“I am an LPC student and I have a training contract at a magic circle firm. I chose a career in law because I wanted to work in the City, use my brain and earn good money, but most importantly – and the reason I did not choose banking – I wanted to be able to one day leave London to start a family.
“However, I did not enjoy the GDL and now I am enjoying the LPC even less. I am very concerned, as my experience of law firms seems to suggest to me that they are very tedious places to work, with excessively demanding clients that make a family life impossible.
