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<blockquote data-quote="Jessica Booker" data-source="post: 75902" data-attributes="member: 2672">To be fair, it is a rarity. Not many people go from a PhD to being a trainee.In part that is because many don’t want to make the transition, and so firms don’t get a lot of applications from PhD students. This may be unfair, but having interviewed a number of PhD students, there are many who don’t seem to be able to articulate why the transition, or seem to misunderstand the role they would be doing.There may be more of late, as I think there has been a general brain drain within universities in the UK especially. Academic positions can sometimes be harder to find than a TC, and academic funding in many areas is pretty naff, especially post Brexit. I am finding a lot more people who are bored of academia despite thinking their career would be in it and who are looking to transition to something different. Many more are struggling to see a career they want within academia due to lack of interesting opportunities. I think many assume law is going to be “academic” like when really it couldn’t be much further removed from working in academia.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Jessica Booker, post: 75902, member: 2672"] To be fair, it is a rarity. Not many people go from a PhD to being a trainee. In part that is because many don’t want to make the transition, and so firms don’t get a lot of applications from PhD students. This may be unfair, but having interviewed a number of PhD students, there are many who don’t seem to be able to articulate why the transition, or seem to misunderstand the role they would be doing. There may be more of late, as I think there has been a general brain drain within universities in the UK especially. Academic positions can sometimes be harder to find than a TC, and academic funding in many areas is pretty naff, especially post Brexit. I am finding a lot more people who are bored of academia despite thinking their career would be in it and who are looking to transition to something different. Many more are struggling to see a career they want within academia due to lack of interesting opportunities. I think many assume law is going to be “academic” like when really it couldn’t be much further removed from working in academia. [/QUOTE]

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