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First-year guide

A first-year student’s guide to opportunities in law

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Beginner's Guide

Getting started? Read The Beginner's Guide to a Career in Law!

First-year checklist

Here's what to do as a law or non-law student during your first year at university

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The latest information

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam

Our new SQE hub explains what you need to know about how to qualify through this route

What to do in your first year

From vacation schemes to law fairs, here's what to focus on this year

First-year events

Here's a list of upcoming events for first-year law students

Solicitors Qualifying Exam – your questions answered

From September 2021, the route to legal qualification in England and Wales is changing with the introduction of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam.

The LawCareers.Net Podcast

What to do in your first year

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.

How do I become a lawyer?

The Beginner's Guide to a Career in Law

Essential reading for those starting out

Online application tips

Should I use my Gmail or an academic email address when giving contact details? How strictly are deadlines enforced? Are there any ways of saving myself some time? The team at AllHires has the answers.

Key questions

How can I get work experience in my first year of university?

"I’m a first-year student, how important is legal work experience and do you have any advice for securing some?"

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?

Vacation Scheme Insiders

Arun Sohan-Pall

London School of Economics

Law

July 2019

First-year university checklist

You’re in the first year of your law degree and you want to know what you should be doing. Here is a brief checklist to get you started.

How to look for work experience as a first-year/non-law student

Work experience (legal or non-legal) is always valuable for me to gain transferable skills or deeper insights into a particular interest. As a first-year student, I enjoy seeing how the work I'm doing could have an impact in the real world.

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Getting started

Career paths

Take a look at our simple timetable of the different legal career paths

What you need to know

From vacation schemes to law fairs, here's what to focus on this year

Looking beyond exam season

Some inspiration for you over the summer!

Corporate finance law

Solicitor practice area profile

Corporate finance lawyers advise clients on all aspects of the buying and selling of interests in businesses or business assets, relationships with their shareholders, corporate governance and fund raising.

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