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United Kingdom · Legal · Mid-Level (2-5 years)

Sports Lawyer

Here is the whole job, in plain words. What it is, a real day, what you decide, how you're judged, how people get here and where they go next. Then the part no course gives you: twelve AI tutors who learn your work.

  • Experience bandMid-Level (2-5 years)
  • Direct reportsNo direct reports
  • Reports toSenior Sports Lawyer or Partner
  • UK framework levelUsually a coordinator, or early in a professional job

Also advertised as Associate, Sports Law · Legal Counsel (Sports) · Junior Sports Solicitor

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1What this role really is

This role is for someone who's already got a couple of years under their belt in legal practice, ideally with a keen interest in sports. You'll be the engine room for specific legal matters, taking ownership of tasks from start to finish, but always with a senior pair of eyes overseeing things. Think of it as your chance to really get stuck into the nitty-gritty of sports law, moving beyond just research to actually handling client work.

2What you'd actually use

The tools this job runs on, and how well you'd need to know each one.

Westlaw / LexisNexisIntermediate

Executing targeted searches for case law, statutes, and secondary sources to support client matters, and using Boolean queries to find specific precedents.

iManage Work / NetDocumentsIntermediate

Filing documents according to established matter-centric workspaces, managing document check-in/out, version control, and ensuring all client files are organised and secure.

Ironclad / DocuSign CLMBasic

Uploading and tagging clauses in existing contract templates, and managing signature workflows for standard agreements like NDAs or straightforward sponsorship deals.

Relativity / DiscoBasic

Performing first-pass document review for relevance and privilege in smaller disputes, applying tags as instructed by senior lawyers.

MS Word (Advanced)Intermediate

Masterfully using track changes and comments, applying firm styles, cross-referencing, and redlining tools (like Litera Compare) to manage and collaborate on complex legal documents.

3What you get to decide, and how that grows

Power in a job isn't your title. It's what you're allowed to decide. Here's how it grows as you move up.

The choiceComing inWhere you are nowThe step above
Client Advice & StrategyNo independent advice; all advice drafted for senior review and sign-off.Draft initial advice for routine matters; consult senior lawyer on all strategic recommendations before communicating to client.Provide independent advice on technical legal issues; consult Partner on overall case strategy and high-value commercial implications.
Contract Drafting & NegotiationDraft specific clauses or sections; all contracts reviewed and negotiated by senior lawyer.Draft full standard contracts (e.g., endorsement deals); negotiate minor points within pre-approved parameters; senior lawyer leads major negotiations.Lead drafting and negotiation for complex contracts; approve standard contract variations; consult Partner on high-value or novel deal structures.
Litigation/Arbitration TacticsConduct research and prepare documents as instructed; no tactical decisions.Propose tactical approaches for specific procedural steps (e.g., discovery requests); consult senior lawyer on all substantive arguments and settlement offers.Design overall litigation/arbitration strategy; make tactical decisions within approved strategy; consult Partner on settlement authority and appeal decisions.
Budget & ExpensesTrack and submit own expenses; no budget authority.Approve minor disbursements (e.g., courier fees, small research subscriptions) up to £250; flag potential cost overruns to senior lawyer.Approve project-specific expenses up to £2,500; manage external counsel spend within agreed budgets; consult Partner on significant budget deviations.

4How you'll be judged

The scoreboard, honestly: the hard targets, how often each one is actually looked at, and the quiet human signals that never make it onto a dashboard.

Billable Hours Target
The number of hours spent on client-facing work that can be charged to a client.
Target · 1,800 - 2,000 hours annually

Hitting 150 billable hours in a month, consistently, means you're managing your workload and contributing effectively to the firm's revenue.

Document Review Accuracy
The percentage of documents reviewed where no significant errors (e.g., missed privileged information, incorrect tagging) are found by a senior lawyer.
Target · >95% accuracy

Reviewing 500 documents for a dispute, and only identifying 2 minor tagging errors, shows you're meticulous and reliable.

Research Memo Turnaround Time
The average time taken to deliver a comprehensive legal research memo from the point of request.
Target · Within 48 hours for standard requests; 24 hours for urgent matters

Receiving a request for a memo on a specific anti-doping rule on Monday morning and delivering a well-researched, clear memo by Wednesday morning.

