Dr Urmila Roy, Barrister, North Square Barristers
By way of background, I qualified as a doctor in 2008 and have worked in the NHS since. I completed pupillage in 2023 and although initially kept up practices in both disciplines out of necessity, I do so now out of personal interest and an opportunity to bolster a unique selling point.
I am frequently approached by doctors asking about a career at the Bar. Overworked, underpaid and irritated, they wonder if the move to the law will solve their problems.
I am yet to be contacted by a lawyer wishing to make the change in the opposite direction.
Amongst several questions I am asked by my medical colleagues, the million dollar one is whether or not ultimately, I’d recommend the transfer.
At this point I am to make a firm determination on that ...
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