Third class degree – should I be looking to become a lawyer?

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A question we are asked quite regularly by law students is whether they should be looking to start a legal career if they only have a third class degree (sometimes this can be a 2:2 as well).

If you have a third class degree it is important to bear in mind the main issue, which is that quite a few firms, if not the vast majority, use the class of a degree as a benchmark to determine whether or not to shortlist that person for interview. Third class degree applicants are very easy to filter, as it is the perfect excuse to get rid of a reasonably sized number of applicants without needing to read the CV. If you see it from the firm’s perspective, if you have 100 CVs for one training contract position then filtering them out via this method is an easy way of reducing the number without needing to do very much work at all or think about it.

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[sumoking]

No.

3rd class degree screams not clever and/ or too lazy to study hard.

Extra especially no if you are considering doing the cpe following a poor initial degree.

Be a teacher or an accountant instead.

[Del]

Depends on the firm really, my principal doesn't have a scooby about what grades I achieved because he doesn't really care, he judges you by how you work ... Which is just as well ...