WHAT CAN I DO WITH MY DEGREE IN LAW?

INTRODUCTION

This section has been written for undergraduate and postgraduate students in Kent Law School. It attempts to give a brief answer to the question: "What can I do with my degree?"

Although your main interest may be in how to make the best use of your degree subject, there are many issues which are common to all undergraduates and postgraduates planning their careers. Some of these are covered in our pages Choosing a Career which will also help you to assess your strengths, weaknesses, interests, abilities and skills in order to relate career options to you.

WHAT SKILLS HAVE I GAINED ON MY COURSE?

Studying law develops many skills which will be equally valuable outside the legal profession, in particular the following:

• Communication, both written and verbal
• Analysing and problem solving
• Using information from different sources
• Time management
• Researching
• Presentation
• Negotiation
• Attention to detail
• Logical reasoning

 

For help with assessing these and other skills, see our Employability Skills pages

CAREERS IN THE LAW

• Solicitor: the work, employers, work experience and training
• Barrister: the work, employers, work experience and training
• Other Legal Careers
• Making Choices

SOLICITOR

Solicitors have direct contact with their clients, giving advice on the law in person, in writing and over the phone. They are usually the client's first point of contact within the legal system, and will resolve many issues themselves, by offering advice and taking action such as writing letters, drafting legal documents and representing clients in Court.

Solicitors work in firms in private practice, in public sector bodies such as local authorities and the Government Legal Service, and in the in-house legal departments of companies.

Private practice is by far the largest sector, employing 80% of solicitors. Firms range in size from City firms with hundreds of partners, covering a wide range of commercial work, to small niche firms specialising in a particular area of law such as immigration or sports law, to the traditional "High Street" firms offering a range of legal services to small businesses and individual clients.

For profiles of solicitors, see www.prospects.ac.uk/links/solicitorcomm  (commercial) and www.prospects.ac.uk/links/solicitornoncomm (non-commercial)

TRAINING

Solicitors need to complete the Legal Practice Course and a two-year training contract before qualifying. The training contract is paid employment with a solicitor's firm or other employer recognised by the Law Society as a training provider. It is normally undertaken after the LPC but, in some circumstances, work experience before the LPC may be accepted as part of the training contract.

Most training contracts are in private practice: in-house legal departments only occasionally take on trainees, preferring to recruit qualified staff. Local authorities and the Government Legal Service regularly recruit trainees.

Many firms recruit trainees two years before the starting date (ie during the summer vacation before your final year), but just as many will only recruit trainees once they have completed the LPC and are immediately available for work. It is NOT necessary to have fixed up a training contract before starting the LPC.

BARRISTER

THE WORK

Barristers are specialists in advocacy, presenting clients' cases in Court. They do not generally deal directly with clients, but have work referred to them by solicitors. Barristers also carry out research in relation to cases, write opinions and often develop a specialist knowledge of a particular area of law. For a barrister profile, see www.prospects.ac.uk/links/barrister

EMPLOYERS

Most barristers work in sets of chambers on a self-employed basis. Others are employed in public sector bodies such as the Crown Prosecution Service and the Government Legal Service, and in the in-house legal departments of companies.

TRAINING

Barristers need to complete the BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course), which covers skills development plus study of procedure and evidence. Students are also required to join one of the four Inns of Court and to build up "qualifying units" through dining in their Inn or through additional educational units. At the end of the BPTC you are called to the Bar and qualified as a barrister but you are not entitled to practise until you have completed six months “pupillage”.
You should be aware of the fierce competition to qualify and practise at the Bar. There are approximately 1700 places on the BPTC, attracting 2800 applications, but only around 550 pupillages each year for those successfully completing the BPTC.

For more information on becoming a barrister, see the Bar Council's education and training website www.barcouncil.org.uk/trainingandeducation

OTHER LEGAL CAREERS

There are a number of careers where law graduates can use their legal skills and knowledge without needing to qualify as a solicitor or barrister. Some of the principal ones include:

• Paralegal www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm#paraleg
• Legal Executive www.prospects.ac.uk/links/legexec  
• Law Commission Research Assistant www.lawcom.gov.uk  These posts are usually advertised in January each year.
• Legal publishing
• Teaching law usually in further or higher education, but sometimes in schools.

