Even though many of our graduates will have progressed in their careers since completing a case study, they are still of interest to students who wish to gain an understanding of the world of work.

I am currently posted to a Child Abuse Investigation Team. My responsibilities include safeguarding children and vulnerable people, investigating criminal allegations and taking cases to trial.

Includes interviewing young witnesses and sometimes the alleged offenders. I liaise with social services extensively to ensure that information is shared. I write up crime reports accordingly and review evidence.

I enjoy when you have a spent extensive time putting a case together and seeing it through to court, hopefully securing a conviction and seeing justice for the complainants - this is the best part of my job.

There is sometimes a high stress load and obviously a lot of responsibility.

I originally wanted to go into law through the law conversion course. However, I experienced a burnout and decided I needed a break from studying. I applied to join the police with the primary aim of helping people.

I do not use my degree day to day in my role

Data inputter at Essex County council - July 2008-December 2008.
Police officer January 2009-Present.

I intend to study for my detective exam in the police. I would love to do a masters in the future but this might be difficult for me to juggle with work.

I would still encourage anyone who wants to go down the law route to do so - I work alongside barristers and believe it would be an interesting career choice.