Career timetable
There are many different types of lawyer and paths into the legal profession. Use the diagram below to plot out your route into law.
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GCSE
A level
Intermediate apprenticeship
Non-law degree
Law degree
S Q E P R E P A R A T I O N
Paralegal apprenticeship
Solicitor apprenticeship
Law conversion (optional)
CILEX Level 3 Certificate
CILEX Level 3 Diploma
LPC or SQE
Bar course
CILEX Level 6
Chartered legal executive apprenticeship
2 years’ QWE / training contract
Pupillage
3 years’ qualifying employment
CILEX Fast Track
Solicitor
Chartered legal executive
Barrister
Paralegal
Further reading For more on the solicitors’ career timetable, see p116. For more on the barristers’ career timetable, see p398. For more on the chartered legal executive timetable, see p110. For more on legal apprenticeships, pick up a copy of The Law Apprenticeships Guide 2022 . Change ahead: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination Anyone who starts an undergraduate degree after Autumn 2021 will have to take the Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE), a new two-stage assessment that must be passed to qualify as a solicitor, in addition to two years’ qualifying work experience. The SQE replaces the LPC and also means that a law degree or GDL are no longer compulsory – although in reality you will need either an LLB, law conversion or other preparation course to be able to pass the new exams. For more information, read the ‘SRA chapter’ and go to the SQE Hub on LawCareers.Net.
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