Solicitor

Solicitors provide clients with legal advice and assistance. The best solicitors combine legal expertise with people management skills to help their clients with things like divorce, bereavement or arrest.

The role of a solicitor can vary a great deal in the UK. You could end up working for a huge law firm in the city, or on your own in a small office. You could also work in central or local government, an in-house legal department (at a bank, company or NGO), the Crown Prosecution Service or the magistrates' courts.