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
Paralegal apprenticeship
CILEx Level 3 Certificate
Non-law degree
Law degree
Solicitor apprenticeship
Law conversion
CILEx Level 3 Diploma
CILEx Level 6
Chartered legal executive apprenticeship
Bar course
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 p138. For more on the barristers’ career timetable, see p434. For more on the chartered legal executive timetable, see p133. For more on legal apprenticeships, pick up a copy of The Law Apprenticeships Guide 2021 . 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 two-stage assessment, plus two years’ qualifying work experience. The SQE replaces the LPC and means that a law degree or GDL are no longer compulsory – although you will probably need either a LLB or law conversion to have a chance of passing the SQE. For more information, read the “SRA chapter” on p131 and go to LawCareers.Net.
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