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Advice to my younger self

Leah Caprani gives advice to her younger self and all other junior lawyers starting out in the legal profession.

Career options for solicitors

Once you qualify as a solicitor, you can work in-house, in private practice, as a sole practitioner, as a solicitor advocate or in the judiciary.

Solicitor judges and higher rights

Learn about how you can structure your career path, with the intention of becoming a judge down the line.

Junior lawyers must do our bit to guard our profession against unethical behaviour

Jonathan Hodge discusses how junior lawyers can guard against unethical behaviour in the legal profession.

Setting yourself up for success

Ann Harrison provides her top tips for setting yourself up for success as a newly-qualified lawyer, through your mindset, habits and approach to work.

How to tackle your first year post-qualification

Dana Denis-Smith offers her top tips for how to tackle your first year post-qualification.

Interview skills for newly-qualified solicitors

Sue Lenkowski looks at how newly-qualified solicitors can prepare for interviews, with a focus on a key recruitment trend: scenario-based questions.

What to do if you do not have an internal newly qualified position

This page talks through steps to take if you have not received an offer for an internal newly qualified position after your training period.

Owning up to mistakes: what's the right thing to do?

Mistakes happen. Everybody – even lawyers at the top firms – make mistakes. Pearl Moses sets out the steps to take if something goes wrong.

How your personal brand can win you a training contract

Leah Caprani gives five tips to help you to secure a training contract with your own personal brand.

Requirements and cost

The SQE will have two stages of assessments, SQE1 and SQE2.

Case study: mature law student - Mark Pentecost

Mark Pentecost tells us about being a mature law student and becoming a solicitor.

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