The Careers Advisory Service has produced a booklet, “Careers for Law Graduates Outside the Legal Profession”, giving more detail about these and other law-related career options. Pick up a copy in the Careers and Employability Service building or click here for a pdf version.

See the Other Career Options tab at the top of the page for other occupations, not necessarily within the legal profession, where a law degree would be useful.

MAKING CHOICES

First of all, think about whether you want to become a solicitor or a barrister (or whether you really want to be a lawyer at all!) and what type of firm/chambers, or what areas of law, are most likely to interest you.

Don't just rely on hearsay or TV law dramas - use the information sources at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm to find out more about the work; talk to people practising law and try to arrange work experience.

Work experience in areas outside law may also be helpful in making decisions between law and other careers, and in gaining experience to the wider world – see below.

The College of Law website www.college-of-law.co.uk includes useful information from the College's careers service on the routes to qualification and choosing between the different branches of the profession.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Solicitors

Larger solicitors firms offer structured work experience placements, usually during the Easter and Summer vacations of a law student's second year. These typically last two or three weeks and are paid at commercial rates. Applications for these placements should be made during December and January. See the “I Want to Work in Law” section of this site for more information on firms and links to databases that you can search for vacation opportunities.
Smaller firms may be more flexible in their approach to work placements, offering them at any stage of your studies, for periods ranging from a few days to the whole of the summer vacation. The downside is that they will offer a much lower salary and many will be unpaid. While many of these firms are listed on sites such as LawCareers.net , others may not publicise their vacancies, so use resources such as the Law Society website www.lawsociety.org.uk/choosingandusing/findasolicitor.law to obtain information about them, and then make speculative applications

Barristers

Most chambers offer “mini-pupillages” during vacations - usually one week of work-shadowing and perhaps assisting with some drafting or research. Mini-pupillages are usually unpaid. You should aim to do three or four mini-pupillages in different sets and different types of chambers - this will give you an insight into different aspects of life at the Bar and help to demonstrate your commitment to the Bar when the time comes to apply for the Vocational Course.
Other useful work experience for potential barristers includes marshalling with a Judge, work placements with solicitors firms and any work which helps to develop your powers of persuasion and spoken communication, such as telesales. Extra-curricular activities such as debating and mooting also provide the type of experience sought by Chambers and BVC providers, as does the Kent Law Clinic.

CAREER PLANNING TIMETABLE

(S = action for potential solicitors, B for barristers, A for all students)

FIRST YEAR
Spring Term        S/B	Try and arrange vacation work/mini-pupillage (A). (Note: many solicitors' firms, especially the large City firms, give preference to penultimate-year students on their vacation work schemes. Smaller and provincial firms may be a better bet this year - and show a different side of the profession) Click here for more information about how first-year students can start to build up their experience.
SECOND YEAR	Click here to download more detailed documents for second/penultimate year law students covering: Career Planning for potential solicitors , Career Planning for potential barristers , Career Planning for the undecided
October – Jan	The KSLS Law Fair will be held on 15th October 2008 – click here for details. Start to apply for vacation work schemes and mini-pupillages - use the websites at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm#gensites and the print directories which arrive this month to find out about employers offering these work experience opportunities.
S/B
A	Come along to the Law Careers Seminars held this month - details will be sent out on the kls-2 mailing list
S	City and commercial firms begin to recruit for their summer vacation schemes. Deadlines are often at the end of January or February so make sure you apply in good time! Details can be found on the sites such as www.lawcareers.net and other sites listed at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm#gensites
Jan/Feb             S	Apply to Chambers for mini-pupillages in the summer vacation
March B	The National Pupillage Fair is normally held in London during the Spring vacation
May S	Once your second-year exams are over, use the information sources atwww.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm#gensites to find out about firms recruiting graduates for training contracts over the summer vacation - many firms recruit students two years before you will start your training contract.
B	A few of the large commercial sets of chambers will also be recruiting now
June/July    S	When your exam results are known, start to make applications to firms for training contracts in 2 years time
S	Large firms often have closing dates at the end of July.
August   S	With luck, you will start to hear this month from firms offering you interviews. Start to prepare by re-researching them through their websites, brochures and other material, keeping abreast of current issues in business and politics, as well as the law, and reading the Careers Service's material on interviews www.kent.ac.uk/careers/intervw.htm
September         S	Many firms will begin interviewing from 1st September.
A	Students on four-year degrees should do the above during their third year - while it is still a good idea to gain some work experience earlier, many firms restrict vacation placements to penultimate-year students and applications for training contracts should be made not more than two years in advance.
FINAL YEAR
Autumn Term  S B	Apply by end of November for the Legal Practice Course - applications open in October. Applications for scholarships from the Inns of Court close in early November.
A	If you don't plan to become a lawyer, collect copies of graduate directories and  begin to scan vacancy lists and make applications.
B	Start to prepare your BPTC application - the online form is very detailed and needs careful thought to give you the best possible chance of getting on to this very competitive course.
S	If you have had no interviews for training contracts, or if your interviews have been unsuccessful, start to consider your options this term. You could do the LPC anyway and apply again for training contracts at the end of the course, or take a year out or consider alternative careers. Your decision is likely to be influenced by the type of law/type of firm which interests you and by a realistic assessment of your chances. Visit the Careers Service for more help here.
Spring Term
B	Applications for the BPTC (Bar Professional Training Course) close in early January.
B/S	Results of BPTC and LPC applications will be notified in March
B/S	Apply to join the Law Society or one of the Inns as a student member.

