Solicitors | Career profile | UCAS

Average Salary: £48,931
Jobs: 129,324

Daily Tasks

Represents clients in court.
Scrutinises statements, reports and legal documents relevant to the case being undertaken and prepares papers for court.
Instructs counsel in higher and lower courts and pleads cases in lower courts as appropriate.
Undertakes legal business on behalf of client in areas of business law, criminal law, probate, conveyancing and litigation, and acts as trustee or executor if required.
Draws up contracts, leases, wills and other legal documents.

Hard skills

Hard skills are specific, learnable, measurable, often industry or occupation-specific abilities related to a position.

Business Development
Lawsuits
Advising
Commercial Laws
Family Law

Soft skills

Soft skills can be self-taught and usually do not necessitate a certain completed level of education.

Communications
Marketing
Sales
Real Estate
Management

How do I get a job like this?

People in these types of job started their career paths after studying courses like the ones below.

Routes to this career

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 77%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 42%

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 74%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £25k
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 68%

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 69%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £19k
UCAS Tariff: 128/128
Student satisfaction: 76%

Qualification: LLB
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 40/40
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £18k
UCAS Tariff: 40/48
Student satisfaction: 78%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £21k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 89%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 75%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 73%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 51%

Qualification: LLB
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 48/48
Student satisfaction: 84%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/32
Student satisfaction: 80%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 96/120
Student satisfaction: 80%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/128
Student satisfaction: 85%
Course study options: 3 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £24k
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: 83%

Qualification: MLaw
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 61%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Sandwich
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: 81%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 112/112
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 92%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: £23k
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 67%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 120/120
Student satisfaction: 43%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £20k
UCAS Tariff: 104/120
Student satisfaction: 72%
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 2 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: £22k
UCAS Tariff: 32/48
Student satisfaction: 66%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/64
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: BA (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 32/56
Student satisfaction: 68%
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time including foundation year
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 4 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 4 Years
Study mode: Full-time with time abroad
Start date: 2021-2022
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: N/A
Student satisfaction: N/A
Course study options: 2 course options available

Qualification: LLB (Hons)
Duration: 3 Years
Study mode: Full-time
Start date: 2022-2023
Average grad salary: N/A
UCAS Tariff: 80/128
Student satisfaction: N/A

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