What You Should Do After You Finish Your Law Degree
If you are fresh out of University in the United Kingdom and are searching for graduate
law jobs or are contemplating a career in law; here is a look at the various prospects available,
The sources of legal employment opportunities; the qualifications needed to get a good job and how you can go about increasing your chances of securing employment.
The Education: Since the legal system in England, Scotland and Wales is quite different from Northern Ireland and Scotland, the routes to getting the proper qualification needed for lawyer as well as other entry level law jobs can vary significantly. For instance, In England and Wales, law graduates are expected to take the Bar Vocational Course (BVC) or a legal Practice Course (LPC) while professionals with a non law degree will need to complete the one year Graduate Diploma in law before they take the LPC course.
On the other hand in Scotland, law students will be expected to complete a one year Diploma in Legal Practices; there is also the provision for accelerated law degrees provided by several Scottish Universities.
People interested in practicing law in Northern Ireland will have to complete professionals with a non law degree will need to take a two year degree course.
Finding graduate law jobs: Depending on the type of career that you seek; there are different routes that you can use to find employment opportunities in the legal sector.
Solicitors: If you are interested in entry level law jobs for solicitors, you should search through the websites of professional bodies, firms and university career services; this is where most listings are posted. Solicitors in Northern Ireland will find that due to the speculative nature of the legal job market; it can be quite taxing to find entry level jobs.
Usually candidates are recruited for graduate law jobs during the final year of their law degree course on training contracts. You will also find employment prospects in smaller firms advertised in newspapers and other job related publications.
Barrister: Take a look at the Pupilage Portal for barrister jobs; applications are generally invited a year or two before the start date of the pupilage. Deadlines for the receipt of the applications are set by the Pupilage Portal non online system chambers; this date is given on their website. The Bar Standards Board is another body that offers a list of organizations that are interested in offering pupilage at the employed bar.
Paralegal; jobs: For paralegal jobs, you can look for advertisements in newspapers, various employment websites, firm websites and university career services. The skills that recruiters are looking for when hiring candidates for graduate law jobs apart from the educational qualifications, most recruiters and interested firms will also look for certain professional and soft skills such as:
Experience in the type of law practiced by the firm
Achievements
Commercial awareness and industry specific experience
Ability to work in teams
Excellent communication skills
Superior people skills
Research and writing skills
Experience with pro bono work
Experience in debating, negotiating, mooting and public speaking for candidates interested in entry level law jobs
Most medium and large sized firms are very specific and stringent about their requirement of high academic performance for their graduate law jobs; as a matter of fact. It is common to expect a 2:1; however, you may find some small sized firms that will make accept a grade of 2:2. Graduate law jobs are not only fulfilling and challenging but also extremely lucrative with impressive benefits packages, so all the hard work that you put in to secure a job will be worth it.
by: James Miller...
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