Solicitor jobs are generally very well paid and although it takes many years of training to land that perfect solicitor job, it is worth it. Those with solicitors jobs offer legal advice to businesses or individuals and represent them should the need arise. Solicitor jobs can be roughly split into two categories, commercial and non-commercial. This guide outlines the details of both types of solicitor jobs.
Non Commercial Solicitor Jobs
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Non commercial solicitor jobs, as you would expect, legal provide advice and representation to individuals. It is their job to meet with clients, analyse the issue and provide advice on the necessary course of action.
A person with a non commercial solicitor decides to specialise in a particular area of law early in their career. This could be from any number of things such as residential matters (buying & selling, landlords & tenants), wills and probate, family matters (marriage & divorce etc.), personal injury claims and criminal litigation.
Depending on the size of the company and the market they share, some solicitor jobs exist within a specific area of expertise, for instance, some large companies may have several different specialist departments dealing with the matters outlined above. Some smaller firms may still only specialise in one area of expertise and offer solicitors jobs relevant to this whilst other small firms (known as ‘high street firms’) provide legal advise across a whole spectrum of issues and they often deal with the issues in a local community.
Commercial Solicitor Jobs
Those with commercial solicitors’ jobs can be expected to give legal advice and representation to businesses of all sizes. This can include getting new enterprises started to providing legal assistance in corporate transactions such as mergers and acquisitions. Solicitor jobs in this sector deal with what’s known as corporate law.
People with a commercial solicitor job will be expected to represent clients in any business related disputes but like non commercial solicitors, they often have a single area of expertise. These could be in such things as property, insurance, employment, finance, intellectual property and competition law. Those with commercial solicitors’ jobs will be expected to be able to work in teams on very complex and demanding work, to exact deadlines and considerable pressure.
