chrisjimmys Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I'm currently in year 3 of studying Pharmacy and have been considering a career switch to Law, so doing GDL (law conversion) after the 4 years. Is there anybody else who is considering this or has actually done this? Would be great to hear from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
futureGP Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 I'm currently in year 3 of studying Pharmacy and have been considering a career switch to Law, so doing GDL (law conversion) after the 4 years. Is there anybody else who is considering this or has actually done this? Would be great to hear from you! what's a GDL? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 You will have a great future in intellectual property, especially in pharmaceuticals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I met someone during my time in a New York firm who did just this. He had completed his PharmD/JD degree on the west coast (USA) just a couple years prior to our meeting. Funny enough, he worked neither a pharmacist or a Lawyer but, rather as a junior analyst for our M&A firm. He was basically paid to determine valuations of small pharmaceutical companies by determining the value of patents, chemical compounds in development etc. The wage was, and is still, quite handsome. Not sure exactly how hard these positions are to come by though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 I think it is a matter of marketing oneself and finding or creating the right opportunities. Many PhDs in physics are lured into the financial world as they are sought after due to their analytical abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
future_doc Posted December 20, 2012 Report Share Posted December 20, 2012 what's a GDL? Graduate diploma in law Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alissa Posted February 12, 2013 Report Share Posted February 12, 2013 Just out of interest, why don't you want to do something in pharmacy? About going into law, you will have to do the GDL and then the LPC which are both one year long. Most people start looking for training contracts and vacation schemes in their penultimate year if i'm not mistaken. This is the route I would advice as I don't think you would want to self fund the two courses as they would cost like £30k. Law is very competitive though, although if you want to do it I would say go for it. I'm applying for Law at University. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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