Original post by Amamya
I have managed to get a first in law I am really unsure what to do now feel scared to do anything. I feel like I don't have the confidence of anything to be in any career to do with law
Hi @Amamya
First, a massive congratulations on getting a first! That's such a big achievement
I would recommend going along for a taster day at the University of Law to look at their postgraduate options such as the SQE course or BPC. I know that this may seem daunting but I'm sure you are more than capable of pursuing this career if you want to and by finding out a bit more about it may help you to know! Equally, you could do some work experience in a law firm to see what it's really like working day-to-day, you never truly know until you try!
I hope this helps a bit and good luck
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
Original post by UniofLaw Student
Hi @Amamya
First, a massive congratulations on getting a first! That's such a big achievement
I would recommend going along for a taster day at the University of Law to look at their postgraduate options such as the SQE course or BPC. I know that this may seem daunting but I'm sure you are more than capable of pursuing this career if you want to and by finding out a bit more about it may help you to know! Equally, you could do some work experience in a law firm to see what it's really like working day-to-day, you never truly know until you try!
I hope this helps a bit and good luck
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
First, a massive congratulations on getting a first! That's such a big achievement
I would recommend going along for a taster day at the University of Law to look at their postgraduate options such as the SQE course or BPC. I know that this may seem daunting but I'm sure you are more than capable of pursuing this career if you want to and by finding out a bit more about it may help you to know! Equally, you could do some work experience in a law firm to see what it's really like working day-to-day, you never truly know until you try!
I hope this helps a bit and good luck
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
Thank you for this message and when does the SQE, Post graduate degrees start please? Like when do we have to register by.
Original post by Amamya
I have managed to get a first in law I am really unsure what to do now feel scared to do anything. I feel like I don't have the confidence of anything to be in any career to do with law
Firstly, congrats on the first; law is apparently the most difficult subject to get a first in. That's quite the academic achievement.
A law degree by default allows you to work towards becoming a solicitor (SQE) or a barrister (Bar test + pupilage). From there, you can go into a myriad of roles in the legal sector.
Having said that, there is nothing stopping you from working in the legal or compliance departments of major companies.
Having said that, there is usually a long list of sectors you can go into for work, purely because you never needed a degree to go into them in the first place. This includes:
•
Administration
•
Government services
•
Social work
•
Some areas of healthcare
•
Most areas of business (HR, marketing, accounting, sales)
•
IT roles
•
Some areas of construction
•
Most areas of property
•
Most areas of beauty and wellbeing
•
Creative/design and media (if you're good)
•
Theatre and film (if you're good)
•
Music (if you're good)
•
Anything related to writing (if you're good)
•
Storage
•
Logisitics
•
Armed forces and police force (if you pass certain tests, have a clean record, and are of a certain age range)
•
Some environmental services
•
Hospitality
•
Manufacturing
•
Management (if you have the relevant experience)
•
Retail
•
Care work
•
Travel and tourism
•
Charity
•
Entertainment (if you're good)
•
Translation (if you are fluent in more than one language)
If you decide to go back to college (adult college), then you can do courses that are relevant to the following:
•
Animal care (other than vet)
•
Some areas of construction and certain trades
•
Some areas of beauty and wellbeing
•
Some areas of engineering
You can go into the following areas with specific professional qualifications (irrespective of what previous qualifications you have):
•
Accounting
•
Actuary (if you have a math background e.g. A Level Maths)
•
Most areas of finance
•
Delivery and transport (licences)
•
Sports coaching
There is a selection of postgrad qualifications that you can do should you wish to do something else that specifically requires a specific degree. These are usually in academia/research, education, or specific roles in healthcare.
Should for any random reason you wish/need to do a second bachelor's, you would need to look at the entry requirements of the specific degree course that you want to do and revise your Level 3 qualification e.g. do you need extra A Levels or a completely different qualification? Do note, if you want to get a second bachelor's you might be limited on funding due to the ELQ policy, unless you get some for of sponsorship/funding e.g. for allied health professions, you would can get funding from the NHS and further student loans for your degree.
When it comes to knowing if something is right or not for you, the only way to know for sure is to go into the line of work. You can listen to people who have experience in picking people for certain jobs based on personality (e.g. directors, HR, recruiters), or people who work in the job, but the only real way to know for sure is through your own experience.
What you study is not always the same the same thing as what happens in the field; just because you studied law, it doesn't necessarily mean it works the same in practice (although it should) or is reflective of the work environment. It's an inconvenience because it feels like you have been cheated, but that's the reality of things unfortunately.
Original post by MindMax2000
Firstly, congrats on the first; law is apparently the most difficult subject to get a first in. That's quite the academic achievement.
A law degree by default allows you to work towards becoming a solicitor (SQE) or a barrister (Bar test + pupilage). From there, you can go into a myriad of roles in the legal sector.
