TARGETcareers
  • Sign in
  • Register
  • Career sectors
    • Arts and creative
    • Business
    • Construction and property
    • Engineering
    • Finance
    • Healthcare and veterinary medicine
    • Hospitality and travel
    • IT and technology
    • Law
    • Media
    • Public sector and charity
    • Retail, buying and fashion
    • Science
    • Teaching and education
  • Careers advice
    • A level choices
    • Applications and interviews
    • Building networks
    • Choosing your career
    • Job descriptions
    • Revision tips
    • Skills and experience
    • Taking a gap year
    • UK job market guide
    • Work v. uni
  • Jobs
    • Employer profiles
    • Job search
    • Top 200 employers
  • Uni
    • University profiles
    • Choices about uni
    • Applying for uni
    • City guides
    • Degree subject guides
    • Starting university
    • Top unis for your lifestyle
    • University reviews
    • Degree Explorer
    • Open days
  • Parents and teachers
    • Parents
    • Teachers
Home | Career sectors | Law

Law

Search jobs

Find out about careers in Law

  • What types of jobs are there in law?

    Read more

    Types of jobs in law

    Find out what a lawyer does and the different types of lawyer you could become.

    Read more
  • Overview of the solicitors’ profession

    Read more

    What does a solicitor do?

    Solicitors advise individuals and companies on a wide range of matters, from employment to real estate.

    Read more
  • Overview of the barristers’ profession

    Read more

    What does a barrister do?

    Barristers offer expertise on legal matters to different parties and speak in court when necessary.

    Read more
  • Would a career in law suit me?

    Read more

    Necessities for a career in law

    A career in law can be rewarding for you and, in many cases, your bank account. But you’ll need to put in a lot of time and effort to make it work.

    Read more
  • Fact v fiction (TV vs reality)

    Read more

    Law career facts versus fiction

    TARGETcareers explores some of the myths about law to make sure that you know what you’re getting yourself into.

    Read more

Routes into Law

  • How do I get into law?

    Read more

    Getting into law

    Find out about the routes into the legal profession and which A levels you need to choose to get into law.

    Read more
  • Pros and cons: uni v. work

    Read more

    Law careers: work v. uni

    Before you choose which route into law is the right one for you, you need to think carefully about these pros and cons.

    Read more
  • University course books for law degree students

    Read more

    Degree choices for law careers

    Do you need a law degree to work as a lawyer? Are you and your career at a disadvantage by choosing a non-law degree? We let you know.

    Read more
  • Oxford University - one of the top universities for law careers

    Read more

    Best uni for law careers

    If you are considering a career as a lawyer, your first two decisions are likely to be: ‘Which course should I do?’ followed by ‘Which universities should I apply to?’. We talk through these decisions below.

    Read more
  • Explore the different types of law apprenticeship.

    Read more

    A guide to law apprenticeships

    Find out more about the law apprenticeship options for school leavers.

    Read more
  • What will working life be like?

    Read more

    What do apprentices do in law?

    What can you expect to do as an apprentice in a law firm?

    Read more
  • Saxan Lisle-Fenwick tell us how she qualified as a chartered legal executive.

    Read more

    Becoming a legal executive

    Saxan Lisle-Fenwick is a chartered legal executive in the personal injury department at Shoosmiths. She tells us more about the CILEx route and how she became a lawyer without a degree.

    Read more
  • Photo of solicitor apprentice and scales of justice

    Read more

    My solicitor apprenticeship

    Solicitor apprentice Marc turned down five universities to work at Ashurst, where he's part of a close-knit group of apprentices and graduate trainees.

    Read more
  • Image of solicitor apprentice

    Read more

    My solicitor apprenticeship

    Pete Black is a solicitor apprentice at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP. Here he shares his experience and advice.

    Read more

Degree Explorer

The Degree Explorer helps you plan for your future! Match your interests to university subjects and explore each recommendation to find out what suits you.

Get started

Sign up to TARGETcareers

Our regular newsletters will give you the advice you need when you need it most. Plus, you’ll also receive courses and apprenticeships that you may be interested in applying to.