Client Communication Responsiveness
The average time taken to respond to client emails or calls, acknowledging receipt and providing an estimated timeline for a full response.
Target · Within 4 hours for emails; same-day for calls

A client emails with a query at 10 am, and you respond by 1 pm, even if it's just to say you'll look into it and get back to them by end of day tomorrow.

Quality of Legal Drafting
How clear, concise, and legally sound your drafted documents (contracts, letters, memos) are, requiring minimal amendments from senior lawyers.
  • Senior lawyers make fewer than 5 minor changes per document
  • documents are easy for clients to understand
  • no critical errors or omissions are found.
Proactive Issue Identification
Your ability to spot potential legal risks or opportunities in a matter before they become bigger problems, bringing them to the attention of senior lawyers.
  • You flag a tricky clause in a sponsorship deal that could cause problems down the line
  • you identify a new regulatory update that impacts a client's current operations.
Client Relationship Building
How effectively you build trust and rapport with clients on matters you're managing, making them feel heard and well-advised.
  • Clients ask for you by name for routine queries
  • positive feedback from clients to senior lawyers
  • clients feel comfortable discussing sensitive issues with you.
Contribution to Team Knowledge
Your willingness to share insights, research, or best practices with the wider legal team.
  • You share useful articles or case summaries with colleagues
  • you offer to help junior associates with tricky research
  • you contribute to internal training sessions.

5Would you like it

The honest version. What people enjoy, and what grinds them down.

What people enjoy
Making a Tangible Impact

You'll see your legal advice directly influence a player's career trajectory, a club's commercial success, or the outcome of a high-stakes dispute. It's not abstract; it's real.

Seeing an endorsement deal you drafted result in a successful campaign for an athlete, or a dispute you worked on resolve favourably for a client.

Intellectual Challenge

Every day brings new, complex legal puzzles, often at the intersection of traditional law and the unique 'lex sportiva'. You'll constantly be learning and applying new rules.

Researching a novel point of anti-doping law or figuring out how a new broadcasting regulation impacts a client's media rights strategy.

Being Close to the Action

You're not just reading about sports; you're actively involved in the legal side of it. You'll work with athletes, agents, and clubs, often dealing with events that make the headlines.

Being on a call with a famous athlete's agent about a contract issue, or advising a club on a player transfer that's all over the news.

What frustrates people
  • The Emotional Client: Dealing with high-ego athletes, passionate team owners, or anxious parents who make decisions based on emotion rather than your carefully considered legal advice.
  • The 24/7 News Cycle: A player gets arrested on a Saturday night, and you're expected to have a press statement and legal strategy ready by Sunday morning. The job never truly sleeps.
  • Navigating Agent-Player-Team Dynamics: You are often caught in the middle of complex, politically charged relationships between the player you represent, their agent (who has their own agenda), and the team.
  • Regulatory Whack-a-Mole: The rules of the game are constantly changing. You spend a huge amount of non-billable time just keeping up with new regulations from FIFA, WADA, or changes to the league's CBA.
  • Public Scrutiny: Your losses are often front-page news. High-profile cases are tried in the court of public opinion long before they reach a courtroom, adding immense pressure.
What this role does not give you
  • A strict 9-to-5 schedule or predictable workload.
  • Complete autonomy over strategic decisions (at this level, you'll still have oversight).
  • A quiet, low-pressure environment.
  • The ability to always pick your clients or cases based on personal preference.

6Who you work with

You're directly responsible for the quality and timeliness of legal advice and documentation for your assigned matters. Your ability to deliver accurate, commercially sensible advice helps maintain client trust and our firm's reputation. Get it right, and clients stick with us; get it wrong, and we could lose business or, worse, face professional complaints. It's a pretty crucial role in keeping the legal wheels turning for our sports clients.

Inside the business
  • Senior Sports Lawyers
  • Partners
  • Paralegals and Legal Assistants
  • Finance Team (for billing and expenses)
Outside the business
  • Individual Athletes and their Agents
  • Sports Clubs and Federations (often their in-house legal teams)
  • Sponsors and Commercial Partners
  • Opposing Counsel
  • Arbitrators and Mediators

7What you need before you start

Not a wish list. The things you would be expected to already have.

