become a lawyer accountant in UK?

Im assuming google has come up with very little and in reality you will get very little from TSR, Lets assume that you finish your degree, then train to be an accountant which takes about two years at least! This equates to five years at uni (I get you're good at maths but it emphasises my point). Now you are qualified you have to choose whether to work in the profession and get a few years of experience to shake that image of being a fresh faced NQ accountant away or ditch it all and go for law. Lets assume you go for law, you must now get the equivalent of a law degree which is the GDL which takes one year and then most likely you will do the LPC instead of the BPTC which takes another year, then you will have to do a Training contract which takes another two years. So this equates to nine years in education, all of which is assuming you do your qualifications full time. Further more you are now dual qualified but without experience in either field with what will essentially be the largest educational debt list known in the banking history (although hopefully you have found some funding for these qualifications). Let us then move on to the fact that you want a job that combines both, now it seems unlikely that you can practice as both at the same time so you will have to pick a career. In reality it means you cannot have your dream job that combines both and that one of your set of qualifications is pointless and at best an addition to your C.V that was worth far too much of your time to put on.
Consider banking law, or white collar crime in the city if you do go into law as this is about as close to the skill set you would have.
Net result regardless of what you do is that you will be thirty and working like hell for a trainees salary or none at all for the entire time...
sounds like a dream to me

Im assuming google has come up with very little and in reality you will get very little from TSR, Lets assume that you finish your degree, then train to be an accountant which takes about two years at least! This equates to five years at uni (I get you're good at maths but it emphasises my point). Now you are qualified you have to choose whether to work in the profession and get a few years of experience to shake that image of being a fresh faced NQ accountant away or ditch it all and go for law. Lets assume you go for law, you must now get the equivalent of a law degree which is the GDL which takes one year and then most likely you will do the LPC instead of the BPTC which takes another year, then you will have to do a Training contract which takes another two years. So this equates to nine years in education, all of which is assuming you do your qualifications full time. Further more you are now dual qualified but without experience in either field with what will essentially be the largest educational debt list known in the banking history (although hopefully you have found some funding for these qualifications). Let us then move on to the fact that you want a job that combines both, now it seems unlikely that you can practice as both at the same time so you will have to pick a career. In reality it means you cannot have your dream job that combines both and that one of your set of qualifications is pointless and at best an addition to your C.V that was worth far too much of your time to put on.
Consider banking law, or white collar crime in the city if you do go into law as this is about as close to the skill set you would have.
Net result regardless of what you do is that you will be thirty and working like hell for a trainees salary or none at all for the entire time...
sounds like a dream to me

I'm actually in the middle of something similar and it's not as bad as it may sound.

Here's my story;

I read Law at QUB (LL.B), did a masters in Corporate Governance (LL.M), got a job in the Big 4 in Tax, studying for the ACA (Chartered Accountant). The 3 1/2 years of professional training and exams are all paid for by my firm. I'm in the process of switching from Tax to Forensics. I plan to do the LPC and a TC afterwards, that is if I don't get sidetracked into banking!

you actually sound like someone who's is probably just going to end up as an accountant, i don't get the point of wanting to switch as soon as you qualify, some people here want to switch after being an accountant for a few years but thats because the job doesn't do it for them...

I dunno, I still feel like I wan't to qualify as a lawyer, although I am very happy in my current job. I may end up doing the New York Bar as a hobby though and end up in banking or private equity lol.

I dunno, I still feel like I wan't to qualify as a lawyer, although I am very happy in my current job. I may end up doing the New York Bar as a hobby though and end up in banking or private equity lol. The forensics role I'm moving into does focus quite a lot on white collar crime, misappropriation of funds and litigation advisory roles.

I'm currently going into my second year of a Law degree and I'm thinking of going into accountancy after. I'm trying to secure internships at PS firms for Summer 2014 in order to get a real idea of what I would be getting myself into. However, the feasibility of this happening seems slim to me as although I am fond of numeracy and am adequately skilled, I feel as though my Law degree would prohibit me from being able to break into the Accountancy career as I would be competing with those who have studied Accounting and other finance related topics. Thoughts?

I dunno, I still feel like I wan't to win Wimbledon, although I am very happy in my current job. I may end up becoming an astronaut as a hobby though and end up winning a Nobel Prize or curing cancer lol.