Sign up

More help elsewhere

  • Choosing your career
  • Cvs, applications and interviews
  • Degree subject guides
  • UK job market guide
  • Work v. uni
Advertise here

Universities to check out

Northumbria University logo
Cardiff Metropolitan University logo
University of Southampton
University of Edinburgh logo

Top

About TARGETcareers

  • About TARGETcareers
  • Contact TARGETcareers
  • Accessibility
  • About our cookies
  • Site map

For students

  • Apprenticeships and school leaver jobs
  • Manage your profile and emails
  • Terms and conditions for students
  • Privacy policy

For advertisers

  • Information for recruiters
  • Advertise on TARGETcareers
  • Terms and conditions for advertisers

UK careers sites from GTI Media

  • targetjobs.co.uk

© GTI Media Ltd. Registered in England No. 2347472. Registered office: The Fountain Building, Howbery Park, Benson Lane, Wallingford, Oxfordshire OX10 8BA UK

    • Career sectors
      • Arts and creative
        • Careers as a copywriter or content writer
        • Careers as a stage manager
        • Careers in art and design
        • Careers in film: director, screenwriter, editor, cast member
        • Careers in film: producer, runner, casting, locations
        • Careers in filmmaking: sound design, production and post-production
        • Careers in music: actor-musician
        • Careers in music: classical singer
        • Careers in music: concert pianist
        • Careers in theatre
        • Careers involving writing
        • Film jobs in art, costume, visual effects and cinematography
        • How I started a career in filmmaking
        • How to become a theatre director – job role and training routes explained
        • How to become a theatre lighting designer, sound designer or technician
        • How to become a theatre producer: job role and training options explained
        • How to become an author
        • How to get into acting
        • Theatre set design careers
        • ‘I want to be a playwright’ – playwriting careers explained
      • Business
        • Studying business management at university
      • Construction and property
        • Taking a civil engineering apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do a property surveying degree apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do a site management degree apprenticeship
      • Engineering
        • My engineering sponsored degree at Dyson
        • Taking an engineering degree apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do an electrical fitting advanced apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do an engineering degree apprenticeship
      • Finance
        • Taking an actuarial apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do a finance apprenticeship
      • Healthcare and veterinary medicine
        • Medical careers guide: becoming a doctor in the UK
        • Careers as a nurse
        • Careers in pharmacy
        • Clinical psychology jobs and training explained
        • How to become a physiotherapist and what they do
        • Is medicine for me?
        • Medical research jobs and qualifications
        • Veterinary degrees and careers explained
        • How to become a dentist and your job options
        • How to become a dietitian and what they do
      • Hospitality and travel
        • Careers as a commercial pilot
      • IT and technology
        • Life as an IT apprentice at HSBC
        • Taking an IT degree apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do a technology apprenticeship
        • What it's like to do a technology degree apprenticeship
        • What it’s like to do a digital and technology solutions degree apprenticeship
      • Law
      • Media
        • Choosing the best degree for media careers in publishing, editing and journalism
        • How do I get into a career as an editor?
        • How do I get into a career in TV or radio production?
        • How do I get into a career in journalism?
        • How do I get into a career in the media?
        • Media apprenticeships – your job options
        • The best degree subjects for careers in media production, design and photography
        • What I've learned on my media work experience placement
        • Would a career in the media suit me?
      • Public sector and charity
        • What school leaver training programmes are there in public service?
        • What should I study at university for a career in public service?
        • What types of jobs and employers are there in public service?
        • Would a career in public service suit me?
      • Retail, buying and fashion
      • Science
        • Choosing a degree and university for your science career
        • Science apprenticeships – your job options at 18
        • Would a career in science suit me?
      • Teaching and education
      • What it's like to do a law apprenticeship
        • My route to becoming a legal executive
        • Taking a solicitor apprenticeship
    • Careers advice
      • A level choices
        • A levels or BTEC – which should I take?
        • My experience of the International Baccalaureate programme
        • Should I do the IB or A levels?
        • Should I take four A levels?
        • Taking an extended project qualification (EPQ)
        • Taking level 3 BTEC sport and exercise science
        • What A level subjects should I take?
        • What are BTECs?
        • What is the International Baccalaureate (IB)?
      • Applications and interviews
        • Create a great apprenticeship covering letter
      • Building networks
      • Choosing your career
        • Careers in sports
        • Careers involving travel
        • Environmental careers and how to get them
        • I want a career as a manager – what are my options?
        • I want a career helping people – what are my options?
        • I want a creative career – what are my options?
        • I want a job working with animals – what careers are there?
        • I'm interested in careers working with children – what jobs can I do?
        • Popular jobs for school leavers and graduates
        • Ten top non-office jobs
      • Job descriptions
      • Revision tips
        • How to motivate yourself to revise
        • How to revise for English exams
        • How to revise for arts and humanities exams
        • How to revise for exams in a week
        • How to revise for language exams
        • How to revise for maths exams
        • How to revise for science exams
        • Revision planning: what to do before you start revising
        • Revision routine tips – how to revise well and stay happy
