3 Legal Careers You MUST Consider
Whenever I start a Fast Track or Masterclass programme with a student, the very first question I ask them is ‘what’s the plan?’
What I mean by this is, what the student intends to do with the qualification that he or she is pursuing. More often than not, I get one of two responses; either the student simply wants to be on his feet, which essentially means that he or she wishes to become a Solicitor or a Barrister or they simply tell me ‘I haven’t figured it out yet!’
If you fall into the first category, good on you! You’re convinced about the trajectory or your career prospects and this article might not exactly be for you. But if you fall into the latter category as someone who hasn’t figured it out yet or perhaps even a bit overwhelmed at the prospects available to you, then this article will provide you with three less likely aspects or avenues that you can pursue having completed your law degree.
Teaching
The best example for this I would have to say is myself. Most of you might not know, but I started my career in the advertising industry. Today I find teaching as one of the most rewarding things that I’ve ever done in my entire life
I’ve had the opportunity and the privilege of teaching students from all around the world, understanding their needs and cultures as well as making a bunch of friends and colleagues along the way
Teaching and trying to harness the knowledge that you’ve accumulated in law and disseminating it throughout different jurisdictions has been one of the most rewarding experience for me and I highly recommend it to anyone who enjoys teaching others
If you specialise and enjoy a particular subject area in law, the chances of you getting an opportunity either online or in the traditional brick and mortar context of a faculty in a university in your jurisdiction or abroad is highly likely. If you are good at understanding the law as well as communicating and helping others understand as well, teaching the law might be a great career prospect or a pathway that you can pursue.
Industry Expert
Contrary to popular belief, most law students are in fact passionate and might even have a qualification in some other area such as software engineering, management, business and so on. The great thing about this and something that I have often seen when I’ve conducted my one-on-one Fast Track and Masterclass programmes is how important this secondary aspect that these students have become quite fulfilling when they couple it or supplement it as a value addition with the study of law.
I’ve often said that law is less about what you know and more about how you think and the fact that you are already knowledgeable and are passionate in some other area would mean that following a legal course will be a great supplement and a value addition to it. Quite often, I have students who are into music or the arts, engineering or business entrepreneurs for that matter who have succeeded not just because of the area that they are passionate in but because they’ve supplemented it with law. So apart from just being on your feet and becoming a Barrister or a Solicitor, you might want to actually pursue the area that you’re passionate on.
But one key thing that you need to keep in mind is when you select your law degree or the qualification that you’re pursuing make sure that it has sufficient specialisations to harness that knowledge that you have
Judge
Most of the time students tend to look at law in a very lucrative and a rewarding sense by considering becoming a Barrister or a Solicitor. But the judiciary provides something that no other aspect or pathway of law provides: structure. More often than not, a student that intends to study law and then pursue a pathway into the judiciary to become a judge has a tiered or hierarchical structure that he or she can adhere to and if you are comfortable in that setting you can not only have a fulfilling career in the judiciary but you will understand the value of your contribution to society as well.
I have a number of past Masterclass students who have gone on to enter the judiciary as judges and if you are someone who finds fulfilment in contributing to society by adding to the discourse of the law and also contributing to crafting the law and the society in a manner that you are comfortable with and you would want to see the society in, then I’d highly recommend pursuing a career pathway after your qualification, in the judiciary.
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