Securing a Training Contract - Webinar

Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society have produced a webinar with advice and tips on gaining a training contract. View.

Prospects Guide to Law

Hard copies of the 2010/11 Prospects Guide to Law have arrived and are available in the Career Development Center on a first come first served basis. 

All About Law - Guide to Law Fairs

See attached guide to 2010 Law Fairs.  See also the Law Fairs 'search' link under 'Useful Links and Blogs'

Nottingham Law School Open Days

Nottingham Law School holds open events in October each year for LPC, BPTC and Postgraduate coures. Further details and to book your place.

Inner Temple Scholarships

With a long-standing commitment to social responsibility, the Inner Temple aims to ensure that no one with the necessary talent is prevented from coming to the Bar solely due to financial need. The Inn has available scholarship awards to a total value of over £1,260,000 in 2011. The closing date for scholarship applications for the 2011-2012 Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) is 5th November 2010. Read more

Volunteering Fair - Wednesday 3rd November 2010 - 10am - 2pm.

Looking to add relevant work experience to your CV?  50 organisations with voluntary opportunities locally, nationally and overseas will be attending this years Volunteering Fair.  More

Innovative Job Hunting Tactics

One graduates innovative approach to finding a job.  Read more

Weekly updates from Law Careers Net

You can use the link in the 'Useful Link & Blogs' section of this blog to register for MyLC.N, giving you access to a weekly blog and career planning tools.

New centre to help women turn away from crime.

A new centre dedicated to helping women turn away from crime, and funded by the Ministry of Justice, has opened in Bolton.
'Eve’s Space' works with women who are at risk of offending, as well as those already involved in the criminal justice system, such as those on probation or recently released from short-term prison sentences. More

Employer Mentoring Scheme

The Employer Mentoring Scheme is now recruiting students for 2010/11, starting with information sessions as follows:


Thursday 23rd September, 11.00-12.00, room S101/102, Kedleston Road

Thursday 23rd September, 15.00-16.00, room SB103, Buxton

By being paired with mentors from local, regional and national organisations as well as local entrepreneurs, students gain one-to-one tailored advice on making themselves work-ready and planning strategies for career success. The scheme is open to all HE and Access students.
If you cannot make it to the information sessions you can download application forms from the Career Development Centre website at www.derby.ac.uk/careers or collect a paper form from our reception on the lower ground floor of the library.
Apply early in order to avoid disappointment.

Chancery Bar Careers Fair

The 2010 Chancery Bar Careers Fair is being held on Monday 25th October at the Royal College of Surgeons.  Chancery barristers act as advocates and give advice, applying their knowledge of legal principles to provide practical solutions for their clients, whether they are individuals or multi-national corporations. The legal principles which they apply span a wide range of areas, from company and insolvency to property, trusts and tax and many in between - If you want to find out more about a career at the Chancery Bar and Chambers which offer pupillage in those areas, the Careers Fair is an excellent opportunity. Register using this link.

Special Constables

In the Daily Telegraph Christopher Hope reviews the Governments plans to dramatically increase the number of Special Constables.

Do you have the skills an employer is looking for?

The LawCareers.Net team has come up with a new tool the takes the pain out of self-analysis. MySelf gives you the structure and instruction on how to pick apart academic, extracurricular and work experience, pull out the skills and competencies you have learned and serve them up to recruiters in the most positive, appealing way.  Give it a try by joining MyLCN

Legal Apptitude Tests

Guardian article in which Neil Rose considers the Law Society's announcement that it has appointed a consultant to look at whether it should follow the Bar Standards Board by introducing an aptitude test for would be solicitors.