Attorney General gives career talk to UCL law students

Victoria Prentis KC MP, the Attorney General for England and Wales, talked to students at the UCL Faculty of Laws about the rich possibilities of a legal career and her nearly 20 years' experience as a government lawyer. Mrs Prentis, who has served as an MP since 2015, is the first ever Attorney General to have had a career in government as a lawyer. From 1997 to 2014 she worked for the Treasury Solicitors' Department (now known as the Government Legal Department), providing advice on military, prisons and national security matters and representing the government in court. She was welcomed to UCL by Dr Michael Spence, UCL President & Provost, and Professor Eloise Scotford, Dean of UCL Faculty of Laws. During a talk to LLB and LLM Laws students, she discussed different routes into law and how the work of government lawyers impacts all aspects of public life. The Attorney General then answered questions from law students on subjects ranging from the use of statutory instruments to the European Convention on Human Rights. The Attorney General said: "Today there are many routes into law for aspiring legal professionals.