Retrain to Ride Out the Downturn ; One Way to Deal with the Recession Is Upskilling - and Law Schools in Particular Are Seeing Strong Interest in Full-and Part-Time Courses

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For those graduating this year into a recession, many already facing record levels of student debt, the bad news is competition for jobs in the legal and business worlds is now fiercer than ever. According to the summer edition of its bi-annual survey, published in July 2009, the Association of Graduate recruiters (AGr) estimates that graduate jobs have been cut by a quarter this year. Last month BT decided to cancel its graduate recruitment scheme in 2010 altogether.

But given that qualifying as a solicitor or barrister can take another one or two years' further full-time study after you graduate, you shouldn't be put off: you could even see law school as an excellent place to ride out the downturn, gaining a valuable qualification and a competitive edge rather than foundering in the job market.

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Retrain to Ride Out the Downturn ; One Way to Deal with the Recession Is Upskilling - and Law Schools in Particular Are Seeing Strong Interest in Full-and Part-Time Courses

Peter Crisp, dean of BPP Law School, is positive about the future. "Many people are looking to upskill in specialist areas in the current economic climate," he says. "BPP Law School is experiencing a healthy demand for postgraduate legal study, particularly in speci...

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