With 91 per cent of our law graduates in work or further study after they graduate (Graduate Outcomes Survey 20/21), preparing you for your future career is a fundamental part of Sussex law courses.
Fast track your career
Studying Law at Sussex will equip you to go into a variety of legal and non-legal roles.
By completing an undergraduate law course at Sussex, you can either progress to a Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) or a Bar Course (BPC) to qualify as a solicitor or barrister, or go onto work in a role where legal knowledge is useful, such as HR, government roles and graduate schemes.
Career destinations of Sussex Law graduates
- Paralegal
- Trainee solicitor
- Probation Officer
- Housing case worker
- Junior Consultant
Our graduates go on to work for a range of organisations including top-tier law firms, regional law firms. Government legal services, in-house legal services for companies, both in the UK and overseas.
They work for a large range of organisations such as Irwin Mitchell Solicitors, Jones Day, Clyde and co, Macfarlanes, Government Legal department Leicester City FC, Tower Hamlets council, Citizens advice and a large range of other organisations and employers.
Develop your employability skills
Skills programmes: Develop the skills you need for your future career through co-curricular skills workshops and competitions including mooting (where you present legal arguments in our mock courtroom to a panel of judges), criminal advocacy, client interviewing and negotiation.
Sponsored by local law firms including Mayo Wynne Baxter and DMH Stallard, these competitions develop your communication, presentation, fact-finding and team-working skills. Prizes include legal work experience and many of our students have gone on to secure roles with our sponsor firms.
You will be encouraged to enter national and international competitions, with Sussex Law School students regularly performing well. Recent examples include Sussex winning the Client Interviewing competition in 2024 and 2022, with our team going on to represent England and Wales in the international competition.
Clinical Legal Education: We have a range of legal clinics for final year including Environmental Law, Criminal Justice, Housing Law, Migration Law, Employment Law, Performing Arts, and Family Law, giving you the opportunity to gain real-world experience working with legal professionals. New for 2023 was the StreetLaw clinic, which was ‘Highly Commended’ for ‘Best Contribution by a Team of Students’ at the LawWorks and Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2024
Meet employers and attend Law careers events
Our Law Careers team run a full programme of Careers and Employability events each year including Law Employability week each spring including an alumni panel, where you can connect with former students who have gone on to various roles. . Students benefit from a bespoke Law Careers virtual learning resource, a dedicated Law Careers consultant, a full programme of annual skills workshops, careers talks and regular employer events. The University also has a dedicated Careers and Entrepreneurship team working with all students who run a full programme of Careers Fairs and events each year.