The Beginner’s Guide to a Career in Law

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The Beginner’s Guide to a Career in Law sponsored by Nottingham Law School

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Key law career questions

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Key law career deadlines

Discover several key events and deadlines that you need to diarise

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Reality check

Without wanting to detract from the exciting and challenging legal career on offer, here are some things to bear in mind

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The Beginner’s Guide to a Career in Law

Find out if a career in law is for you

Legal career paths

Take a look at our simple career timetable

Your ‘first steps’ checklist

Find out what you should be doing even before you start university

First-year checklist

Find out what you should be doing in your first year at university as a law or non-law student

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Students wasting £20 million on law conversion courses, research finds

According to research conducted by Hook Tangaza, students are wasting £20 million on law conversion courses that do not result in a career in the profession.

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The University of Law announces SQE training guarantee with four universities

The University of Law is guaranteeing places on Solicitors Qualifying Exam training courses to students at the University of Southampton, the University of Surrey, the University of Leicester and Birkbeck, University of London after reaching an agreement with the other universities.

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Application rejections, illness, CV gaps: advice from aspiring lawyers going through the process

Pursuing a career in law is hard. It’s as simple as that. It can feel like you’re the only person not securing vacation schemes or training contracts as your peers post their new roles at firms all over LinkedIn and Instagram – and you can’t work out where it is that you’re going wrong. It’s an easy mindset to fall into but it’s vital to take a step back, reassess, breathe and go again. We spoke to several aspiring lawyers whose routes into law were either put on hold, made difficult because of their background or disrupted as a result of the pandemic. This feature aims to show you that you’re not the only one having a bumpy ride into the legal world.

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LawCareersNetLIVE: four reasons you should apply to one of our virtual student careers conferences

LawCareersNetLIVE conferences, sponsored by Nottingham Law School, provide students the chance to network with a host of international, City and national firms, gain insights into their key practice areas and benefit from expert application advice direct from recruiters.

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Professor Paula Moffatt, director of external engagement at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, provides some advice and guidance for dissertation writing.

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What lawyers do

Learn more about the branches of the legal profession, areas of law, and practice areas

Types of lawyers

Read our table of key facts to help you distinguish between the different types of lawyers

Paralegals

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