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Career Planning for Law Students Careers and Employability Career Planning for Law Students 1 2 Career Planning for Law Students COPYRIGHT STATEMENT © University of Chester Updated September 2012 All Rights Reserved No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior permission of the copyright owner, other than as permitted by current UK legislation or under the terms of a recognised copyright licensing scheme. 3 Careers and Employability www.chester.ac.uk/careers Philippa Hardie Career Consultant [email protected] 01244 513066 Careers & Employability Centre (opposite The Binks Building) Chester Campus Careers and Employability University of Chester Parkgate Road Chester CH1 4BJ 4 Contents Career Planning for Law Students . 6 Careers in Law – Timetable for Law Students 2012/13 . 7 Becoming a Solicitor . 9 The Legal Practice Course (LPC) ...............................10 Applying for admission to the full time Legal Practice Course.........10 Applying for admission to the part-time Legal Practice Course ........11 What will I study on the Legal Practice Course? ...................11 When to apply for a training contract ............................12 What do trainee solicitors do? .................................12 How to Apply ..............................................13 Becoming a Barrister . 14 Prospects .................................................15 Apply for Work Experience....................................16 Apply for a place on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) ......16 Joining an Inn and Applying for Scholarships ......................17 What is Pupillage? ..........................................18 What do Chambers look for? ..................................18 Apply for Pupillages .........................................19 Applying by Online Application Form ............................20 Applying by CV .............................................21 The Covering Letter .........................................27 Skills analysis sheet .........................................29 5 Career Planning for Law Students Almost as soon as you start your law degree, you need to ask yourself a very important question: n Do I wish to use my law degree in order to pursue a career as a solicitor or barrister? Less than half of all law students eventually progress into law, but only after undertaking the necessary further study and training. That means that everyone else goes into other fields, many of which will require either postgraduate study or relevant work experience. In order to make the right decision for you, start investigating the solicitors’ and barristers’ professions. There are two key activities you can do at this stage: n Research - do as much as possible during your degree, as this will give you a clearer idea of the areas of legal practice, different solicitors’ firms and barristers’ chambers. n Legal work experience – it is vital to get as much as you can during your degree. With some legal experience behind you, any application will look more credible and you will have a better idea which area of the profession might suit you best. The recruitment cycle in law can be up to twice as long as for other graduate careers. For example, if you want to be a commercial solicitor with a large firm, or a barrister at one of the larger commercial sets, you may need to apply two years in advance of when you want to start. Routes to qualification Gaining your LLB will give you a qualifying law degree. This will enable you to qualify either as a solicitor or barrister by completing the relevant vocational stage of training. If you have a non-law or Combined Law degree you will have to complete at least some of the Graduate Diploma in Law before going on to the LPC or BPTC. 6 Careers in Law – Timetable for Law Students 2012/13 DATE SOLICITORS – TIMETABLE BARRISTERS – TIMETABLE At any n Research firms. If n Research chambers opportunity interested in small firms seek work experience or n Apply for mini-pupillages work shadowing (see www.pupillages. com) n Join an Inn (any time, but no later than 31 May prior to BPTC). Level 5 Autumn n Attend Law Fairs and law firm presentations n Apply for work experience schemes and open days with larger firms (closing dates around Feb/March 2013) Spring/ n Apply for training n Attend National Pupillage Summer contracts with larger firms Fair in London, March for positions to start 2015 2013, see www. – closing dates around 31 targetjobs.co.uk for July 2013 details n The majority of chambers recruit one year ahead, so you will normally apply during your final year, but check for chambers recruiting two years ahead (see www. pupillages.com). 