Your passport to a successful career
Our dedicated Employability team will provide you with as much guidance and assistance as possible in locating a training contract, pupillage, and graduate career opportunities.
Bridge to Practice Scheme We work with professional legal firms to provide a bridge to practice for our LPC students, by delivering a high-impact practical module tailored to the needs of trainees, ensuring that they are client-ready from day one. Students can undertake this as part of the Professional Legal Practice module on our LLM Legal Practice Course. We have worked with a wide range of firms on our Bridge to Practice module, including: • Ashurst • Browne Jacobson • Burges Salmon • Capital One • DWF • Eversheds • Freeth Cartwright • Gateley • Howes Percival • Lewis Silkin • Morrison and Foerster • Osborne Clarke Learn a new language You’ll have the opportunity to learn a new language alongside your studies. The University Language Programme is available to all of our students, giving you the option to learn a new language, or improve the skills you’ve already got. Learning a new language can: • enhance your communication skills • enrich your experience when travelling abroad • boost your career prospects. • Paul Hastings • Shoosmiths.
Dedicated Employability team At Nottingham Law School, our dedicated Employability team provides a range of support services, including: • careers seminars dedicated to training contracts, pupillage applications, and interview techniques • workshops delivered by practitioners from regional and national firms, Chambers, and the judiciary • individual presentations by international and regional practices, and Chambers seeking to recruit trainees and pupils • advice on the most appropriate combinations of elective subjects • a mentoring scheme with trainees from local law firms to provide support and guidance and a personal view of what to expect from life in the profession • dedicated careers advisers who will help you review training contracts, pupillages and placements • advice on vacation scheme applications and formulating individual career plans • regular updates about training contracts, pupillage and paralegal opportunities • an interview preparation service, including mock interviews. Mentoring scheme We have set up a mentoring scheme in conjunction with a number of Nottingham law firms – including Browne Jacobson, Eversheds, Gateley, Geldards and Shoosmiths – to provide support and guidance on gaining a training contract, and what to expect from a career in the legal profession. Law Fair This popular event is attended by over 50 exhibitors and over 500 law students. It provides the opportunity for students to speak to recruiters about job prospects and helps them to make contacts within the legal profession. This event attracts a range of employers – previous attendees include the Government Legal Department, KPMG, HM Revenue & Customs, Admiral, the Chartered Institute of Trade Mark Attorneys, and Shoosmiths. Throughout the afternoon, students are able to attend a range of employer presentations. Topics include applying for training contracts and life at the junior bar.
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