Here you will find articles containing expert advice on the essential activities before you start making training contract & vacation scheme applications.
How Pro-Active Are You REALLY Being?
There are lots of incredibly inspiring and informative career-related events that will undoubtedly help students and graduates wanting to succeed in their pursuit of a career in law. However, I am regularly surprised by how often they are under-utilised by candidates struggling to get that job offer. A Lack of Pro-activity There are some incredibly…
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How Getting Experience With A Small Business Can Improve Commercial Awareness
*This is a guest blog post from Thomas Quincey. When applying for training contracts, the requirement that puzzles would-be trainees the most is “commercial awareness”. As law students, theory and application are our bread and butter. Making business decisions is not. There is, therefore, a challenge to become commercially aware presented by the application process.…
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10 Key Skills You Can Learn From Pro Bono Activities
In addition to the altruistic benefits of being a student pro bono volunteer, you will also be adding to and developing your personal and professional skills. Participating in pro bono work can give you experience in, and exposure to, a wide variety of expertise which is often picked up on by legal and graduate recruiters.…
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Grad Recruiter Secrets: How to Create Your Shortlist of Firms To Apply To
This post contains more invaluable advice from grad recruiters who are in charge of giving out training contract and vacation scheme offers each year. One of the key things that contribute to a candidate’s success in the training contract process is the research they undertake. Another is the decisions made by that candidate about which…
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Why Should You Get Involved In Student Pro Bono?
What is Student Pro Bono? ‘Pro Bono’ comes from the Latin saying Pro Bono Publico meaning for the ‘good of the public’. Free Legal Advice Legal pro bono work comprises the provision of legal advice and assistance free of charge to those members of the public who cannot afford to pay for it. Legal Skills…
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Do You Understand How A Large Corporate Deal Is Done?
This latest video recommendation provides an account of what it’s like to work on a big deal at a large corporate firm like Allen & Overy. It includes some useful insights into the role of trainees in a City firm and is valuable research for all budding commercial lawyers. It gives you an idea of…
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Pro Bono Law Clinics – A Route To Success
Pro Bono Law Clinics act as a vehicle to provide students with the opportunity to learn by doing, to experience the law in practise and to go beyond theoretical concepts of law and apply the skills outside of the constraints of chalk and talk. The History of Law Clinics Such opportunities first became available in…
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Developing Relevant Skills Through Extra-Curricular & Volunteering Activities
In this post, I would like to give you some ideas about how voluntary work and extra-curricular activities can boost your CV and help you to demonstrate the essential soft skills and commercial awareness that law firms look for when recruiting. Pro-Bono Legal Projects Some universities and law schools organise pro bono projects. The type…
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Using Non-Legal Work Experience To Your Advantage
In my previous post about commercial awareness, I talked about how bar, shop or factory work could help you gain a lot of business knowledge and I gave the example of thinking about a beach café and how the weather affects custom. In this post, I will elaborate on how non-legal work experience can help…
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