A Career in Law

On Wednesday 25 January we were delighted to welcome Marc Howe back to d’Overbroeck’s to speak to a group of Lower Sixth students interested in studying Law at university or pursuing a career in Law. Some years back, Marc worked for the College as a teacher of A Level English, before leaving to take a Law conversion course and qualify as a practising solicitor. He is currently Senior Lecturer in Law and University Teaching Fellow at Oxford Brookes University.

Marc Howe, talking to Lower Sixth students

Marc gave a lively and wide-ranging talk in which he introduced students to the range of careers and areas of legal specialism that they might consider. He also covered the various stages of education and professional training and discussed the options of either studying Law as an undergraduate degree, or taking a first degree in another subject, followed by the Graduate Diploma in Law (Law conversion course). Students’ appetite for the cut and thrust of the legal profession was whetted by watching an extract from a mock criminal trial organised by Oxford Brookes, which introduced to them the complexities of handling legal evidence. We are grateful to Marc for providing such a helpful and interesting introduction to students thinking of a degree or career in law and in due course we will be organising further activities to help prepare those who decide to apply to study Law as their first degree.