  • A qualified solicitor in England & Wales (or equivalent common law jurisdiction) with a current practising certificate.
  • Demonstrable experience (2-5 years PQE) in a legal practice, ideally with some exposure to commercial law, litigation, or intellectual property.
  • Proven ability to conduct thorough legal research, draft clear legal documents, and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
  • A genuine, demonstrable interest in sports, understanding its commercial and regulatory landscape (not just a fan).

8What to practise next

Where the job is going, and what to do about it starting this week.

Advanced Legal Tech & AI Integration

AI tools are rapidly changing how legal research, document review, and contract drafting are done. Those who master these tools will be significantly more efficient and effective, allowing them to focus on higher-value, strategic work.

Prompt Engineering for Legal Research · AI-Assisted Contract Analysis · Ethical Use of Generative AI in Legal Drafting

  • This week: Experiment with AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude) for summarising legal articles or drafting simple emails.
  • This month: Explore advanced features of our existing legal tech platforms (e.g., Westlaw Edge, iManage AI features).
  • Next quarter: Seek out internal training or external webinars on AI in legal practice.
  • Month 3-6: Propose a specific workflow improvement using an AI tool for one of your current matters.

Quick win: Use AI to help draft non-sensitive internal communications or initial outlines for research memos to save time.

9Staying current once you are in

What people here do to keep up
  • Attending industry-specific conferences and seminars (e.g., those organised by the British Association for Sport and Law - BASL) to stay current with trends and network.
  • Subscribing to key sports law journals and newsletters to keep up with new case law and regulatory changes.
  • Participating in internal training sessions on new legal tech tools or specific sports law topics.
  • Seeking out opportunities to shadow senior lawyers in client meetings or arbitration hearings to learn from their approach.

10How the AI economy is changing work like this

Before we ask anything of you, here's what we can already say about AI and work of this kind:

The new skill this role is being asked for: Data Ethics & Privacy in Sports Analytics

Sports organisations are collecting vast amounts of athlete performance, health, and fan data. Legal issues around consent, data ownership, commercialisation, and privacy (especially for minors) are exploding. Regulators are starting to pay attention, and clients will need clear guidance.

We'll only ever tell you what we can actually back up. No hype, no scare tactics.

Your PlanIllustration

Built for Sports Lawyer

2 units that map to this job, from the qualifications that cover it.

  1. Providing legal advice and casework in discrimination lawProQual Awarding Body · covers 7 of 10 standardsLevel 4
  2. Providing initial advice to young people on their rights under the lawSFJ Awards · covers 7 of 10 standardsLevel 3
These are the real units behind this job, in the order they rank for it. Nothing here is marked done, because this plan has not been started by anyone yet. Yours would fill in as you go.

The rising capability

Zavmo analysis

What's rising in its place

This is where the work is heading, and the higher pay with it. Get fluent here and the shift stops being a threat and starts being your edge.

Data Ethics & Privacy in Sports Analytics

Sports organisations are collecting vast amounts of athlete performance, health, and fan data. Legal issues around consent, data ownership, commercialisation, and privacy (especially for minors) are exploding. Regulators are starting to pay attention, and clients will need clear guidance.

  • Anonymisation vs. Pseudonymisation
  • Data Ownership in Collective Bargaining
  • Ethical AI Use in Scouting & Performance
  • Cross-Border Data Transfer Regulations

Understanding Web3 & Blockchain in Sports

NFTs, fan tokens, metaverse experiences, and blockchain-based ticketing are already here. Sports entities are embracing these technologies for fan engagement and new revenue streams. You'll need to advise on the legal implications, from IP and consumer protection to regulatory compliance (e.g., financial promotions).

  • Smart Contracts & Legal Enforceability
  • NFTs as Property/Licence
  • DAO Governance & Liability
  • Regulatory Landscape of Crypto Assets

What you’ll use

Skills this role draws on

Technical

  • Contract Negotiation & Drafting
  • Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
  • Regulatory & Governance Compliance
  • Intellectual Property Management
  • Legal Research & Analysis

The pathway

How you actually get there, here

How you become one varies far more by country than what one does. This is the UK route. Most people take one of these ways in; the right one depends on where you're starting from.

