[ID:0613]Your long-term career goals, debt load, interests, age and any other number of factors will all enter into your decision on what you'll do after completing law school. If you're like most law students, your next step will be to complete your articling year that will qualify you as a lawyer.

What you'll do directly after graduation is a major issue that you will likely have pondered well before completing your studies. Do you want to built international experience, pursue a master's degree or jump head-first into articling? The choice is yours!

For most law students, the only articling-related decision is where to complete it. A number of you may even be undecided about whether you should article or not. My advice to those of you who are sitting on the fence is to bite the bullet and article immediately after finishing your law degree. Why? Well, here are five reasons:

• Flexibility: Qualifying as a lawyer will open up numerous career options that would otherwise not be open to you.
• Your future self:...