Your career in law

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Your career in law
What course is suitable for me?
How can BPP's Careers Service help me?
Where can I find more information?
Careers main page

What course is suitable for me?

To become a Solicitor:

For further information on becoming a Solicitor, visit the I want to be a Solicitor section found on the main Careers page.

To become a Barrister:

For further information on becoming a Barrister, visit the I want to be a barrister section found on the main Careers page.

How can BPP's Careers Service help me?

BPP's Law School trains the Barristers and Solicitors of tomorrow. We view a first rate and dedicated Careers Service as an integral part of the service we provide.

Our Careers Service is designed to help you define your career aspirations, keep you fully informed of the steps necessary to pursue these and to help you achieve your goals. Our careers consultants, advisors and tutors maintain close links with the profession so that they can pass the best advice and assistance on to you.

We recognise that each of our students has different strengths and backgrounds and may be interested in different areas of practice or types of firm or Chambers. Our Careers Service is tailored to meet the needs of you as an individual whatever your interests are.

As soon as you have accepted our offer of a place at BPP you are entitled to use the Careers Service and even after you graduate, we can help with your Continuing Professional Development.

" I attended the careers lecture held in June before my course started and as a result I am looking forward to next year. The team made a first-rate impression: very friendly, very professional, very good .... I already feel like I am in competent hands."

As a student at BPP's Law School, you will have access to:

A programme of careers lectures and workshops by the Law School's careers consultants, practitioners and former BPP students now in practice.
Access to training contract, pupillage and paralegal vacancies from a range of firms and Chambers, including many who have expressed a particular interest in employing graduates from BPP. An extensive careers library.
An extensive Careers Information Booklet with sample CVs, interview guidance and application advice. Access to a wide range of online careers information and guidance on the student intranet.
Dedicated and specialist careers consultants for booked appointments, drop in service and email guidance.
A pre-interview preparation service which includes mock interviews by experienced members of staff and feedback from students who have previously attended interviews.
A pre-course careers talk 'Your Career in Law Starts now' to help you prepare for your future before your course starts.

Where can I find more information?

These websites will help you to make your decision about your career in law and also enable you to look for pupillage and training contract vacancies.

To view the main Careers page, please click here.