Where will your law degree take you?
There's a wide range of career paths you might follow after graduating with a law degree. We take a closer look...
Graduation day can seem very far away when you're only just starting your university studies. After all, you'll have plenty to learn on your law degree, and that learning won't just take place in the classroom.
But, once you've completed your law degree and have your certificate in hand, it's going to be time to take first steps on your career path. And that path might be something quite different to what you planned when you started your course.
No matter what career you’re aiming for, attaining a law degree means you’ll end up with a variety of valuable and sought-after skills to showcase on your CV. These include:
- Problem-solving
- Communication
- Time management
- Assimilation of facts
- Big-picture thinking
- Analytical skills
- Experience in research
- Expressing your case in writing and verbally
These are skills that will be hugely valuable if you're working as a lawyer. But they're relevant to roles across all kinds of sectors (as you'll see in our article on 10 jobs you can do with a law degree that aren’t being a lawyer).
Developing such a broad skillset means that law graduates can go into the job market with confidence. Recent statistics from the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) show that 88% of law graduates are in some form of employment or further study.
Taking a deeper look into those statistics, we can see that 78% of employed law graduates are in roles that are listed by HESA as 'high skilled' (typically roles where a degree or a high level of knowledge is required).
Of the employment areas where law graduates found work, 48% were employed in ‘professional, scientific and technical’ areas, with the second-highest area being 'public administration and defence' where 13% are working.
Many law graduates will of course focus on work as a solicitor or as a barrister. But one of the great benefits of a law degree is the amount of flexibility it provides and the breadth of opportunities that are therefore available.
If a law degree is something you'd like to find out more about, try exploring the articles in our law section here on The Uni Guide. Here are a few to get you started:
- How to choose your ideal university for studying law
- Don't believe these myths about studying law at university
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Will artificial intelligence put legal graduates out of work?
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