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Membership is free.  \nWe provide members with opportunities to network and connect with other junior lawyers, discuss issues that concern them, and access training and advice provided at conferences, meetings, and online via podcasts and webinars.  \nWe also make sure our members’ views are heard and lobby for real change to further your interests.  \nSubscribe to our email newsletter and benefit from:  \n• free and discounted training events and CV clinics  \n• support and guidance from your peers  \n• opportunities to represent your fellow junior lawyers  \n• career development material and insights  \n• the chance to attend the JLD’s annual conference  \nVisit [www.lawsociety.org.uk/juniorlawyers](www.lawsociety.org.uk/juniorlawyers)[ ](www.lawsociety.org.uk/juniorlawyers)[for more information.](for more information.)  \nContents  \n4 Getting started  \n5 Who becomes a solicitor?  \n6 What solicitors do  \n6 A wide range of career options  \n8 Routes to becoming a solicitor  \n• Solicitors Qualifying Exam  \n-SQE 1 and SQE 2 assessment  \n-Qualifying Work Experience (QWE)  \n-Character and Suitability  \n-Costs  \n• Equivalent means  \n• Apprenticeships  \n• LPC and GDL route  \n-Qualifying Law degree route  \n-Non qualifying law degree route  \n• Cilex route  \n• Qualifying as an overseas Lawyer  \n14 Checklists  \n• law undergraduate  \n• non-law undergraduate  \n16 Application / selection – top tips  \n• covering letters  \n• CVs  \n• applications  \n• interviews  \n• assessment centres  \n19 Alternative options  \n20 Useful contacts  \n22 The role of the Law Society  \nJunior Lawyers Division @juniorlawyers  \nJunior Lawyers Division of the Law Society of England & Wales  \n@juniorlawyersdivision  \n4 | Becoming a solicitor-Start planning your future today  \nGetting started  \nThis brochure aims to answer the questions you might have if you are thinking about becoming a solicitor. It covers:  \n• the skills and training you need  \n• the different routes to qualification  \n• career options  \nIt also includes checklists to help you assess your progress.  \nA career as a solicitor can be incredibly rewarding, providing many exciting challenges and opportunities. The range of work is diverse and growing all the time as new areas of specialisation  \nemerge in response to new legislation and client demand.  \nTraining to become a solicitor demands considerable commitment over a number of years. It is important that you carry out research to find out as much as you can about what a career as a solicitor is really like. Talk to people in the profession and try to get some relevant work experience. Make sure you are right for the profession and the profession is right for you.  \nThe right choice  \nTo succeed as a solicitor, you need tobe determined and highly motivated.  \nIt will take at least three years to train if you are a law graduate, at least four years if you are a nonlaw graduate and at least six years if you are not a graduate.  \nUnderstanding the realities  \nQualifying as a solicitor is not easy. You will face the intellectual challenge of exams and you will have to fund your studies. Many trainee solicitors finish their training with debts. Others are not able to finish their training because they cannot get a suitable job. There is no guarantee of getting a job either as a trainee or as a solicitor. However, some students are sponsored through part of their studies and the great majority of students qualify and enjoy successful careers.  \nYou will need to:  \n• show you have the academic ability to cope with a demanding course  \n• compete with very able people to win a place","cbCaiqXOT7xCuGyU","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqXOT7xCuGyU","pdf",473197,14,"English","# Getting started\n## Who becomes a solicitor?\n## What solicitors do\n## A wide range of career options\n## Routes to becoming a solicitor\n## Checklists\n## Application / selection – top tips\n## Alternative options\n## Useful contacts\n## The role of the Law Society","[{\"question\":\"Who is eligible to join the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD)?\",\"answer\":\"Solicitor apprentices, LPC students and graduates (including those working as paralegals), trainees, and solicitors with up to five years’ post-qualification experience can join automatically. 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