Changing to a career in law
Maximise your prospects
Moving into a career in law can be challenging. The College of Law is committed to helping you minimise the risk and maximise your prospects. Many law firms and chambers value the experience that working in other professions can bring to their organisation; we can help you identify them.
84%* of students who pass our LPC have a training contract or other legal work within the first few months of graduation. So if you haven’t already got a training contract or pupillage, we are best placed to help you achieve your ambitions.
All the resources to help you succeed
The moment you accept your place you gain full access to our Law Careers and Employability Service with the best team of legal careers advisors in the business. They provide one-to-one guidance on the recruitment process and to support this, you will also have access to:
- Skills workshops – providing detailed focus on core career skills such as researching employers, writing legal CVs and applications, interviews and assessment centres.
- Our unique online database, Jobsearch – full details of legal vacancies, training contracts and pupillages sourced and regularly updated exclusively for College of Law students every year.
- Future Lawyers Employability – an exclusive online careers advice service providing a series of steps to becoming a successful modern lawyer.
Gain vital experience in law
Our wide range of programmes offer:
- Over 3,000 places on our award-winning pro bono projects.
- Over 600 places on our mentoring scheme, the largest in the country.
- Employer talks and workshops, enabling you to network with lawyers in practice.
- Opportunities for private practice and in-house work placements.
- Join our Future Lawyers Network and get commercially aware
*based on known destinations of students passing the full-time LPC in summer 2010