Targeting City law firms
In our latest career conundrum, an aspiring solicitor who hopes to work at a City law firm asks whether a masters degree will help recruiters look past their 2:2.
“Hello Legal Cheek. Please keep me anonymous. I achieved a 2:2 in law from Durham last year, and since then I’ve been doing a few non-legal roles to earn a bit of money. My question is really will completing a masters help law firms see past my 2:2? I have strong mitigating circumstances (a close family member was unwell during my final set of exams), but I’m still worried I’ll end up on the rejection pile in what I know is a very competitive process. I am targeting commercial law firms in London and the masters degree would also be law. Thank you.”
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With the mitigating circumstances you describe, I think a few firms would be interested given you went to Durham
Don’t waste your money on an LLM. Get some good paralegal experience at a City law firm