First-year law students: First-year law students

In this episode we give you lots of tips of things to do in the first year of your law degree in order to launch your career. We spoke to Jane Wood, Course Leader and Principal Lecturer at Nottingham Law School, Maaya Sachdev, President of Warwick Law Society and Charis McGowan, Emerging Talent Coordinator at DWF.

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Ways to get ahead in first year

Here is a guide to a few things that should keep you busy during your first year if you want to make a positive early impression.

Key questions

What types of lawyer are there?

Solicitor, barrister and paralegal - find out about the different branches of the profession

When do I start looking for a job?

It's never too early to start thinking about your future career. Here are the main employer deadlines

Do first-year exams matter?

If they don't count towards my final degree, does this mean law firms won't see my exam results as important?

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Qualification routes in the United Kingdom

In the move to diversify the legal profession, there are now more ways than ever to enter it and fewer people qualifying are taking the traditional law degree route to become a solicitor.

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What opportunities does the legal profession offer to first-year students?

Read this essential advice for first-year students, covering everything from work placement schemes to extracurricular activities, law fairs and everything else in between. For lots more information and advice, see our first-year student hub.

What you need to know

From exams to legal work experience, here's a run-down of what you need to know ahead of your first-year at university.

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First-year round-up

Throughout school when undertaking evaluating exercises we were told to use a ‘two stars and a wish’ system whereby you find two positive points and one target to be improved on in the future. Using this system seems like a constructive, if not slightly basic, way to review my first year of studying law at UCL.