OTHER OCCUPATIONS WHERE A LAW DEGREE WOULD BE USEFUL

"Why spend three years studying law if you don't become a lawyer at the end of it?" This is the sort of question that law graduates seeking a career outside the profession may face from well-meaning relatives and friends - but there are many good reasons for looking at alternative careers. These may range from not being able to secure a training contract to loss of interest in practising law. It is infinitely better to spend some time during your degree course researching into alternative careers than to drift on into the LPC because you don't know what else you can do.

Fortunately, employers outside the legal field are keen to receive applications from law graduates. In some cases, such as personnel work, tax advice, law librarianship and legal publishing, the actual knowledge of law gained through your studies will be useful even without a professional qualification. Many other employers, though, value law graduates for the skills they have gained through their studies rather than their specific legal knowledge. These include employers in careers as diverse as central and local government, journalism, social work, banking and finance, computing, retailing and marketing. See www.prospects.ac.uk/links/lawdeg for further insights into your options as a law graduate.

The Careers and Employability Service can help you investigate alternatives, perhaps starting with the Choosing a Career section of this site. Another useful resource is Prospects Planner, a powerful program to help you choose a graduate career.

Some careers entered by past Kent law graduates:

• Assistant Editor working on a major project in the field of public international law. Based in Germany
• Personnel Manager for a housing association, managing a small specialist team. Was previously a Personnel Manager at the BBC for 9 years.
• Chief Executive of a strategic management consultancy, investigating companies and markets for clients seeking to acquire or expand internationally
• Law Lecturer in a College of Further Education in Kent
• Commercial pilot with an American company (and also practises as a solicitor when not flying)
• Managing Director of a marketing communications group providing consultancy services to medium and large companies
• Group Management Accountant for a housing trust
• Senior Negotiating Officer for a trades union
• Law lecturer and Course Director for a two-year LL.B. for non-law graduates
• Freelance editor, researcher and writer
• Secondary school teacher in Kent - second-in-charge of English department
• Reinsurance broker with a firm of Lloyds brokers
• Distribution manager with a major brewery, involved in project management of national changes to logistics operations to improve customer service and efficiency and reduce costs
• Buyer with a large telecommunications company which he joined as a Graduate Management Trainee
• Recruitment Marketing Manager of a Big Four accountancy and professional services firm - she is keen to recruit more law graduates to follow in her footsteps!
• Vice President, Corporate Public Policy with a pharmaceutical company - involved in corporate law, lobbying and public affairs
• Campaigner with housing rights organisation, representing private tenants' federation
• Administrator with the Council of Europe in Strasbourg

 

For more information on the options available to you, pick up a copy of our booklet "Careers for Law Graduates Outside the Legal Profession" from the Careers and Employability Service or click here for a pdf version. There is also a reference file (043)in the Careers Information Room that holds job descriptions for areas of work where law would be a useful degree background.

