Job prospectus with a Law and Philosophy degree

Kings College London offers a new degree called Law, Philosophy and Politics which lets you acquire the LLB and the PPL (idk what it’s really called). What jobs could I get with this degree and if possible could anyone tell me what the highest paying jobs are for this degree?

Thank youu <3

If it's a qualifying law degree (which it sounds like it is), you can get a job in law without the GDL (conversion course) afterwards, although if you wanted to become a barrister or solicitor, there are further qualifications to be done. Otherwise, pretty much any job is open to you - banking, consulting and accountancy are standard ones that come to mind, but you aren't closing yourself off to anything.

In terms of high paying, solicitors at city firms can earn £100,000 when they finish their training contracts (typically 4 years after university). I don't really have much experience with banking but maybe @Princepieman might be able to help?

Money might be important to you but make sure you actually want to do the degree and the job you choose, otherwise you aren't going to have a fun experience.

all well and good talking about comp but realistically OP has to get an offer..

anyway, yeah, in terms of the best generalist paths to good comp/optionality you're really looking at just front office finance (inc. commercial property), strategy/econ/management consulting, corporate law and audit/transaction advisory for the ACA qualification (particularly big4/midtiers). comp numbers are all pretty well known if you search..

i would include product management but the uk pretty much has no entry level set of programs besides facebook and google vs something like 15+ in the tech hubs in the us.

other decent gigs are standard grad jobs in corporate departments like HR, Finance, Risk, Operations, Marketing. technology consulting gigs are decent but boring i find. ad, media and pr agencies (the top tier ones especially like WPP and Saatchi& Saatchi). all sorts of sales jobs. executive search firms also

a few niche careers that might interest someone who likes politics could be political risk consulting or public affairs consulting (aka lobbying)

could pick up coding/CS fundamental chops or design chops and move into matching roles (SWE or UX/Product Design) in top tech companies and large budget tech departments

or you could do something noble and not aim for money.. like doing policy research at a think tank or in the gov. or making grants at a foundation. or teach. or go into healthcare/socialcare (e.g. Frontline/Think Ahead grad scheme, grad entry med, nursing etc). or join the police grad scheme.

or actually take risk and start something?



relevant links:
https://80000hours.org/2013/06/where-can-i-earn-the-most/

https://80000hours.org/career-reviews/

If it's a qualifying law degree (which it sounds like it is), you can get a job in law without the GDL (conversion course) afterwards, although if you wanted to become a barrister or solicitor, there are further qualifications to be done. Otherwise, pretty much any job is open to you - banking, consulting and accountancy are standard ones that come to mind, but you aren't closing yourself off to anything.

In terms of high paying, solicitors at city firms can earn £100,000 when they finish their training contracts (typically 4 years after university). I don't really have much experience with banking but maybe @Princepieman might be able to help?

Money might be important to you but make sure you actually want to do the degree and the job you choose, otherwise you aren't going to have a fun experience.