The Start Of My Journey

What makes someone want to become a solicitor? Is it the money? the prestige? the glamour?

Who knows?......

I wanted to become a solicitor because from the age of 16 I would go with my mum to work every Saturday and do the post, which I found very exciting (I know how sad that sounds but I was 16!)
I would wander around the office when I had done my task and look into all the huge offices filled with  certificates on the walls and pictures of children nestled on the desk.
On one occasion I went into one of the offices and sat on the 'big bosses' chair. I felt like a princess.
The chair was leather and had gold studs around the edge, I loved it.
I decided then, that I wanted an office and chair like that and I was going to whatever it took to get it.

I sailed through GCSE's and A Levels with good grades in all subjects which allowed me to attend a Central London University. I attended on a regular basis and obtained the obligatory 2:1 (Hons) in Law, therefore having the letters LLB after my name forever.

School, College and University were all fun and were filled with drinking, socialising and the odd amount of studying.

What no one tells you is that the REAL journey begins when you start your work experience and the LPC.

I decided after university to take a couple of years 'out' to find out what it was that I wanted to do - solicitor or barrister and it was during this experience that I realised that the legal world was a dark and savage world where people will do anything to get where they want to get.