What university degree would i need to become a coroner?
Coroner’s in the first instance need to have a law degree. The position of Coroner is similar to a judge or a magistrate. It is the official who makes judgements on unnatural deaths. The Coroner is an official of the court. Usually a doctor will present medical evidence to the coroner. These doctors are often pathologists or forensic pathologists. I suggest you do a law degree and during your degree attend as many hearings as you can to get a feel for what the work entails. You could even take an interest now before you sign up to a law degree. Coroner’s have the unhappy task of seeing very gruesome photographic evidence from crime and murder scenes, motor vehicle accidents, accidents at work, aviation accidents. In fact any unnatural death. The work is enormously interesting for the right person.
