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, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

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)