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Alternative Careers with Law Degree

Alternative Careers with Law Degree

Do you know your law degree will open a lot of doors for your career development? You can have a successful and perhaps more lucrative career without becoming a lawyer. If you have completed your LLB or PGDL, there are other professions that would value your qualifications.


The following roles are directly related to your law degree:

  • Arbitrator
  • Conveyancer
  • Company secretary
  • Detective
  • Judicial assistant
  • Law costs lawyer
  • Legal cashier
  • Legal clerk
  • Legal executive
  • Legal secretary
  • Licensed conveyancer
  • Mediator
  • Paralegal
  • Probate practitioner
  • Researcher at Law Commission


Your law degree is useful for the following roles:

  • Advice worker
  • Border Force officer
  • Chartered accountant
  • Civil Service administrator
  • Compliance officer 
  • Data analyst
  • Data scientist
  • External auditor
  • Forensic computer analyst
  • Human resources officer
  • Mortgage advisor
  • Police constable
  • Police inspector
  • Political risk analyst
  • Stockbroker
  • Trading standards officer


Our experience tells us that not all law graduates are suitable for being a barrister or solicitor. We encourage you to explore other career opportunities to maximise your chance of success. In fact, many of our students do extremely well in both legal and non-legal professions. 

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University of Washington

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Royal Holloway, University of London 

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SOAS, University of London

University of Kent

University of Hull

Queen’s University Belfast

Toronto Metropolitan University

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

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