Assuming you don't get a graduate position at a top tier law firm, how should you go about finding a job as a Solicitor? I have noticed that many of the jobs on Seek, CareerOne and MyCareer etc have jobs for at least 2 years + PAE. So where would a law graduate (assuming you have done the PLT) find a job as a Solicitor, not paralegal. Or do most graduates start off in a paralegal type role? There is virtually no job ads for 0 years experience.
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MaryJane
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After talking to a few soicitors at work, they basically all hold the same perspective.
If you aren't offered a clerkship, either;
1. Work part-time during uni and hang in there until you graduate and push them for a graduate position...
2. Work part-time during uni and use this as a stepping stone into other (mid-tier) firms, because you can say "I've done Statements of Claims, debt recovery [insert other bs, dog body jobs], so give me a decent position above a paralegal".
/end of story.
If you aren't offered a clerkship, either;
1. Work part-time during uni and hang in there until you graduate and push them for a graduate position...
2. Work part-time during uni and use this as a stepping stone into other (mid-tier) firms, because you can say "I've done Statements of Claims, debt recovery [insert other bs, dog body jobs], so give me a decent position above a paralegal".
/end of story.
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more study = less payagentprovocater said:
I'm not joking. PhD will get you a 90% pay cut.