Career change to become a solicitor

[RedRobyn2021]

I would really like to become a solicitor and work in property law, dealing with selling a purchasing property.

I'm really unsure how to go about doing this. But I feel it would suit me.

I have already completed a degree when I was 21, I am now 30 and I also have a 13mo DD.

Please is there anyone who can give me advice on where I should start to make this happen?

What's your degree in? I think, although I'm not 100% sure, that you can undertake conveyancing as a legal executive rather than a fully qualified solicitor. But I may be wrong.

I did the conversion degree in my late 20s (called the Graduate Diploma in Law, or GDL, but that might have changed) having done an unrelated degree before. It took 1 academic yr, Sept-July. In order to become a solicitor I had to also do the LPC (Legal Practice Course) which was a second academic year. I then had to do 2 years of training contract with a firm as a Trainee. So 4 years to become qualified.

Both the GDL & LPC were pricey, and I only managed because I got sponsorship from a large firm to do my training contract with them before I applied for the GDL. All four years were pretty full on, and although there were a few people with children doing them, the majority were not and as someone with young children now I can't imagine having combined the two.

Someone more knowledgeable about the other routes in should be able to help out with those, but at least this might help you to start looking into this route? Good luck!

If you want to do conveyancing specifically you could become a Licensed Conveyancer.

Feel free to PM me. I’m a solicitor but work at a Licensed Conveyancers.