Contents: Becoming a Solicitor: Career timetable -- Law school -- Institutions -- The Class of 87 -- Enrolling with the law society -- Solicitor"s final course -- The Final examination -- Final examination statistics -- The Common professional examination (CPE) -- Articles-what they are -- Articles-what are they -- Articles at a large -- Articles at a medium firm -- Articles at a medium firm -- Articles at a rapidly expanding city firm -- (i)A non-law graduate"s view -- (ii) A law graduate"s view -- Articles at a provincial firm -- Articles at a new city firm -- Articles-when to apply -- Articles-the offer -- Articles-the interview -- Articles-how to find them -- Codes of practice -- The Role of legal recruitment consultancy -- Opportunities for lawyers in commerce and industry -- An appraisal by coopers and lybrand -- A Life in the day of a chartered accountant -- A Career in local government -- (i) Articled clerks in local government -- Articles in local government- An appraisal by an articled clerk -- Government lawyers -- A Career as a clerk to the justices -- A career in a law centre -- The crown prosecution service -- Part two- Becoming a barrister -- Foreword by peter Scott QC,chairman of the bar -- Opportunities at the bar -- A carrier as a barrister -- The Inns of court -- Lincoln"s inn -- The Inner temple -- The Middle temple ii Gray"s inn -- Awards available at the bar -- Types of professional practice -- The Chancery bar -- The Common law bar -- The Criminal bar -- The European bar -- The Family bar -- The Free representation unit -- Barristers in business -- Barristers in local government.