Career options for law graduates
A law degree from Birmingham City University will equip you with a wide range of transferable skills that will not only allow you entry into graduate jobs in the legal profession, but also make you highly employable for non-legal career opportunities too.
Graduate jobs in the legal profession
Most of our law degrees are accredited by key academic bodies and recognised by a number of international professional bodies.
Our LLB is a Qualifying Law Degree, satisfying the academic stage of training if you are seeking to qualify as a solicitor or barrister of England and Wales.
Law degree-related jobs
Barrister |
Barrister's clerk |
Chartered legal exec (England and Wales) |
Licensed conveyancer |
Solicitor |
Transferable skills
See how having a law degree has helped our graduates succeed in excellent careers outside the legal profession.
Some of our most successful law graduates with careers in the legal profession
![Jimmy Ogunshakin](https://cphfcrflaa.cloudimg.io/_bcuimages/jimmy-ogunshakin-130543871638931008.jpg)
Jimmy Ogunshakin
Jimmy Ogunshakin founded Mayflower Solicitors. He graduated with a LLB Law (Hons) degree in 1992…
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Elshareef Ali Mohammed
An international human rights lawyer who worked on one of the most significant global cases of 2014…
![Julian Knowles](https://cphfcrflaa.cloudimg.io/_bcuimages/julian-knowles-case-study-picture-130504317845274147.jpg)
Julian B. Knowles
Julian has built a distinguished career as a barrister specialising in criminal and human rights…
![Koser Shaheen](https://cphfcrflaa.cloudimg.io/_bcuimages/koser-shaheen-case-study-picture-130504344954341372.jpg)
Koser Shaheen
Her course inspired Koser to aim high, and she was offered five mini-pupillages.
![Frances Kirkham](https://cphfcrflaa.cloudimg.io/_bcuimages/frances-kirkham-case-study-image-130504453673385197.jpg)
Frances Kirkham CBE
Becoming a solicitor in 1978, Frances' work has seen her travel across the world.