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Solicitor
Solicitors give advice to clients and act on their behalf in legal matters. The cases solicitors deal with depend on their employer and the area solicitors choose to work in. The main areas of work for solicitors are company/business law, although many practice conveyancing, probate or litigation and some opt for central and local government. Solicitors can also go into the Crown Prosecution Service.
Solicitors normally work 37 hours a week, but most solicitors find longer hours are common. Many solicitors may be on call at weekends and bank holidays. They are generally based in offices but some solicitors spend much of their time in court.
Salaries for solicitors range from £14,000 basic for a trainee solicitor and this could rise to over £100,000 for an experienced solicitor in a large firm.
Solicitors should be confident, with strong communication skills, able to absorb and analyse large amounts of information, careful and accurate in their work. Solicitors should be able to work under pressure, be good with figures and all solicitors should have an interest in law and research.
There are 9,900 solicitors currently in Scotland.
In Scotland, entrants to become a solicitor normally need a LLB degree in Scottish law, or a good first degree in any non-law subject and a two-year graduate law degree.
Solicitors undertake vocational training after graduation. This involves taking the Diploma of Legal Practice in Scotland. Courses for solicitors involve a training contract with a firm of solicitors.
With further training, solicitors may become advocates. Solicitors may also become heads of legal departments in companies, chief executives or company secretaries.
Jobs of this type currently available
- Category:
- Legal
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- 12 May 08
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- Glasgow
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- Legal
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- 12 May 08
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- Edinburgh
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- Legal
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- 20 Mar 08
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- Edinburgh
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- Legal
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- 21 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Legal
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- 21 Mar 08
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- Edinburgh
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- Legal
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- 21 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
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- 21 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
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- 21 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
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- 04 Apr 08
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- Edinburgh
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- Legal
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- 09 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 19 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Dundee
- Salary:
- £26,000 - £30,000
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- Legal
- Published:
- 20 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- £35,000 - £45,000
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- Legal
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- 21 Sep 07
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- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 21 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
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- 24 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- £55,000 - £70,000
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 19 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Aberdeen
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 17 Dec 07
- Based in:
- Glasgow
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- Negotiable
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- Legal
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- 22 Jan 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
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- Legal
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- 25 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
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- 25 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 25 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
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- £50,000 - £60,000
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 25 Sep 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 08 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 09 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 09 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 09 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 09 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 19 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Stonehaven
- Salary:
- £30,000 - £40,000
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 19 Oct 07
- Based in:
- Aberdeen
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 17 Dec 07
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 17 Dec 07
- Based in:
- Lockerbie
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 17 Dec 07
- Based in:
- Glasgow
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 20 Feb 08
- Based in:
- Glasgow
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 29 Feb 08
- Based in:
- Glasgow
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 04 Apr 08
- Based in:
- Edinburgh
- Salary:
- Negotiable
- Category:
- Legal
- Published:
- 21 Mar 08
- Based in:
- Glasgow
- Salary:
- Negotiable
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