ENHANCED EMPLOYABILITY
Award-winning legal Careers and Employability service that supports your career. With a team of over 30 experts, we have the largest legal careers and employability service in the UK, offering unrivalled one-to-one guidance from a team of specialist law careers advisors and practising solicitors co-ordinating our pro bono work and legal placements. We also work with over 550 external lawyers who bring a wealth of experience to our mentoring programme. Our specialist online legal careers programme, StEP, is designed to help you take your first 10 steps towards your future as a successful lawyer. The programme contains a range of resources, from written advice and online workshops to practical and useful web links. Our JobSearch database gives you access to over 3,000 opportunities – from work experience and paralegal positions, to training contracts and pupillage vacancies. The UK’s largest and most varied pro bono programme. Offering 3,700 opportunities to gain exposure to life as a lawyer through supervised experience or from shadowing practitioners.
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LAW WE HAVE EVERY CONFIDENCE THAT WE’LL HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR CAREER AMBITIONS. WE COMBINE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, UNRIVALLED LEGAL EXPERTISE AND A FOCUS ON YOUR FUTURE EMPLOYABILITY: OUR TRACK RECORD SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. Learn to think and act like a lawyer from day one. Our courses are designed with input from leading law firms and aligned with the demands of today’s employers. Our client-focused courses enable you to develop commercial awareness, critical thinking, project management and networking skills. You’ll be taught by tutors, visiting professors and visiting lecturers who are qualified solicitors, barristers or judges with extensive practical experience, giving you a distinct advantage in the competitive marketplace.
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