Having said that, there is nothing stopping you from working in the legal or compliance departments of major companies.
Having said that, there is usually a long list of sectors you can go into for work, purely because you never needed a degree to go into them in the first place. This includes:
If you decide to go back to college (adult college), then you can do courses that are relevant to the following:
You can go into the following areas with specific professional qualifications (irrespective of what previous qualifications you have):
There is a selection of postgrad qualifications that you can do should you wish to do something else that specifically requires a specific degree. These are usually in academia/research, education, or specific roles in healthcare.
Should for any random reason you wish/need to do a second bachelor's, you would need to look at the entry requirements of the specific degree course that you want to do and revise your Level 3 qualification e.g. do you need extra A Levels or a completely different qualification? Do note, if you want to get a second bachelor's you might be limited on funding due to the ELQ policy, unless you get some for of sponsorship/funding e.g. for allied health professions, you would can get funding from the NHS and further student loans for your degree.
When it comes to knowing if something is right or not for you, the only way to know for sure is to go into the line of work. You can listen to people who have experience in picking people for certain jobs based on personality (e.g. directors, HR, recruiters), or people who work in the job, but the only real way to know for sure is through your own experience.
What you study is not always the same the same thing as what happens in the field; just because you studied law, it doesn't necessarily mean it works the same in practice (although it should) or is reflective of the work environment. It's an inconvenience because it feels like you have been cheated, but that's the reality of things unfortunately.
A law degree by default allows you to work towards becoming a solicitor (SQE) or a barrister (Bar test + pupilage). From there, you can go into a myriad of roles in the legal sector.
Having said that, there is nothing stopping you from working in the legal or compliance departments of major companies.
Having said that, there is usually a long list of sectors you can go into for work, purely because you never needed a degree to go into them in the first place. This includes:
•
Administration
•
Government services
•
Social work
•
Some areas of healthcare
•
Most areas of business (HR, marketing, accounting, sales)
•
IT roles
•
Some areas of construction
•
Most areas of property
•
Most areas of beauty and wellbeing
•
Creative/design and media (if you're good)
•
Theatre and film (if you're good)
•
Music (if you're good)
•
Anything related to writing (if you're good)
•
Storage
•
Logisitics
•
Armed forces and police force (if you pass certain tests, have a clean record, and are of a certain age range)
•
Some environmental services
•
Hospitality
•
Manufacturing
•
Management (if you have the relevant experience)
•
Retail
•
Care work
•
Travel and tourism
•
Charity
•
Entertainment (if you're good)
•
Translation (if you are fluent in more than one language)
If you decide to go back to college (adult college), then you can do courses that are relevant to the following:
•
Animal care (other than vet)
•
Some areas of construction and certain trades
•
Some areas of beauty and wellbeing
•
Some areas of engineering
You can go into the following areas with specific professional qualifications (irrespective of what previous qualifications you have):
•
Accounting
•
Actuary (if you have a math background e.g. A Level Maths)
•
Most areas of finance
•
Delivery and transport (licences)
•
Sports coaching
There is a selection of postgrad qualifications that you can do should you wish to do something else that specifically requires a specific degree. These are usually in academia/research, education, or specific roles in healthcare.
Should for any random reason you wish/need to do a second bachelor's, you would need to look at the entry requirements of the specific degree course that you want to do and revise your Level 3 qualification e.g. do you need extra A Levels or a completely different qualification? Do note, if you want to get a second bachelor's you might be limited on funding due to the ELQ policy, unless you get some for of sponsorship/funding e.g. for allied health professions, you would can get funding from the NHS and further student loans for your degree.
When it comes to knowing if something is right or not for you, the only way to know for sure is to go into the line of work. You can listen to people who have experience in picking people for certain jobs based on personality (e.g. directors, HR, recruiters), or people who work in the job, but the only real way to know for sure is through your own experience.
What you study is not always the same the same thing as what happens in the field; just because you studied law, it doesn't necessarily mean it works the same in practice (although it should) or is reflective of the work environment. It's an inconvenience because it feels like you have been cheated, but that's the reality of things unfortunately.
Thank you for this reply, I'll have a look this. It just gets all of a sudden stressful looking into the future. I'm really shy reserved person I always feel there's not going to be a job out there for me I'm not outspoken I get flustered and worried easily and I am scared to make any sort of mistake. Just worried as in this day and age need to be earning quite a bit to meet the high cost of living. I also want to help my parents and just be financially stable for all of us.
Original post by Amamya
Thank you for this reply, I'll have a look this. It just gets all of a sudden stressful looking into the future. I'm really shy reserved person I always feel there's not going to be a job out there for me I'm not outspoken I get flustered and worried easily and I am scared to make any sort of mistake. Just worried as in this day and age need to be earning quite a bit to meet the high cost of living. I also want to help my parents and just be financially stable for all of us.
