Your Options
Many trainees join law firms with international offices for the promise of spending part of their training contract abroad. This is akin to people choosing degree courses on the basis that they contain a Jamaican field trip element or two weeks in Spain investigating current trends in Spanish agricultural methods - i.e. sunbathing! If you are serious about working abroad obviously choosing a firm with either a network of international offices or an association with firms abroad is paramount. Often international jobs are snapped up internally although there are opportunities in the Middle East and Far East with firms which have connections within these jurisdictions. Obviously any languages spoken are an advantage and in some cases are a pre-requisite for working abroad for certain roles.
As a UK qualified lawyer, you will often find most demand for your skills in UK law based jurisdictions such as Australia, New Zealand and the Far East and Asia.
