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What to do with law degrees

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groundcontroltomontydon · 14/05/2019 08:16

I've a law degree, a master's, and 20 yrs experience in legal info/publishing (preceded by 10 yrs in retail/customer-facing roles). Now it seems I'm unemployable! Is there anything I can do with that skill set? All advice gratefully received.

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Singlenotsingle · 14/05/2019 08:31

What sort of age are you? 40 ish?

groundcontroltomontydon · 14/05/2019 08:37

Yes I'm late 40s - which definitely doesn't help!

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Singlenotsingle · 14/05/2019 08:45

I've got a law degree and went on to study ILEX, and qualified as a legal exec. Still, if you'd wanted to stay in the law, you would have done. I think you probably need to top up your qualifications with something recent. Have you looked at doing a pgce?

QueenEnid · 16/05/2019 13:45

There's loads of things you can do as you'll have a lot of transferrable skills.

What is it that you want to do? Do you have a career in mind?

Are you struggling to find something because you're looking for what you used to do rather than a new career?

RubberTreePlant · 16/05/2019 13:49

HR is friendly to mature entrants, well paid, and law would be useful.

groundcontroltomontydon · 17/05/2019 21:30

Thanks everyone

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