I'm really shy reserved person I always feel there's not going to be a job out there for me I'm not outspoken
Unfortunately, the world out there isn't really designed for shy people. It's something you would need to learn to adapt to.
I get flustered and worried easily and I am scared to make any sort of mistake
Whilst it's an advantage to watch what you do and say, worrying about it can work against you in terms of mental health and your ability to tolerate and do a job. Mistakes aren't really things that are tolerated that much in a job (they aren't so much in some respects in entrepreneurship, but that's something else entirely).
Just worried as in this day and age need to be earning quite a bit to meet the high cost of living. I also want to help my parents and just be financially stable for all of us.
To my knowledge, the higher paying jobs that you are kind of looking for tend to be jobs that are either very people oriented or require very specialised rare technical skills valued in the industry. If you don't have either, then you're looking at entrepreneurship, which has its own risks.
When I say people oriented jobs, they often involve sales, negotiation, office politics, persuasion, and general social skills. So it's not really a surprised to see jobs in say finance, law, property, HR, marketing, sales requiring these specific skills.
Technical skills can be in areas like engineering, IT, design, medical consultants. These can take years to develop, and not many people have them on a proficient level.
The other thing about high paying jobs is that you will have to find very good reasons to justify your salary. It's usually because you are working on something that is pivotal and can bring in significantly more value or money for the company than what they are paying you, or you are in a sales related role where you actually bring in significantly more money than they are paying you. The moment you can't really justify your salary is the moment to be concerned.
If you're looking for something that would pay above average salary for a graduate role, but nothing in the 6 figures, that's suited for a reserved individual, I would recommend looking into government services. The public sector tend to require graduates more and tend to have roles where the salary is on average higher than the private sector equivalent. It's also an area where they are very picky with mistakes, so you should fit in well.
If you want a career to go in a particular direction though, I would strongly recommend looking at your options before deciding.
Original post by Amamya
Thank you for this message and when does the SQE, Post graduate degrees start please? Like when do we have to register by.
Hi @Amamya!
There are a range of start dates for the post-grad courses such as September, Jan and June. For the majority of the courses you can register pretty much up until the course starts and, in general, the registration deadline is quite relaxed. I'd recommend looking on the ULaw website which will have all of the confirmed dates.
I hope this helps
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
Original post by UniofLaw Student
Hi @Amamya!
There are a range of start dates for the post-grad courses such as September, Jan and June. For the majority of the courses you can register pretty much up until the course starts and, in general, the registration deadline is quite relaxed. I'd recommend looking on the ULaw website which will have all of the confirmed dates.
I hope this helps
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
There are a range of start dates for the post-grad courses such as September, Jan and June. For the majority of the courses you can register pretty much up until the course starts and, in general, the registration deadline is quite relaxed. I'd recommend looking on the ULaw website which will have all of the confirmed dates.
I hope this helps
Sophie
Student Ambassador at the University of Law
Thank you for this 🙂
Original post by Amamya
Thank you for this reply, I'll have a look this. It just gets all of a sudden stressful looking into the future. I'm really shy reserved person I always feel there's not going to be a job out there for me I'm not outspoken I get flustered and worried easily and I am scared to make any sort of mistake. Just worried as in this day and age need to be earning quite a bit to meet the high cost of living. I also want to help my parents and just be financially stable for all of us.
Hi Amamya!
i did law at undergrad and decided it wasn’t for me to started getting work experience in tech law, as I wanted to branch more into the tech/commercial space rather than practice law. I ended up getting into a post grad program that had law and tech involved at kings college London! Within a department that ranked #1 in the world for my discipline. I remember being as scared and worried as you when I realised I didn’t want to do law, I didn’t even score a first, I got a 2:1!
My advice for you, start to explore! I have a best friend who is shy and reserved and she just put herself in places where all she had to do was put her heads down and work, that way she performed well but didn’t need to rely on having to talk to others. There are sooo many lucrative careers that are perfect for people who are shy.
My biggest advice for you would be relax, and think about what you want, imagine all the options in the world were open to you and think about what you reallyyy want. Wants you’ve nailed that down, look for volunteer work you can do that requires similar experiences to the jobs that are interesting to you. You absolutely don’t need to know what you wanna do or what you love, just the next step. And you won’t know that without trying. So try put yourself out there for volunteer jobs, sign up for things like aspiringsolicitors or brightnetwork etc there are so many charities that help Bridge students to their dream job. Also use LinkedIn! Connect with people on LinkedIn and ask them questions. I know it all sounds scary, so don’t do it all in one day! Maybe start with watching YouTube videos of different careers and find ways to gain your confidence?
Dont worry girl ive been there , best thing u can do is relax and just take it day by day and remember your goanna live a long life so u don’t need to know everything now.
relax and celebrate your first class law degree
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