make you stand out above the competition when it comes to your application for law graduate jobs vacancies.
What about if you are doing a degree in a subject other than law and you decide, whilst at university, that you would like to consider graduate law jobs in the future? Well, there’s great news for you. No need to think that you have chosen the wrong degree subject and missed the boat.
To do graduate law jobs, you don’t necessarily need to be a law graduate. In fact, around half of those doing trainee solicitor jobs, lawyer jobs and even those who become barristers, have degrees in subjects other than law. Indeed, some degree subjects can better equip you for practicing in specialist areas of law in the future.
If you do want to do graduate legal jobs such as trainee solicitor or barrister and you don’t have a Law degree, you will need to kick things off by doing a postgraduate GDL (Graduate Diploma in Law) or CPE (Common Professional Examination). These can be done over 12 months or, if you prefer part time, two years.
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