To be a solicitor means more than to be a member of a profession. The badge of solicitor is synonymous not only with great technical and legal expertise, but also with honour, integrity and authority. Few professions can boast such a rich variety of disciplines, occupations and opportunities, and fewer still can claim to be as rewarding or intellectually challenging. With so many options available, LawCareers.Net will help you to make important decisions, as it has for thousands of students, graduates and newly qualified solicitors over a number of years.

As we prepare to leave the first decade of the twenty-first century, the solicitors' profession moves from strength to strength. The last ten years have seen an unprecedented level of change and the opening up of new avenues for new entrants to discover and explore. Whereas once a solicitor would expect to follow a traditional path through private practice, they can now opt to argue in the courts as a solicitor advocate or to pursue a path as an in-house adviser in industry or government. In addition, more and more solicitors are choosing to exercise their abilities overseas. 

The Law Society is committed to assisting all aspiring members of the profession to reach their potential and, through the Society's Junior Lawyers Division, to ensuring that their views are heard at the highest level.   

I wish you every success as you embark on your new careers.

Robert Heslett
President of the Law Society of England and Wales

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