Starmer qualified as a solicitor four years after graduating, and worked for [[Hodge Jones & Allen]], a [[Soho]] law firm specialising in [[street crime]].<ref name=strick/> Since her marriage, she has worked as a "part-time [[occupational therapist]]" for the NHS.<ref name="New Statesman">{{cite news |date=31 March 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: The sensible radical |work=[[New Statesman]] |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405171214/https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk/2020/03/keir-starmer-sensible-radical |archive-date=5 April 2020|url-status=live |url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Pickard |first=Jim |date=7 May 2020 |title=Keir Starmer: 'The government has been slow in nearly all of the major decisions' |work=[[Financial Times]] |url=https://www.ft.com/content/35982886-8e77-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200615221650/https://www.ft.com/content/35982886-8e77-11ea-a8ec-961a33ba80aa|archive-date=15 June 2020|url-status=live|url-access=subscription}}</ref>