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

Key skills for lawyers

Find out which skills you will need to secure a training contract or pupillage and to be successful throughout your career

Key skills for lawyers

What lawyers do

Understand more about the main branches of the legal profession

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Areas of knowledge for training contracts

Here is information on the four areas of knowledge you need to secure a training contract

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Your essential first step to a career in law

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Key law career questions

Find answers to some of the most commonly asked questions about a career in the legal sector

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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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NHS Test and Trace system, criminal defence firms, John Lewis, McLaren, Boohoo, EasyJet: your commercial news round-up

As many of you will have been completing online exams this week, this commercial news round-up aims to bring you recent updates from the legal and business world to facilitate your commercial awareness development.

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London Legal Walk 2020: 10,000 Steps for Justice

While the London Legal Walk – the biggest meet-up of the legal year – is postponed to 5 October 2020, the London Legal Support Trust plans to mark the walk’s original date of 8 June with an alternative option: the 10,000 Steps for Justice.

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Legal aid firms told to claim £100 million in outstanding fees

Legal aid firms are being urged to claim a potential £100 million in unbilled fees as they try to weather the effects of the coronavirus crisis, a minister reported in early May.

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Firms respond to support communities during covid-19 crisis

Law firms and their staff have been putting in extraordinary efforts to support their local communities during the coronavirus pandemic, according to reports.

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Aspiring lawyers: a guide to social media

Despite the challenges that the UK’s lockdown presents, the importance of maintaining and building a professional online network has become increasingly evident.

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

Read this essential advice for first-year students covering legal work experience, extracurricular activities, law fairs and more. For lots more information and advice, see our first-year student hub.

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Do first-year exams matter for law firm applications?

My first-year exams don’t count toward my final degree – does this mean that law firms won’t see my first-year results as important?

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About the legal sector

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

Find out about this distinct group of legal professionals

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