Lawyer or Political Scientist? Choosing a career
Hello. I’m a year 12 that studies 3 a levels: English Literature, History, and Government and Politics, and since secondary school I’ve been aspiring to be a barrister or work in the field of law, however, as a law degree in Greater London is getting increasingly competitive and harder to get into, I was considering becoming a political scientist, but I know only a little about it. If you could help me make a decision, that would help me very much! 😭😭
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By "political scientist", I assume that you mean an academic researching and teaching about politics. A path to that sort of career might involve studying politics, on its own or as part of a mixed degree such as PPE, HSPS, history and politics and the like at places such as the LSE, UCL, Oxford, Cambridge etc. You'd then need to move on to a Masters and a Doctorate in order to compete for a full time academic post.
Or you could seek a job in the civil service, or as a SPAD, in lobbying, think tanking, journalism, and so on.
You could qualify as a barrister with a degree in any subject followed by a PGDL, the Bar course, and a pupillage but obtaining a pupillage is not easy (approximately 3000 people chase 650 pupillages each year).
Or you could seek a job in the civil service, or as a SPAD, in lobbying, think tanking, journalism, and so on.
You could qualify as a barrister with a degree in any subject followed by a PGDL, the Bar course, and a pupillage but obtaining a pupillage is not easy (approximately 3000 people chase 650 pupillages each year).
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