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Zoe King, Campus Dean - Bristol
The University of Law
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TAUGHT BY
QUALIFIED LAWYERS
TEF GOLD STANDARD
AN ESTABLISHED
HISTORY IN LEGAL
EDUCATION
OVER 64,000 ALUMNI
12 LOCATIONS IN 11
CITIES
97% EMPLOYMENT
RATE
About Us
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UNDERGRADUATE COURSES ATTHE UNIVERSITY OF LAW
LAW
CRIMINOLOGY
BUSINESS
POLICING
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POSTGRADUATE COURSES ATTHE UNIVERSITY OF LAW
Law Conversion Courses:
• Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL)
• MA Law
• i-GDL
Legal Practice Course (LPC):
• LPC
• LPC MSc in Law, Business & Management
• LPC LLM
• i-LLM LPC
Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC):
• BPTC
• BPTC LLM
University of Law Business School Master’s Degrees
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New Training Regime for Solicitors
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Current Training Routes
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Future Training Requirements to become a
Solicitor
- New Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)
- Earliest start date 2021
- Current courses are likely to be phased out
- To qualify as a solicitor you will need to have:
• passed SQE stages 1 and 2 (including
candidates with a law degree)
• been awarded a degree qualification, or
equivalent
• have two years of qualifying legal work
experience
• pass satisfactory character and suitability test
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The SQE - Overview
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The SQE - Timeline
• Before Sep 2021 – those who have
started a QLD/GLD can continue under
current system up to 2032.
• However students could transition onto
the new system once its in place.
• Anyone starting from Sep 2021, will be on
the new SQE system.
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Law Career Basics
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Which area of law?
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Do you have the right skills?
Attention to detail
Commercial awareness
Team workSelf-motivation
and initiative
Communication
Ability to
organise and
prioritise
Research and
analysis
Interpersonal skills
Problem solving
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What are the benefits?• Intellectually stimulating and challenging
• Variety of employment opportunities
• Job satisfaction
• Career progression
• Financially rewarding
• Interest in business
• A desire to work with people
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Alternative careers
60% of Law graduates use their transferable
skills to go into other areas…
- Accountancy and finance
- Business
- Journalism
- Teaching
- Publishing
- Community work
- And more
Law is a
fantastic
foundation for a
whole range of
careers.
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What kind of lawyer?
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Solicitor
I get paid a salary
by my firm
I’m given a variety
of tasks and jobs
by my firm
I get to work with lots
of people and clients.
There are lots of
career
opportunities
I enjoy being based
mostly in the office
I tend to work on a
case from start to
finish
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Some facts about solicitors
• Currently over 160,000 solicitors on Roll (England &
Wales) – over 130,000 solicitors with practising
certificates. (Up)
• 90,000 solicitors work in private practices with just
over 9,500 firms currently operating in England and
Wales
• Another 25,600 are employed ‘in house’ in
commercial and industrial organisations, central /
local government, courts and the CPS
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Barrister
I get to travel around
the UK and work in
different places
I’m self-employed, and
have to manage my
own finances
I have to work hard to
get my cases and my
career is based on my
work
I like talking in public
and presenting
arguments
I work well with tight
deadlines and don’t
mind weekend and
evening work
I work in a small, close-
knit community, mostly
in contact with other
lawyers.
I’m an expert in a particular area of
law and do lots of specialist research
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Some facts about barristers
• There are currently just over 15,500 barristers in
practice (constant since 2011)
• 80% of barristers are self employed and work in
offices called chambers.
• 34.9% of pupil barristers obtained a 1st in their
degree and 54.5% obtained a 2:1
• Only 23% of barristers work outside of
London
• A few sets of chambers are becoming ABSs
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Planning legal careers: different types of legal employer Can be arranged in four categories:
• Private practice
• Public sector
• Alternative Business Structures
• In-house
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How can you engage with us?
Connect with us online
Join Future Lawyers and access our 10
step employability programme
Come to one of our open days and
employability events
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Any questions?