FURTHER STUDY

Many law students will want to continue their studies after they graduate from Kent . This may be a professional course required for qualification as a lawyer (the Legal Practice Course or Bar Vocational Course), further academic study at Masters or Ph.D. level, or a course leading to a vocational qualification in another field such as Personnel or Librarianship.

The Legal Practice Course and Bar Vocational Course:

• are skills-focused: designed to prepare students for practice as a solicitor or barrister
• involve a mixture of coursework assessments, practical assessments and written exams
• last one academic year, September - June (or 2 years if taken part-time)
• are available throughout England and Wales
• require students to have taken the seven exemption subjects (Obligations I & II; Criminal; Constitutional; Equity & Trusts; Property; European Law) before entry
• accept applications at the beginning of your final year
• Fees range from £7000 - £12,000+. Obtaining funding can be difficult ....
• Approximately 40% of LPC and BPTC students are wholly funded from their own (or their parents') resources
• Just over 25% are funded by a prospective employer or (on the BPTC) by a scholarship from one of the Inns of Court.
• Around 30% fund themselves by means of a bank loan or Career Development Loan

The Central Applications Board www.lawcabs.ac.uk website lists LPC course providers and gives details of how to apply.

The Bar Standards Board website www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/qualifyingforthebar/aboutthebvc gives information on the Bar Vocational Course.

A NOTE FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS - If your first degree was in a subject other than law; if it was a law degree that did not include the seven exemption subjects or was awarded by a university outside the UK, you will not be able to take the LPC or BPTC without first completing a "conversion course" (a CPE/Graduate Diploma in Law course)

Graduates of overseas universities whose degree is recognised in their home country as a professional legal qualification may wish to consider taking the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Test, which confers eligibility to practise in England and Wales .

FURTHER ACADEMIC STUDY

Postgraduate study in law may enable you to explore aspects of law in greater depth or to study a new subject within this field. It may lead to a Master's degree such as an LLM or a doctorate (PhD). You should consider why you want to do postgraduate work, whether it will affect your career prospects and whether you are likely to get funding. There is no equivalent of UCAS for postgraduate study, so investigate courses early, starting with the Postgraduate Study section of this website www.kent.ac.uk/careers/postgradmenu.htm and the Further Study section of the Prospects website www.prospects.ac.uk.

If you are looking for Masters courses specifically in law (LLMs), the following sites are useful:

• Hobsons www.llm.hobsons.com
• LLM Study www.llmstudy.com

OTHER VOCATIONAL COURSES

There are many vocational courses available in career areas other than law, from librarianship and journalism to computing and personnel management. These may be essential to qualify for a particular profession, or may give you an advantage in the job market.

DESTINATIONS OF UNIVERSITY OF KENT LAW GRADUATES

These statistics only cover the first six months after graduation. A significant number of graduates are, at this stage, engaged in work which they would regard as temporary - using a short-term job to gain work experience that could act as a stepping-stone to a better position, or earning money to finance their LPC/BVC or time out travelling, for example. Please remember this if some of the graduate destinations listed below seem surprising or discouraging.

Information on the destinations of all law graduates from UK universities can be found in the What do Graduates do? section of the Prospects website www.prospects.ac.uk/links/WDGD

UNDERGRADUATE DESTINATIONS

For a full listing of all Kent graduate destinations (1998-2007) see www.kent.ac.uk/careers/fdrbases/destinations.htm

