Justice, truth and the fight for equality are all very well but, as most aspiring lawyers will privately admit, a major draw of the profession is the prospect of a stable career path, starting with the well-mapped route to qualification.
For the majority of solicitors in England and Wales, that means completing a law degree followed by a one-year legal practice course (LPC) and a two-year training contract with a law firm. But much of that could now change, with the Law Society currently mid-way through a potentially radical overhaul of the training framework designed to open up the routes to qualification.
