This session will explore the different routes to qualification and provide the opportunity to hear about the career journeys of those qualifying via the traditional and other routes. The event will be delivered by colleagues from the Birmingham Trainee Solicitor Society and include a panel of speakers illustrating the different pathways into a legal career including traditional route (GDL and/or LPC after university followed by training with a law firm), alternative career path – paralegal and other careers prior to commencing a training contract with a law firm.