7 DATE SOLICITORS – TIMETABLE BARRISTERS – TIMETABLE Level 6 Autumn n Apply for LPC (from n Apply for BPTC and October 2012) for courses take Aptitude Test commencing 2013 – apply online at www. online at www.lawcabs. barprofessionaltraining. ac.uk. There is a link to org.uk Application period websites for information November 2012– mid on course providers. January 2013. Apply for Inns’ scholarships (closing date 2 November 2012 for 2013 entry). Spring/ n Register online as a n Apply for pupillages. See Summer student member of the www.pupillages.com Solicitors Regulatory which lists all pupillages Authority (SRA) including those recruiting www.sra.org.uk. You must through the Pupillage be enrolled and obtain a Portal which has one Certificate of Completion recruitment season in of the Academic Stage by April. the start of the LPC. n Check training contract vacancies with small/ n Join an Inn by 31 May medium sized firms prior to commencing (closing dates vary). BPTC. 8 Becoming a Solicitor Solicitors form the largest part of the legal profession with approximately 104,000 practitioners. The majority work in private practice. The remainder work in-house (within companies, charities and other employer organisations) or within government. Solicitors’ work depends a great deal on the practice area and the size of employer. For example, in a City firm the focus of the work is almost entirely business law, dealing with companies. Solicitors work together in teams, in structured departments, with individual practitioners often looking at one small part of a large, high profile deal. Face-to-face contact with the client is limited in the early years and you will work alongside qualified staff, as one of many trainees. In contrast, in a high street firm, you may be the only trainee and will probably have face-to-face client contact and court work from an early stage. Here, the work is for individuals or small local businesses and reflects everyday life events such as wills and probate, divorce, conveyancing or standard business matters. Routes to qualification If you’re thinking of qualifying as a solicitor, your degree will remain valid for seven years only. This means that you must start your LPC during this time. What’s the next stage? You must apply to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) for student membership and for a certificate of completion of the academic stage of training. This is very important as without it you cannot go on to the vocational stage of training which includes the Legal Practice Course and the training contract. 9 The Legal Practice Course (LPC) The course is delivered and studied in two stages: Stage 1 covers the three essential practice areas of Business Law and Practice, Property Law and Practice, and Litigation, and the course skills, Professional Conduct and Regulation, Taxation, and Wills and Administration of Estates. Stage 2 will be made up of three vocational electives. To assist you in making a choice, LPC providers can become authorised to offer Stage 1, Stage 2 or both stages. You must complete Stage 1 with one provider only. You can take Stage 2 with your Stage 1 provider or with one or more other authorised Stage 2 providers. Therefore, you can take the three vocational electives at three different authorised providers. You must complete three electives. Each elective will be allocated to an elective group, and you will be required to complete electives from at least two groups to ensure that you cover different aspects of practice. All assessments of Stage 1 and Stage 2 must be successfully completed and passed within a five-year period. The five-year period starts from the date you attempt the first assessment—whether or not you are successful. The LPC will continue to be delivered from September to June on a full time basis or part-time over 2 years. There are also other study options available. For more information please look at the SRA’s website – www.sra.org.uk Applying for admission to the full time Legal Practice Course Admission applications for the full time Legal Practice Course (LPC) are processed by the Central Applications Board – www.lawcabs.ac.uk Applications can be made from October in the year before the course starts. 10 Applying for admission to the part-time Legal Practice Course Admission applications for the part-time Legal Practice Course (LPC) are dealt with directly by individual providers. Not all providers offer part-time courses, so check the list of providers on the SRA’s website – www.sra.org.uk for more information. What will I study on the Legal Practice Course? The LPC comprises n compulsory areas (Business Law and Practice, Property Law and Practice, and Civil and Criminal Litigation) n core areas n pervasive areas (Accounts, Professional Conduct and Client Care, European Union Law, Revenue Law and Human Rights) n skills areas (Advocacy, Interviewing and Advising, Practical Legal Research, Writing and Drafting) n elective subjects If you hope to study a particular elective subject, ensure that it is offered by the institution to which you apply. The Training Contract The training contract lasts two years and is compulsory for graduates who wish to qualify as a solicitor. There should be a mix of contentious and non- contentious work. Trainee solicitors gain practical experience of law and learn to apply a range of skills through working in a law practice or legal department.
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