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Need honest insights into solicitors job market in UK

I'm an indian student wishing to pursue llb in rg unis. My choices are ucl, lse, durham and kcl. My fees are incredibly high+living costs make it seem mind boggling. Is getting a TC doable? My financial situation is alright; I'm not filthy rich, but I come from a decent family. I can take the risk but if the returns are very low, then I'll definitely have 2nd thoughts. Would love some advice from anyone who has experienced the job market!!

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Only between 20% and 25% of law graduates become solicitors or barristers.
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by medhagq
I'm an indian student wishing to pursue llb in rg unis. My choices are ucl, lse, durham and kcl. My fees are incredibly high+living costs make it seem mind boggling. Is getting a TC doable? My financial situation is alright; I'm not filthy rich, but I come from a decent family. I can take the risk but if the returns are very low, then I'll definitely have 2nd thoughts. Would love some advice from anyone who has experienced the job market!!

Hi there,

I thought I'd send over the Durham Law School Employability and Career opportunities: there's a lot of really useful information here about student experience, careers support, mentoring and firm associations.

You can check out general information about Employability after Durham University here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/study/employability/.

According to the Durham Law School website - https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/ - 'Our graduates include many of the profession’s leading figures, among them current or former members of the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court, as well as Members of Parliament, King’s Counsel (KC), partners in major international law firms, and General Counsel to listed companies.'.

I hope this has provided some information for you to consider in relation to studying at Durham. Let me know if you have any questions. 😊
-Rosie (DU Representative)

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by DurhamRep Rosie
Hi there,
I thought I'd send over the Durham Law School Employability and Career opportunities: there's a lot of really useful information here about student experience, careers support, mentoring and firm associations.

You can check out general information about Employability after Durham University here: https://www.durham.ac.uk/study/employability/.
According to the Durham Law School website - https://www.durham.ac.uk/departments/academic/law/ - 'Our graduates include many of the profession’s leading figures, among them current or former members of the UK Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, and the High Court, as well as Members of Parliament, King’s Counsel (KC), partners in major international law firms, and General Counsel to listed companies.'.
I hope this has provided some information for you to consider in relation to studying at Durham. Let me know if you have any questions. 😊
-Rosie (DU Representative)

A reminder, university reps are paid to promote their universities so consider this post as an advert rather than neutral advice.

You definitely need to consider carefully which university to attend. Law degrees are relatively cheap for universities to offer and law is a sought after degree so there are a lot of courses on offer. Durham is a good university, though far from the only good university. But even their graduates will find there is very tough competition to get a training place.

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