The law is not a profession at ease with itself. More than two in every five lawyers would not become a lawyer if they had their time over again, according to a survey of assistant solicitors’ attitudes by Garfield Robbins International.
The poll, conducted in conjunction with Legal Week, revealed that disillusionment with their career choice is highest among solicitors at the junior end of the profession. Forty-five percent of lawyers with less than two years’ PQE and 47% of ‘mid-ranking’ solicitors with between two and five years’ PQE wish they had not become lawyers.
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