  1. 1

    Trainee Solicitor (Sports Seat)

    2 years (during training contract)

    Skills to master

    • Foundational legal research, document review, basic drafting, understanding of legal ethics, and firm procedures. You're learning how to be a lawyer.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Consistently delivering accurate research memos.
    • Successfully managing small administrative tasks for multiple matters.
    • Positive feedback from supervising solicitors on attention to detail and willingness to learn.
  2. 2

    NQ Solicitor (Commercial/Litigation)

    1-2 years (after qualification)

    Skills to master

    • Independent management of smaller commercial contracts or litigation tasks, direct client communication, and efficient case management. You're applying your training.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Successfully handling routine client queries without constant supervision.
    • Drafting commercial agreements or litigation documents requiring minimal senior amendment.
    • Meeting billable hour targets consistently.
  3. 3

    In-House Legal Assistant (Sports Organisation)

    2-3 years

    Skills to master

    • Understanding the commercial drivers and operational realities of a sports business, managing internal stakeholders, and dealing with a broader range of legal issues. You're seeing the 'client side' up close.

    You're ready to move on when

    • Demonstrating a strong grasp of the specific legal challenges faced by a sports organisation.
    • Successfully managing internal legal requests from various departments.
    • Building strong relationships with internal business teams.

11Where this role leads

The long view:The journey from a Sports Lawyer to a leader in the field is challenging but incredibly rewarding. It demands continuous learning, a relentless drive to win for your clients, and a genuine passion for the world of sport. We're looking for someone ready to commit to that journey and make a real mark.

Pay & demand

Pay and demand for this role will appear here, each figure traced to a named authoritative source (e.g. the ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings, under the Open Government Licence). We don’t show numbers we can’t attribute.

The ten Future Fluencies

Zavmo analysis

The credential is what you can do today. These are what keep you valuable.

A qualification proves you can do the job as it's defined today. These ten are what decide whether you're still the obvious person for it in five years. They're the capabilities employers are now writing into senior roles faster than people are learning them. Zavmo weaves them through whatever you study, so you come out with both: the credential and the fluency.

The highlighted ones are the Fluencies your role leans on hardest, from how Sports Lawyer is actually changing. In about two minutes, the free confidence check asks where you stand on each of the ten. That's the whole check, and it's what makes the plan yours rather than generic.

Where it leads

Roles this leads to

Also named as a next step, with no page in the catalogue yet:

  • In-House Legal Counsel (Sports Organisation)

12The team that's yours

No two people are taught the same way. This is one-to-one, not one-to-many.

Zavmo is a hyper-personalised AI learning platform. Twelve virtual tutors, each with a different way of teaching, and one orchestration agent that picks the right one for the moment. So every single lesson is shaped around you, your role, and the way you learn. Not a course everyone sits through. A conversation built for you, and no one else.

…and nine more, matched to you after your first chat. Meet all twelve

Start free and meet yours

13What it feels like

A conversation, not a course

Because your tutor knows your role, your projects and your last session, learning sounds like this. And it's different for every single person:

Providing legal advice and casework in discrimination lawLevel 4

Applied to your work in Sports Lawyer

By completing this unit, learners will understand discrimination law, procedures for tribunals, alternatives to tribunals, proceedings for non-employment discrimination, and the use of ‘multiple head’ cases.

How the thinking builds
  1. Remember
  2. Understand
  3. Apply
  4. Analyse
  5. Evaluate
  6. Create
An illustration of a Zavmo lesson, built from this role’s own route. The unit, its objective and every criterion above are the awarding body’s own words, not an example.

One to one, not one to many

No two people run this the same way

A course is written once and handed to everyone. This is assembled around you, and keeps changing as it learns you. Five things it reads, and what each one changes.

  1. Your actual work Every lesson is taught against a live piece of your own work, not a worked example from a textbook.
  2. What you already know The first conversation finds your starting point, so you skip what you can already do and spend the time on what you cannot.
  3. The conditions you learn under Not a learning-styles quiz. The evidence does not support those. The dimensions the research does back, read once and used to shape the plan.
  4. How far you got last time It picks up mid-thought. The tutor knows what you said, what you struggled with, and what it asked you to try.
  5. Which tutor suits the moment Twelve of them, each for a different kind of thinking. The one who walks you through a first idea is not the one who stress-tests it.

See how you learn, free. Eight questions, no sign-up. A directional taster; the diagnostic inside Zavmo goes deeper and keeps adapting.