Single Honours Law

Professional Law Courses
BPP	BVC
College of Law	BVC
ICSL	BVC
Manchester Metropolitan Uni	BVC
UWE	BVC
Anglia Ruskin University	LPC
Bournemouth University	LPC
BPP	LPC
College of Law , Chester	LPC
College of Law , Guildford	LPC
College of Law , London	LPC
De Montfort University	LPC
ICSL	LPC
Leeds Metropolitan Univ.	LPC
Nottingham Law School	LPC
Oxford Institute of Legal Practice	LPC
University of Sheffield	LPC
UWE	LPC
University of Westminster	LPC
Other Professional Studies:
Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Secondary Citizenship
Oxford Brookes	PGCE Post Compulsory
Further Academic Study
University of Kent	LLM European Law
University of Kent	LLM Medical Law (2 graduates)
University of Kent	MA Criminology
London	LLM Commercial Corporate Law
University of Warwick	LLM International Economic Law
Ludwig-Maximilians Universitat	First State Examination in Law
University of Amsterdam	LLM European Private Law
College of Europe, Bruges	MSc European Legal Studies
Oxford University	BCL Law
Queen Mary College	LLM Intellectual Property Law
University of Kent	BA Urban Studies & Social Policy
LSE	Graduate Teaching Ass't/PhD Law
University of Kent	M.Phil Law
University of Nottingham	LLM
LSE	LLM
University of Kent	LLM International Law/International Relations
Universiteit Maastricht	LLM
King's College, London	LLM
City University	LLM Criminal Litigation
University of Kent	LLM European Law
University of Bordeaux	MA Law & European Policy
University of Kent	MA Politics
University of Nantes	Master of Private Law
Bournemouth University	MSc Corporate Governance
UCL	MA Intellectual Property Law
Legal Services sector
Law Centre	Legal Adviser
Unspecified employer	Freelance Legal Clerk
Law Court	Court Clerk/Usher
Unspecified employer
Martin Tolhurst Partnership	Legal Executive
Leigh Day & Co	Paralegal
Clarkson, Wright & Jakes	Paralegal
Unspecified employer	Legal Aid Assistant
Hesling Henriques Solicitors	Personal Assistant
CBA Law	Team Administrator
Amlin	Paralegal Aid
Unspecified employer	Litigation Assistant
Martin Tolhurst Partnership	Completions Assistant
LexisNexisButterworth	Paralegal
Miller Parris Solicitors	Legal Assistant
Gastale	Administrator
Childrens Legal Centre	Caseworker/Paralegal
Bond Solon	In-house course Administrator
Burroughs	Legal Assistant
Michael Taylor & Associates	Paralegal
Coles Solicitors	Paralegal
Law Debenture Corporation	Service of Process Officer
Housing & Property Law Partnership	Solicitor's Assistant
Canterbury City Council	Legal Assistant
Burroughs	Legal Assistant
Citizenship Foundation	Project Manager
Clifford Chance	Researcher
Edward Harte	Legal Secretary
Eversheds	Legal Assistant
Michael Taylor & Associates	Paralegal
Parry Sharratt Partnership	Caseworker
RBS Insurance	Paralegal
Linklaters	Trainee Company Secretary (ICSA)
Law enforcement and public protection sector
Royal Military Academy , Sandhurst	Army Officer Training
Essex Police Force	Police Officer
National Probation Service	Trainee Probation Officer
Sussex Police	Witness Care Officer
Kent Police	Police Constable
National Probation Service	Team Administrator
Kent Fire Service	Firefighter
Education Sector
Kent Union	Sabbatical Officer
Thames Valley University	Student Services Advisor
School	Classroom Assistant
Primary School	Teaching Assistant
School	Teaching Assistant
Finance Sector
Portman Building Society	Customer Adviser
Barclays Sales Finance	Business Development Support
American Express	Cashier
HSBC	Bank Sales & Services Representative
Brit Insurance	Trainee Reinsurance Underwriter
Norwich Union	Business Insurance Adviser
Willis (Broking House)	Account Manager
KPMG	Assistant Auditor
Arjent	Trainee Stockbroker
Finn-Kelcey & Chapman	Trainee Chartered Accountant
Public sector:
HM Revenue & Customs	Investigation Officer
Thanet Council	Benefits Officer
Property Sector
Estate Agents	Estate Agency Assistant
Estate Agents	Lettings Administrator
Your Move (Estate Agents)	Sales Consultant
Travel & Hospitality Sector
Lookout	Facilities Support Manager
First Choice	HR Administrator
Ski Beat	Chalet Host
Fly Jet	Cabin Crew
Marketing, Sales & Advertising Sector
Advertising agency	Marketing Assistant
Paul McKenna Training	Sales Executive
Arcedim	Graduate Sales & Marketing Trainee
Voluntary sector:
Citizenship Foundation	Project Manager
Age Concern	HR Co-ordinator
Other sectors:
Merrill Corporation	Assistant Project Manager
Ford	Technical/Budget Analyst
Slice Design	Account Manager
Language Line	Administrator
Woolwich Library	Ass't Library Manager
Prospect Solution	Researcher

