Module 7

Your path: becoming a prosecutor, the career, specialisms and moving on

People come to prosecution for many reasons: a sense of justice, an interest in crime and the courts, the wish to serve the public, a taste for advocacy or an experience that drew them to it. The reasons matter less than whether the daily reality suits you, and whether you can bear its difficulties. This module sets out how people become prosecutors, which differs a good deal by country, what to build before you apply, how a career develops, which specialisms exist and where prosecutors go next. It closes with the Role Explorer, which helps you compare prosecution with other roles by how you like to work. Nothing here is personal career advice, and the routes in your country will be set by the prosecution service and the rules of the profession there.

General education on the work of a prosecutor across legal systems, using invented people, offices and cases. It is not legal or career advice. Criminal procedure, disclosure rules, standards of proof and routes into the profession differ between countries and change: check the rules that apply to you with the prosecution service and the profession.