What are the highlights of a career as a solicitor?

Best bit is the paycheck. That's about it.

"barristers are better than solicitors" is not what I was getting at. Of course they are both valuable in the same way that a charity worker is valuable to society!

If I could sort of rephrase the point that i was making:

It seems to me that the LPC is all that you require to become a solicitor and that a study law is not required because at the end of the day once you have grasped the way to type contracts/leases etc, there will come a point when only the name of your clients will change and nothing else will.

The BVC followed by a career at the bar, in my opinion, offers at the very least more variety but more importantly a new challenge everyday because of the levels of innovation and originality associated with it. Its a great challenge that you can go at for the rest of your working life and it is so much more enjoyable.

So where did you do your LPC to form this opinion?
I'm sorry but I couldn't disagree more. I've done lots of work experience and solicitor's offices have a great atmosphere, the work is valuable and challenging.
Have you done both vacation schemes and mini pupillages then?

Yes of course I don't mind giving you an example Superdillon...

I worked on a case during one of my vac schemes where I was interviewing clients, compliling statements and dealing with huge stacks on evidence relating to a case where there was a dispute over a childs' education and a specific issue order was being sought.
The child was so so unhappy, was being manipulated by at least one party involved, and was seeing a psychiatrist.
To work within such a situation, to strive to reach a result which would positively benefit a childs' mental health and shape his future, was massively rewarding.
And even as a vac scheme girl, I was given varied and interesting work to do, as I mentioned just now, interviews, statements, evidence, I was also in court, I compiled instructions for counsel (ripped apart by the partner supervising me, but hey its all a learning curve) and was constantly kept "in the loop" by the partners and overall, I gained a lot from my time there.

What position were you holding while working for law firms?
It would be interesting to hear how you have formed your opinions
Us acadmic law degree / LPC / TC route people may be able to learn from your experiences seeing as you seem to have such low opinions and strong preconceptions of the LPC etc.

A pleasure to be spanked by you ellewoods

Ok well personally the main reason why my experience at a solicitors was so crap was because it was part of my EU prize. Thus the women, a senior partner, instead of being nice seemed to be a mega b*tch and kept going on about u don't need to get a first to be a solicitor and inadvertantly suggested because I was working on one I'd lack other skills. I think she was seriously insecure but frankly she was a pain up the backside, spending half the time on the phone to her friends and creating herself seriousl work backlog and problems. I would not like a job with such a nut.

She was obviously threatened by your brilliance.

You think paychecks are really worth it? Upon qualifying salaries are around £32 000- £35 000, you be a beat officer in the police force and earn that much I think.
I'm not in it for the money however just the enjoyment of working within the law.

Lawz-, you did the BCL, what are you doing now? LPC?

Was she a gangster chav?

And what's the earning potential in the policeforce?

My NQ Salary will be upwards of 100k... if you make partner you could be on 1.5m a year and up eventually ...

Who's talking about trainee's salaries?