Law – joint honours

Law & Acc. & Finance	Deloitte	Audit Associate/ICAEW
Law & Acc. & Finance	BNP Paribas	Legal Analyst
Law & Acc. & Finance	UCL	MA Corporate & Commercial Law
Law & Business Admin	PRG Schultz	Auditor
Law & Business Admin	Brit Insurance	HR Administrator
Law & Business Admin	Robinson & Allfree	Fee Earner
Law & Business Admin	University of Kent	LLM Law/International Relations
Law & Business Admin	College of Law , Birmingham	LPC
Law & Criminology	Vizards Wyeth Solicitors	Paralegal
Law & Criminology	Gravesend Messenger	Trainee Reporter
Law & Criminology	Open University	Student Registration & Enquiry Assistant
Law & Criminology	Barclays	Administration
Law & Criminology	BPP	Graduate Diploma In Law
Law & Criminology	London College of Law	LPC
Law & Criminology	Mouchel Parkman	Commercial Administrator
Law & Criminology	Alexander Hall	Trainee Mortgage Advisor
Law & Economics	Kent Police	Crown Court Liaison Assistant
Law & History	Unspecified institution	LPC
Law & History	Canterbury Christ Church	PGCE Primary
Law & Philosophy	Brokers	Operations Manager
Law & Soc Anthropology	Everychild charity	Sponsor Relations Officer
Law & Sociology	South Kent College	Part-time Lecturer
Law & Sociology	University of Kent	MA Criminology
Law & Welfare	Homestart	Volunteer
Law & Welfare	Self Employed	Manager

European Law programmes

English & French Law	Eurostar	Rail Travel Supervisor
English & French Law	Ogilvy	Public Relations
English & French Law	Heritage Lottery Fund	Grants Assistant
English & French Law	Unspecified employer	Basketball Player
English & French Law	University of London	LLM
English & French Law	BPP	LPC
English & French Law	Unspecified institution	BVC
English & French Law	College of Law , Guildford	LPC
English & French Law	College of Europe, Bruges	MA European Legal Studies
English & French Law	University of Kent	MA International Conflict Analysis
English & German Law	Brussels	MA Legal Studies
English & German Law	College of Law	LPC
English & Italian Law	Winckworth Sherwood Solicitors	Paralegal
English & Italian Law	De Pinna Notaries	Trainee Scrivener Notary
English & Italian Law	Tokyo	LLM International Law
English & Italian Law	College of Law , London	LPC
English & Italian Law	University of Westminster	MA Technical & Specialised Translation
English & Italian Law	Unspecified employer	Property Agent
English & Spanish Law	College of Law , London	LPC
English & Spanish Law	Ashock & Co	Paralegal
English & Spanish Law	iGlobal Media	Operations Assistant
European Legal Studies	Community Housing Group	Graduate Neighbourhood Officer
European Legal Studies	City University	BVC
European Legal Studies	Inns of Court School of Law	LPC
European Legal Studies	BPP London	LPC
European Legal Studies	College of Law , Guildford	LPC

 

These statistics only cover the first six months after graduation. A significant number of graduates are, at this stage, engaged in work which they would regard as temporary - using a short-term job to gain work experience that could act as a stepping-stone to a better position, or earning money to finance their LPC/BVC or time out travelling, for example. Information on the destinations of all law graduates from UK universities can be found in the What do Graduates do? section of the Prospects website www.prospects.ac.uk/links/WDGD