DemonstrateIllustration

Evidenced on your work in Sports Lawyer

You do not finish by watching something. You finish by showing it on the work you already do, against the measures this job is judged on.

  • Billable Hours TargetThe number of hours spent on client-facing work that can be charged to a client.Hitting 150 billable hours in a month, consistently, means you're managing your workload and contributing effectively to the firm's revenue.1,800 - 2,000 hours annually
  • Document Review AccuracyThe percentage of documents reviewed where no significant errors (e.g., missed privileged information, incorrect tagging) are found by a senior lawyer.Reviewing 500 documents for a dispute, and only identifying 2 minor tagging errors, shows you're meticulous and reliable.>95% accuracy
  • Research Memo Turnaround TimeThe average time taken to deliver a comprehensive legal research memo from the point of request.Receiving a request for a memo on a specific anti-doping rule on Monday morning and delivering a well-researched, clear memo by Wednesday morning.Within 48 hours for standard requests; 24 hours for urgent matters
  • Client Communication ResponsivenessThe average time taken to respond to client emails or calls, acknowledging receipt and providing an estimated timeline for a full response.A client emails with a query at 10 am, and you respond by 1 pm, even if it's just to say you'll look into it and get back to them by end of day tomorrow.Within 4 hours for emails; same-day for calls
These are this job's own measures, with its own targets. Nothing is marked evidenced, because nobody has started this yet. Yours would fill in from the work you bring.

Your passport

This isn't a certificate you file away. It's a passport to the life you're designing.

Every credit you earn and every fluency you build adds up: evidence where it counts, carried with you. Zavmo keeps the map: where you are, where you're heading, and the next step, at your pace, around your life. From Sports Lawyer to Senior Sports Lawyer, and whatever you decide comes after.

Level 3 · in progressAI Fluency→ Senior Sports Lawyer→ your design
Where this takes you

The journey from a Sports Lawyer to a leader in the field is challenging but incredibly rewarding. It demands continuous learning, a relentless drive to win for your clients, and a genuine passion for the world of sport. We're looking for someone ready to commit to that journey and make a real mark.

See Your Progress GrowIllustration
Sports Lawyer
  • Contract Negotiation & Drafting
  • Dispute Resolution & Arbitration
  • Regulatory & Governance Compliance
  • Intellectual Property Management
  • Legal Research & Analysis
This is your Mind Palace on learn.zavmo.ai. Every skill above comes from this role's own record, not an example borrowed from another job. A node lights up when you evidence it, and what you build stays yours between jobs. That is the part a course cannot do.

14The detail, folded away

Everything else the record holds

The career branches in full, how AI is already showing up in the day-to-day, and the questions people ask about this job. Here when you want them, out of the way while you decide.

Where it leads next, rung by rung

Where it leads

The career path, and where it branches

Sports Lawyer is a start, not a ceiling. Each step below asks for new skills and hands back more autonomy.

  1. Senior Sports Lawyer

    3-5 years in this role

    Level 3 (Senior)

    • Complex Contract Structuring: Designing bespoke contracts for high-value deals.
    • Arbitration Advocacy: Representing clients as first-chair counsel in arbitration hearings.
    • Crisis Management: Advising clients during public scandals or major incidents.

  2. In-House Legal Counsel (Sports Organisation)

    4-6 years in this role

    Equivalent to Level 3 or 4 (Senior/Lead)

    • Corporate Governance: Advising on board matters, company secretarial duties, and regulatory filings specific to sports entities.
    • Commercial Strategy Integration: Providing legal input that directly shapes business strategy and new ventures.
    • Compliance Programme Development: Building and overseeing internal compliance programmes (e.g., anti-bribery, safeguarding).
Working with AI on the job

Working with AI

Where AI is starting to help

Let's be real, a lot of legal work can be a bit of a grind. But imagine if you could cut down on the tedious bits and focus more on the actual legal strategy and client relationships. That's where AI comes in. We're not talking about robots taking over; we're talking about smart tools that make your life easier and your work faster.

Here's the thing: AI isn't just for tech companies anymore. In legal, it's becoming a game-changer for everything from contract review to research. For a Sports Lawyer, that means less time sifting through documents and more time thinking like a lawyer. We're investing in these tools to help you be more productive, more accurate, and frankly, less stressed.

