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At our LawCareersNetLIVE London event on 6 December 2024, the panel of top law firm partners addressed the key issues affecting law firms in 2025. The session helped delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees.
At our LawCareersNetLIVE London event on 1 December 2023, the panel of top law firm partners addressed the key issues affecting law firms in 2024. The session helped delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees.
Gareth Saynor, partner at Nabarro and member of the “Law firm as a business” panel at NLL16, discusses the importance of putting legal advice into the context of clients’ needs and why the desire to learn is crucial to success as a trainee.
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I have been given the right level of responsibility as a trainee. I am pushed without feeling overwhelmed. The supervisions have been fantastic and there are some brilliant lawyers at the firm to learn from.
Amicus runs various volunteer placement programmes.
Find out from our panel of experts exactly what commercial awareness is, as well as how you can develop it and, crucially, demonstrate it in law firm applications.
More likely than not, many are now celebrating their application successes. But what about those who were not successful this time round? Join me as I vlog about how to deal with rejection.
News Three more A4L firms open summer vac scheme applications Posted on 13 November 2012 A further three firms are now receiving applications for summer vacation scheme placements through Apply4Law:
A further three firms are now receiving applications for summer vacation scheme placements through Apply4Law:
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Hertfordshire Law Clinic operates in conjunction with leading local law firms to improve access to justice by providing free legal advice to the local community.
In this webinar, in collaboration with The University of Law, we run through the different Solicitor Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses available, and the factors students should consider when choosing a course.
At LawCareersNetLIVE 2022, we spoke to recruiters and lawyers from DWF Group LLP, Shoosmiths and Clyde & Co LLP about the importance of commercial awareness and how candidates can demonstrate this skill in their applications.
LCN’s Matthew Broadbent has been to hundreds of law fairs in his time – here is his advice for getting the most out of engaging with law firms and law schools at these events.
LawWorks Clinic based in Brighton which offers specific legal advice between October and April in a monthly clinic (appointment only).
The process was very open and friendly and the message was clear about what the firm was looking for. They really do look for a good fit, rather than just churning through candidates.
Meet Tom Marshall, associate at Osborne Clarke LLP in Bristol. Watch him discuss his training contract, day-to-day work and his advice on the importance of business awareness.
In this vlog, I talk about different mindsets I adopted that aided me in helping me gain my training contract offers.
