What is the best advice for someone who lives in Milton Keynes and wants to enter the legal profession as a barrister?

Most lawyers have to start their careers by getting a law degree at university and then getting a place as a trainee lawyer with a local practice. You will then need to attend law school and take the Legal Practice Course, LPC qualification, followed by a two-year training contract with a local law firm.

You can also enter the legal profession if you are not a graduate and have law firm experience or have a non-legal degree. He must take a law conversion course or CPE common professional exam or train as a lawyer through the Institute of Legal Executives’ ILEX program.

After successful completion of the entrance exams, you will need to complete the Legal Practice Course, LPC again.

Most legal professionals need to have a good legal understanding within their chosen field and also a willing nature to deal with people’s problems, frustrations and concerns. Most legal work involves dispute resolution or the interpretation of legal statutes.

Salaries in legal work can generally be well paid, with trainee lawyers starting from around £15,000 to £17,000 per year. Once you become a fully qualified solicitor you can command salaries of £25,000 to £50,000 per annum, while partners in even relatively small practices can earn between £40,000 and £80,000. Partners who work for large legal firms or as part of a large firm’s legal department can receive a reward in excess of £100,000.

There are a number of related fields that as you begin to enter the legal industry, you might also qualify to work. Lawyers, court clerks, legal executives all come from similar beginnings and work within the probation service or as a social rights officer operating in a similar environment.