Career timetable
Confused about the career path to becoming a lawyer? Follow the career timetable below to plot out your route into law.
GCSE
A level
Intermediate apprenticeship
Paralegal apprenticeship
CILEx Level 3 Certificate
Non-law degree
Law degree
Solicitor apprenticeship
GDL
CILEx Level 3 Diploma
CILEx Level 6
Chartered legal executive apprenticeship
BPTC
LPC
CILEx Fast Track
3 years’ qualifying employment
Pupillage Training contract
Solicitor
Chartered legal executive
Barrister
Paralegal
Equivalent means cross-qualification
Further reading For more on the solicitors’ career timetable, see p146. For more on the barristers’ career timetable, see p464. For more on the chartered legal executive timetable, see p141. For more on legal apprenticeships, pick up a copy of The Law Apprenticeships Guide 2020 . Change ahead: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination Anyone who starts an undergraduate degree after Autumn 2021 will have to take the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, a new assessment that must be passed to qualify as a solicitor. This will replace the current GDL and LPC courses, and the period of recognised training may also change. For more information, read the “SRA chapter” on p139 and go to LawCareers.Net – search “Solicitors Qualifying Examination”.
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