I'd have loved to have done law, I have that kind of mind, but my degree is in English. I didn't think it through at the time, applied to something I liked, not something lucrative.
Too late now for me, I'm 30 and have to keep a roof over my head, so no real opportunity to go and do another BA.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:07, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

not too late at all
you get paid for doing your training contract. so you'd need a career development loan to cover the 2 years at college, then the rest is paid for. the plus sides are that it is bloody interesting and it pays a stupid amount of money and there is a certain degree of kudos to it. the negatives are the long hours, the fact that everyone is applying at the moment, and the fact that law attracts the ignorant and the arrogant!
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:11, Reply)

What qualification is the two years at college?
And how do I get a training contract? Before or during college?

Gaz me the details.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:14, Reply)

i will gaz you
but in a nutshell: being older/having a different background is a good thing. law firms like that. you apply to the lawfirm, have interviews, if they offer you a training contract, you then go off to college for 2 years. big lawfirms pay your fees and sponsor you.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:16, Reply)

Okay
What sort of roles in law firms? Any pointers for ones local to me?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:17, Reply)

training contracts
you need the grad recruitment section. are you married to where you live? there is a college of law there, go and speak to them.

otherwise i would look up the uk top 100 law firms and apply to all of them. that's pretty much how i did it. you'll need good a-levels and at least a 2:1 though, or you can pretty much forget it!

you get a 1 year post-grad diploma in law, then what is known as the "legal practice course" or LPC which is a piece of piss but essential for people going into law firms. although personally i think its days are numbered.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 0:19, Reply)

My A Levels were pretty poor- B,C,E, but I have a 2.1
I have ordered the 2011 GDL prospectus.
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Tue 12 Oct 2010, 8:06, Reply)