Career timetable
There are many different types of lawyer and paths into the legal profession. Use the diagram below to plot your route into law.
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GCSE
Intermediate apprenticeship
A level
Non-law degree
Law degree
Paralegal apprenticeship
Law conversion (optional for SQE cohort)
Solicitor apprenticeship
Various CILEX routes
Bar course
LPC or SQE
Pupillage
QWE
Chartered legal executive
Solicitor
Barrister
Paralegal
Further reading For more on the solicitors’ career timetable, see page 114. For more on the barristers’ career timetable, see page 376. For more on the chartered legal executive timetable, see page 108. For more on legal apprenticeships, pick up a copy of The Law Apprenticeships Guide . Change ahead: the Solicitors Qualifying Examination Anyone who started 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 Legal Practice Course and also means that a law degree or Graduate Diploma in Law are no longer compulsory – although in reality you’ll need either an LLB, law conversion or other preparation course to pass the new exams. For more information, read the ‘SRA chapter’ on page 105 and visit the SQE hub on LawCareers.Net.
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