Non-law students: Non-law students

There are four main types of university degree - arts, sciences, languages and business - and each trains students in a set of skills which are highly transferable to law.

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Legal work experience for non-law graduates

I’m a humanities graduate planning to save up before taking a law conversion course. What paid work can I do that will be valuable for a career in law?

Key information for non-law students

Here's how you become a lawyer

From undergraduate degree to the conversion course, here's how it works

Non-law degree action plan

A checklist to get you started

What you need to know

Things to think about when embarking on this career path

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE)

The new exam that all students will have to take in order to qualify as a solicitor

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The LCN Podcast

Episode 7: non-law students

This episode is all about becoming a lawyer from a non-law background and features interviews with non-law trainee Gabs and non-law associate Aleks at Shoosmiths.

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Ruairi McGill

University

University of Bristol

Subject

Economics and politics

Started

July 2019

Getting started as a non-law student

If you are looking for a few ways to get started but are not sure what you could do, hopefully these tips will help!

Hear from non-law and GDL students

Non-law trainee case study

Alex studied social sciences at university. Here's how he got a training contract at Shoosmiths

Things you shouldn’t worry about as a non-law student

Whether you have the same worries or not, hopefully this blog will offer some reassurance that you are not alone and that a lot of things are never as bad as they may first seem!

The GDL: We're all in the same boat, we just haven't met yet

Olivia shares her tips for launching a career in law

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Shipping & trade law

Solicitors' practice area

Shipping law tends to fall into two areas: contentious and non-contentious.

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What are the different types of lawyers?

A key question you need to think about is what kind of lawyer you want to be.