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Currently debating whether to move into Employment Law as an expert field - advice would be appreciated!

Rebecca Read

Hello everyone,

I am after some advice and opinions on the above matter.

I have spent the last 5 years working my way up the ladder from HR administration and I am fortunate enough to now be a Senior HR Manager for a start-up technology firm. I have held this role for just over 1 year now and whilst I still have more years to come, I am always fascinated by Employment Law.

My question is what are the options to move from an HR Manager role to one of an Employment Lawyer? Do I need to go back to university to study, could I do a CIPD course instead and what tends to be the level of entry? 

I absolutely love my role at present but I am just trying to assess long-term what my main interests are and the routes to pursue.

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  • When I was about a decade into my HR career I did my graduate diploma in law, with the thought of retraining into employment law. I will never regret the learning that came with that period of study, but ultimately at the end of the course I realised that I much preferred the life of an HR professional to a solicitor. I'm still fascinated by the law, and one day will do the LLM (I keep looking at the options), but I came to realise how much more HR can add to most people situations than an employment solicitor.
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  • When I was about a decade into my HR career I did my graduate diploma in law, with the thought of retraining into employment law. I will never regret the learning that came with that period of study, but ultimately at the end of the course I realised that I much preferred the life of an HR professional to a solicitor. I'm still fascinated by the law, and one day will do the LLM (I keep looking at the options), but I came to realise how much more HR can add to most people situations than an employment solicitor.
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