Career Clinic: Is charity law a cut-throat area?

I'm a student who's interested in training in law and going into charity law (or advising social enterprises/NGOs). Is this an unusually competitive field? I know that it's tough to get a training contract anyway but I'd just like to know before I commit myself to the training whether it's likely I'd be able to get into one of the fields I'm interested in. I'm also interested in intellectual property; can one get into that with an arts degree (plus law conversion) or is it best to take a science subject?

January 21, 2008 at 05:12 AM

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I'm a student who's interested in training in law and going into charity law (or advising social enterprises/NGOs). Is this an unusually competitive field? I know it's tough to get a training contract anyway but I'd just like to know before I commit myself to the training whether it's likely I'd be able to get into one of the fields I'm interested in.I'm also interested in intellectual property; can one get into that with an arts degree (plus law conversion) or is it best to take a science subject?

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