POSTGRADUATE DESTINATIONS 2005 - 2007

LLM Criminal Justice
University of Kent	LLM International Law/International Relations
College of Law, Guildford /DMHFT & Lord	LPC/Legal trainee
unknown	Legal Assistant
Foxtons	Letings Agent
Mowll & Mowll Solicitors	Trainee Solicitor
Self Employed	Stud Manager in Animal Husbandry
Kent Police	Police Officer
HM Court Service	Administrative Officer
Ministry of Justice	Community Payback Officer
Ministry of Foreign Affairs	Head of Section
Hyde Housing Association	Antisocial Behaviour Officer
Athens Law School	PhD Criminal Justice
LLM Environmental Law & Policy
Scott Wilson	Environmental Consultant
unknown	Lawyer
Kimberley Burge Ltd	Environmental Consultant
AMEC	Environmental Consultant
RPS Plc (Environmental Consultants)	Environmental Consultant
Senate/National Assembly	Assistant to members of Parliament
College of Law, Guildford	LPC
LLM European Law
Institut d' Etudes Politiques	Maitrise Droit Economique
Price Waterhouse	Legal Consultant
unknown employer	Lawyer
Gatos	Lawyer
Oberlandes Gericht Nuremberg	Trainee Lawyer/BVC
unknown employer	Junior Legal Counsel
Pan Nordic Meat	Legal Controller
unknown employer	Lawyer
Batzkis Law Office	Trainee Lawyer
Charity	Legal Adviser/Dip. Law
Self Employed	Lawyer
LLM International Law with International Relations
BPP, London	Graduate Diploma in Law
University of Kent	M.Phil Law
JET Scheme	English Teacher
Black Londoners' Forum	Office Manager/Researcher
Law	Intern
Unknown employer	Lawyer
Independent Police Compaints Commission	Administrator
UWE	LPC
DFTL	Analyst
DTW Vavasour	Account Executive
unknown	Law Intern
Morgan Cole	Legal Assistant
Allen & Overy	Paralegal
	BVC
College of Law, London	LPC
University of Kent	M.Phil Law
Universitet Aarhus	PhD
Unknown	6 graduates
LLM International Commercial Law
Self-employed	Lawyer
SCP Etasse	Lawyer (Notaire)
London Business School	CIMA
DTI	Legal & Insolvency Services Assistant
unknown employer	Paralegal
Cabit	Administrator
unknown employer	Trainee Solicitor
Self Employed	Freelance Lawyer
Self Employed	Lawyer
Ministere de l' Interieur	Civil Servant
The State Law Office of Mauritius	Pupillage
	Legal Executive/LPC
Law Firm	Attorney
unknown	Lawyer
unknown	Lawyer
Linklaters	Lawyer
unknown	Trainee Lawyer
London College of Law	LPC
University of Paris II	Postgraduate I.T. & Law
Unknown	7 graduates
LLM Medical Law
Univ. West of England	CPE
Nursing & Midwifery Council	In-house Lawyer
Synapse Medical Solutions (R&D)	Director - Medicine & Science
NHS Trust	Clinical Risk Manager
NHS Trust	Consultant Clinical Psychologist
East Kent NHS Trust	Consultant Gynaecologist/Clinical Director
NHS	GP
Self Employed	Medico - Legal Consultant
Nellsar Ltd	Quality Assurance & Policy Manager
NHS	Clinical Risk Manager
East Kent NHS Trust	Midwife
LLM Public International Law
East Sussex County Council	PA
Gesellschaft Technische Zusammenarbeit	Project Manager
Dept of Trade & Industry	Civil Service Fast Stream
Home Office	Immigration Officer
Attorney General	Advocate
LLM Law
University of Sussex	D.Phil Historical Geography
PhD Law
University of Kent	Teaching Assistant

FURTHER INFORMATION

Our “I Want to Work in Law” pages, www.kent.ac.uk/careers/siteslaw.htm include links to sites with general law information, directories, firms, chambers, other law-related employers and professional bodies in England & Wales and in other jurisdictions.

You may also want to drop in to the Careers Information Room to look at our reference files of information on legal careers and employers and books such as The Path to Pupillage and My Brief Career. We can also advise on filling out application forms , on preparing a curriculum vitae and on interview technique – see www.kent.ac.uk/careers/dutyca.htm.

CVs, application forms and interviews for law (separate page)

Last fully updated September 2008