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Careers for Law (Scots and English Dual Qualifying) LLB (Hons)
Joint 2nd in Scotland for graduate prospects
Guardian University Guide 2025 / Times University Guide 2025
Employability is key to all degrees at Dundee Law School.
At the University of Dundee Law Clinic, you can experience life as a working lawyer in a supervised environment. You can develop your skills, work with the community, and network while gaining valuable practical experience.
Our annual LLB Alumni Mentorship Programme enables current students to gain advice and career insights from alumni working in the area in which they wish to practice or work.
Working with our Careers Service, student law societies and alumni, we run regular workshops and seminars to help students prepare for vacation scheme applications, assessment centres and interviews.
Student law societies are very active in both providing a range of social activities and peer-support. Dundee Mooting Society runs internal competitions, hosts the annual Lord Jones Moot and sends teams to compete throughout the UK. We also have some opportunities for students to take part in international mooting competitions, for which academic credit may be given.
We also run an annual Law Fair which attracts law firms and employers from around the UK and further afield. Law firms also regularly visit for recruitment purposes
Dundee law graduates have gone onto secure traineeships and develop successful careers at home and abroad with leading firms and organisations. These include:
- Brodies LLP
- International law firm CMS,
- Anderson Strathern
- Pinsent Masons
- Blackadders Solicitors
- Thorntons Solicitors
- Government Legal Service for Scotland
- Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
- and BBC
Our Scots law students have become advocates, barristers, members of the judiciary and a range of other legal roles in Scotland such as Law Clerk to the Lord President and roles in legal academia.
Dundee graduates have also used their law degrees, and the transferable skills they have acquired, to achieve success in many other fields, including working in regulatory bodies, forensic accountancy, the civil service and legal technology.
Careers Service
Our Careers Service provides our students with far more than CV advice. From 30-hour micro-placements as part of modules, to gaining academic credit for improving employability skills we'll prepare you for your future career throughout your time at Dundee.
You'll benefit from:
- Seven recruitment fairs on City campus each year - featuring around 250 local, national, and global employers.
- This includes our Go Global fair to help secure a summer placement abroad.
- Around 8,000 vacancies a year featured on our Jobshop website, for part-time work, graduate roles, internships, and voluntary jobs.
- A dedicated careers adviser, specialising in your subject, who can provide one-to-one guidance, application support, and personalised practice interview support.
“The practical nature of the course meant that I developed an understanding of the contexts within which various legal mechanisms operate, the advantages/disadvantages they offer, and the challenges they present. This was particularly so in my company and commercial law modules, which meant I had a strong foundation of knowledge to assist me throughout my interviews and assessments for my Training Contract. During my Training Contract, I hope to gain experience in a wide variety of both contentious and transactional seats, and to complete an international secondment in New York or Singapore. I then aspire to qualify in Linklaters’ London office and work towards joining their partnership one day. Dundee has prepared me to pursue these ambitions by combining a practical approach to teaching with the opportunity to develop my knowledge of multiple legal systems.”
Lewis Thornton, Scots & English Law (Dual Qualifying) LLB (Hons) 2022, Training Contract at Linklaters LLP
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