solictors and lawyers,why did you choose your career....

[brimfull]

and are you happy with it?

DD considering this but would like to know

what qualities do you need?
what subjects at a level did you do?
tia

aaah soapbox! i wondered how you were getting on. good luck today and i look forward to hearing all the details some time have fun on that journey

olala, I don't as a general rule tell people where I went to college, but thought it was helpful to the OP in this context (as she is deciding how to help her dd)

and I went there from state school which had never previously entered anyone, and I was a summer baby, and my parents left school at 14

so I don't have anything to be ashamed of

so there

ooooh, soapy,
i am embarking on that as possible second career..... am escapee from the law (officially on sabattical at the moment but not planning to return).
am keeping myself ticking over with part time judging (like minty)..... and doiung postgrad psychology conversion course (which i fear is a LOT harder than i envisaged!). am meant to be writing first essay..... .
how are you planning to do it?

Soapy and controlfreaky - wow at both of you!

hi dino! how are you?
re my plans..... will be a lot more "wow" if i could write the damned essay!

Very inspiring thread! Am currently thinking of alternative careers to project finance law to start in a year or so. Battling with the money versus career fulfilment thing - my heart was never really in corporate law.

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god can't believe this thread is still going.

actually dd is muttering about doing accountancy now

Almost all lawyers I know talk wistfully about leaving, men and women. Maybe its grass is greener syndrome. Although most stick with it I notice.

I was thinking about going back to my roots (ie what I did in my training contract) and switching back to family law. May involve an MA or starting as NQ or something. Interests me and may be more flexible around dc. I kind of got sidetracked into project finance and the international part was my favourite bit of it.

ooooh, now we're jealous jura!