About us
updated on 05 January 2024
LawCareers.Net (LCN) is a comprehensive, one-stop, authoritative online resource for you – our future lawyers – and those who recruit you.
The site contains several key elements, including:
- all the information you need to become a lawyer;
- comprehensive directories of employers and legal educators so you can find the firm and course that suit you best;
- training contract, vacation scheme and pupillage deadline pages;
- updated news and features to keep you in the know; and
- practical tools designed to help you manage your research and maximise your chance of breaking into this competitive profession.
As such, the site is the market-leading product in a highly competitive environment.
LCN’s hubs
LCN has several key hubs created just for you:
- Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) hub sponsored by The University of Law;
- Diversity hub sponsored by Gowling WLG (UK)_LLP;
- Non-law students hub sponsored by Shoosmiths;
- First-year law students hub;
- Solicitors hub;
- Barristers hub;
- Commercial awareness hub sponsored by Mayer Brown International LLP;
- Beginner’s hub sponsored by The University of Law;
- Application hub;
- Apprenticeships hub sponsored by Mayer Brown; and
- Education hub.
Key features
There are a host of key features for you to make the most of.
Training contract search
Pupillage search
Course search
Commercial Question
Meet the Recruiter
Meet the Lawyer
Practice Area Profiles
Vacation Scheme Insiders
Deadline calendar
Events
News
Features
The Oracle
LCN Says
Podcasts
Videos
Blogs
MyLCN
Training contract search
Use our training contract search tool to explore our directory of nearly 1,000 organisations offering training contracts.
Pupillage search
Use our pupillage search to find the right chambers for you.
Course search
Use our courses search to discover the legal education provider that suits your needs.
Commercial Question
Want to know what trends you should be watching out for? The Commercial Question is a weekly article written by a leading firm designed to get you thinking about commercial issues.
Meet the Recruiter
Find out what makes recruiters tick, what impresses them and what makes each of their firms unique in the Meet the Recruiter profiles.
Meet the Lawyer
Get insider knowledge from more than 35 solicitors at different law firms. The Meet the Lawyer profiles are designed to give you a sense of how they got there, what their work day looks like and the advice they have for you. Could you follow in their footsteps?
Practice Area Profiles
Find out what it’s like to work in a vast array of legal practice areas with LCN’s practice area profiles:
Vacation Scheme Insiders
Get a sense of what different law firms’ vacation schemes are really like by reading these insider reports from candidates who’ve experienced the schemes first hand.
Deadline calendar
Use LCN’s training contract and vacation scheme deadlines list to ensure you don’t miss any key deadlines.
Events
Use our Events page to discover and register for upcoming events, from LCN masterclasses featuring lawyers from leading law firms to law firm and law school open days, Q&As and much more.
News
Keep up to date with the key stories from the legal world, plus read our weekly round-up of the latest commercial news to support your commercial acumen.
Features
Designed to increase your understanding of the recruitment process and the legal profession as a whole, our Features focus on topics such as the SQE, everything you need to know about training contract assessment centres and how you can find your legal specialism.
The Oracle
Your very own legal agony aunt. The Oracle aims to answer your questions relating to recruitment and training – from how to fund your legal studies, to how to identify which firms value diversity and inclusion.
LCN Says
Short opinion and analysis pieces from the LCN team, as well as guest posts from contributors from all walks of law. Topics include how to successfully apply for an apprenticeship and the top 15 podcasts we think all law students should be listening to. Plus, our new Wrestle with PESTLE series looks at various business studies using the PESTLE technique designed to boost your commercial awareness.
Podcasts
Featuring interviews with recruiters, students, trainees, partners and more, our podcast touches on topics such as how to process rejection, the benefits of pro bono for students and how to demonstrate your key skills in legal applications. Looking to learn more about practice areas, you can now listen to our practice area profiles in a podcast format. You can also listen to our new Wrestle with PESTLE podcast episodes to keep up to date with politics, business and industry.
Videos
Our videos feature vlogs and interviews with recruiters, students, trainees, partners, lawyers and more, touching on topics such as networking, commercial awareness, and the SQE. If you want to know how to move your legal career forward then pull up a chair and enjoy the show.
Blogs
Each academic year, we recruit several bloggers to report back from the front line of legal study and work, and offer you their advice as you embark on your legal journey.
MyLCN
MyLCN is your customisable area. You can store information from LCN and elsewhere, including any active courses and deadline reminders.
Save your favourite firms, make notes and keep track of your application progress in the Firms page; create your own information library of LCN pages and external links that interest you in the Pages section; and store events and deadlines in the Calendar.
MyLocker is a central hub where you can store key information about yourself so you can easily transfer it into the application forms of participating firms. It’s been designed to allow you to focus on the information that’s specific to firms, such as long answer questions, rather than spending time repeatedly entering core biographical information.
Find out more about the MyLCN features via our 'What is MyLCN?' page.