Contract Anomaly Detection

Use AI tools (like Kira Systems or LawGeex, for example) to instantly scan opposing counsel's draft contracts. It'll flag non-standard clauses, missing provisions, or language that deviates from our approved playbooks, saving you hours of manual comparison.

Arbitration Precedent Analysis

Leverage AI-powered legal analytics (think Casetext or vLex) to analyse thousands of historical Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) awards. This helps identify patterns in arbitrator decisions and surfaces the most persuasive case law for your arguments, giving you an edge.

Regulatory Change Summariser

Use AI assistants to monitor and provide executive summaries of new regulations, policy updates, and disciplinary decisions from dozens of global and national sports governing bodies. No more sifting through endless PDFs; get the key info delivered to you.

First-Draft Automation

Utilise generative AI to create initial drafts of routine legal documents. Think NDAs, cease-and-desist letters for IP infringement, or responses to discovery requests. This frees you up to focus on strategic refinement and the trickier legal points, rather than starting from a blank page.

Common questions

Common questions

How do you become a Sports Lawyer?

Common routes in include Trainee Solicitor (Sports Seat) (2 years (during training contract)), NQ Solicitor (Commercial/Litigation) (1-2 years (after qualification)) and In-House Legal Assistant (Sports Organisation) (2-3 years). Times vary with prior experience.

Where can a Sports Lawyer progress to?

This role can lead on to Senior Sports Lawyer (3-5 years in this role) and In-House Legal Counsel (Sports Organisation) (4-6 years in this role), depending on the skills you build.

What level is a Sports Lawyer in the UK?

This role aligns to RQF Level 3 on the UK framework, a guide to the depth of qualification it maps to, not a hard entry bar.

What new skills matter most for a Sports Lawyer?

Increasingly, Data Ethics & Privacy in Sports Analytics and Understanding Web3 & Blockchain in Sports. These are the areas where the higher-paid, future-proof work is heading.

The honest bit

You’ve started things before

Most of them were built for a room full of people who aren’t you. A cohort moves on whether or not your week allowed it, and by the third week the thing you’re behind on becomes the reason you stop opening it.

There’s no cohort here, and no timetable to fall behind. Before anything starts, Zavmo asks when you’re sharpest and how long you can realistically sit down for, then builds the sessions around those answers. A bad fortnight changes your pace. It doesn’t put you behind.

And you only pay once you start learning. Searching and planning are free, and you can cancel any time — so the cost of finding out is an afternoon, not a year.

What it costs

Less than one coaching session. Every month.

A single career-coaching hour costs more than a month of this, and it ends when the hour does. Zavmo doesn't. It's £70 a month, about £2.30 a day, for a companion that knows a Sports Lawyer, works on the job you actually do, and keeps going at your pace rather than a timetable's.

  • Searching and planning stay free. You only pay when you start learning.
  • Your credits are yours. Regulated, and they don't vanish when a subscription ends.
  • Cancel any time and billing stops. No notice period, no minimum term.

Your path, personalised

You have the map. Walking it is the part we do together.

This route runs to 10 national skill standards. That is a real journey.

Zavmo shapes a learning experience as unique as you are. It fits how you learn, your pace and the work you already do. Every step stays benchmarked to recognised national standards. That’s the plan for becoming a Sports Lawyer: personal to you, and it still counts. The first steps are free.

Independent research finds well-designed intelligent tutoring performs nearly as well as one-to-one human tutoring: VanLehn (2011), Educational Psychologist.

A private tutor in the UK averages £35–40 an hour . Zavmo is £70/month.

A real plan on learn.zavmo.ai: Ofqual-regulated units, credits, and a three-month run at your own pace.
Start free No commitment. See your first steps free.

15Where to go from here

Other roles at Level 3

Same depth of qualification, different job. Useful if the work appeals but this particular role does not.

Other roles in Legal

Stay in the field you know and move sideways rather than up.

If you leave this industry

A strong background in sports law can open doors to broader entertainment law, media law, or even general commercial litigation roles, as many of the underlying legal principles are transferable. Your client management and negotiation skills are also highly valued in business development or consultancy roles outside of pure legal practice.

Not sure this is the right direction?

Work out what you actually want from work first, then come back and see which roles fit it. Takes about ten minutes.

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