In this page, we tell you more about your career as a solicitor. This page includes an artice written for Studentatlaw by www.traineesolicitors.co.uk and a help section written by us.
TraineeSolicitors.co.uk
As you embarked on the long and winding road to a career in the law, you probably pictured yourself in a suit barking orders at your minions in a board room overlooking the London skyline. In reality, you're probably working your way through endless application forms, worrying about where you will end up.
The quest for the training contract - the end goal of years of studying until it hurts and spending tens of thousands of pounds for the pleasure - can be an arduous one. It may feel like all of your peers have great jobs lined up, their GDL and LPC fees paid for and a maintenance grant to boot, when all you have is an interview at the bank for a graduate loan and a massive headache.
For many people the training contract market is a tough one to break into. The standards are high and competition is fierce. Lawyers themselves cannot believe how tough it is to get a foot in the door now, and many recruiters admitting you may not get a look in without the right A-level grades, a good 2:1 and a gleaming résumé stuffed with relevant work experience.
The only piece of advice at this point, and one you will have heard numerous times, is: don’t give up. Here is some advice that www.traineesolicitors.co.uk give on how to improve your chances of getting a training contract that is right for you...
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Studentatlaw.co.uk
This section will take you through some steps to think about when you consider your career. These were steps were told to me over numerous seminars.
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