        • Weird tips to help you remember what you revise
      • Skills and experience
        • Five skills I’ve developed through my work experience placement
        • How to make the most of your work experience placement
        • Volunteering for teens
      • Taking a gap year
      • UK job market guide
        • Dos and don’ts for using labour market information in your career decisions
        • Future careers: which job areas will grow?
      • Work v. uni
        • Apprenticeship entry requirements
        • Apprenticeships in Northern Ireland
        • Apprenticeships in Scotland
        • Apprenticeships in Wales
        • Five ‘graduate’ careers you can get into via an apprenticeship
        • How difficult is an apprenticeship?
        • Relocating for an apprenticeship
        • The Apprentice vs a real apprenticeship
        • What is an apprenticeship?
    • Jobs
      • Employer profiles
      • Job search
      • Top 200 employers
    • Uni
      • University profiles
      • Choices about uni
        • Degrees for introverts and extroverts: subjects that suit your personality
        • Distance learning degrees – the right choice?
        • How to make the most of university open days
        • Six tips for discovering the universities employers prefer for the career you want
        • The top universities for law careers
        • Three careers for which your university matters
        • Top universities if you want a career in investment banking
        • What is the best university for me if I want a career in accounting?
        • What university rankings mean
        • Which universities do employers like?
        • Going to university abroad – your study options
        • Going to university in Scotland
        • How much does it cost to study abroad?
      • Applying for uni
        • Clearing and alternatives – how to get into uni if you've missed out on a place
        • Clearing courses
        • How to begin your UCAS personal statement: the opening sentence
        • How to structure your UCAS personal statement
        • Results day tales: getting into university if you didn't get the grades
        • Tips for writing your engineering personal statement
        • UCAS personal statements: your questions answered
        • University Clearing: advice from the people who make the decisions
        • University interview tips for civil engineering, quantity surveying and construction degrees
        • What to include in your UCAS personal statement
        • What to wear for a university interview
        • What will I be asked in an interview for an English degree?
        • Edinburgh via Brazil: taking the long way round through Adjustment
        • The essential guide to the BMAT and UCAT
        • The essential guide to the LNAT
        • Understanding university admissions tests
      • City guides
        • Student cities: studying in Bath
        • Student cities: studying in Belfast
        • Student cities: studying in Birmingham
        • Student cities: studying in Bristol
        • Student cities: studying in Cambridge
        • Student cities: studying in Cardiff
        • Student cities: studying in Dublin
        • Student cities: studying in Durham
        • Student cities: studying in Edinburgh
        • Student cities: studying in Glasgow
        • Student cities: studying in Leeds
        • Student cities: studying in Liverpool
        • Student cities: studying in London
        • Student cities: studying in Manchester
        • Student cities: studying in Nottingham
        • Student cities: studying in Oxford
        • Student cities: studying in Sheffield
      • Degree subject guides
        • A guide to studying accountancy and finance at university, and the careers it can lead to
        • Alternatives to a medicine degree
        • Becoming a nurse: course and career guide
        • Chemistry degrees and careers
        • Engineering degrees and the jobs they can lead to
        • English degree guide: studying literature or language at uni
        • From French degree to Japanese studies: languages courses guide
        • Geography university courses – what to expect
        • Mathematics degrees: what you’ll study and your career options
        • Nine common degrees you might not have heard of
        • Should I do a biology degree?
        • Should I do a design degree?
        • Should I do a history degree?
        • Should I do a medical degree?
        • Should I do a physics degree?
        • Should I do a sport and exercise science degree?
        • Should I study economics at university?
        • Studying a law degree at university – and the careers it can lead to
        • Studying psychology at uni – and careers it can lead to
        • What types of fashion degrees can you study at university?
        • Your guide to business degrees and careers
        • Architecture courses and where they can lead
        • Should I do a degree in politics?
        • Should I study philosophy at university?
        • Should I take a degree in sociology?
        • Studying drama and theatre at university
      • Starting university
        • Making friends at university
        • The ultimate uni checklist: what to pack
        • Wellbeing and mental health support at university
      • Top unis for your lifestyle
        • Top universities for hockey
        • Top universities for nightlife
        • Top universities for rugby
        • Top universities for tennis
        • Top universities for gorgeous beaches
        • Top universities for pretty campuses to chill out on
        • Top universities for music lovers – Scotland and Wales
        • Top universities for music lovers – England
        • Top universities for brilliant pubs and bars
        • Top universities for Bohemia
        • Top universities for the great outdoors – Wales
        • Top universities for the great outdoors – England
        • Top universities for the great outdoors – Scotland
        • Top universities for rowing
        • Top universities for student drama – Scotland and northern England
        • Top universities for student drama – south and central England
        • Top universities for football
        • Top universities for odd societies
        • Top universities for student athletics
        • Top universities for debating
        • Top universities for strange traditions
        • Top universities for students who’ve changed the world
      • University reviews
      • Degree Explorer
      • Open days
    • Parents and teachers
      • Parents
      • Teachers
      • Sign in
      • Register
      • Dashboard
      • Sign out