24 Nov

Manchester

LawCareersNetLIVE will be taking place on 24 November.

09:15

Registration and networking breakfast

Please head to the conference room at 09.30. A topic is displayed on the main screen for you to discuss with the delegates at your table/the delegates sitting around you.

09:45

Welcome

09:50

Keynote speaker

Nik White, managing partner at Brabners LLP, will deliver the keynote speech.

10:05

Question Time: The law firm as a business

Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2024. This session will help delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees. The panel will answer questions from the audience.

The panellists are:

  • Harold Brako, partner and head of Manchester office – Addleshaw Goddard
  • Nik White, managing partner – Brabners LLP
  • Jay Mehta, senior associate – DWF Group LLP
  • Emma Morgan, partner – Shoosmiths
10:50

Networking and refreshments

Your opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

11:25

Firm-led workshops

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.

  • DWF Group Plc – Banking
  • Gateley Legal – Cross-team collaboration across a legal and professional services group
  • Shoosmiths – How Shoosmiths real estate shaped Manchester
  • Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP – ESG, easy as 1,2,3!
12:45

Networking lunch

Please note that lunch is served standing. This is your opportunity to speak to firm representatives.

14:00

Firm-led workshops

Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.

  • Addleshaw Goddard – Do you have an appetite to innovate?
  • Brabners LLP – ESG In Sport: Levelling The Playing Field
  • Hill Dickinson LLP – Corporate
  • Ward Hadaway – The Journey to Net Zero and the Circular Economy
15:20

Networking and refreshments

Your final opportunity to speak with the firm representatives and your fellow delegates.

15:45

Question Time: Life as a trainee

Our panel of trainee solicitors will provide insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law will also be on hand to answer your questions about postgraduate study and employability.

The panellists are:

  • Daisy Stewart, Gateley Legal
  • Melissa Leung, Hill Dickinson LLP
  • Caroline Morris, Squire Patton Boggs (UK) LLP
  • Mia Armstrong, Ward Hadaway
16:30

Close

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