Why law firm websites are a useful research tool
March 20, 2020
By Craig Sharpe (Darlingtons law firm), Shribavani Shrikaran (chemistry student), Marissa Oluwadare (law student) and Sophie Barber (law student) As potential lawyers, it’s important for law students to have a firm grasp of the differences between law firms and the current state of the legal market. You need to thoroughly research the firms you want …
Want an exciting legal career? Join a startup
January 27, 2020
By Tom Bangay, University of Nottingham alumus and director of content at Juro As one of the best law schools in the world, Nottingham graduates naturally progress to top law firms. But private practice and corporate law aren’t the only options for Nottingham’s lawyers-in-waiting. Venture capital-backed startups have started to take over legal, attracting billions …
Applying for Vacation Schemes – What Worked for Me
December 2, 2019
By Ella Rees, law student When you first sit down with the prospect of writing multiple applications ahead, the process of applying for vacation schemes can seem overwhelming. I was lucky that I knew from when I started university that I wanted to pursue a career in commercial law. Despite this, I hadn’t had much luck with …
Setting the Bar For A Career In Law – Before, During and After University
September 13, 2019
By Kate Hindmarch, University of Nottingham alumna and partner in employment law at Langleys Solicitors In the world of law, there are a number of opportunities and career paths waiting for you – far from the silver screen’s depiction of those shouting ‘objection’ in court. Whether it’s family, employment or criminal, the industry is open to more than law postgraduates, but getting onto the career ladder …
Get off to a Flying Start With a Year Abroad
January 15, 2016
By Alice Gould, student blogger Whenever anyone asks me about my year abroad in Lund, Sweden it’s hard not to start spouting every cliché you can think of. The thing is, they’re all true. My year abroad was the best year of my life, I did meet incredible people from all around the globe, and …
The Verdict Is in… What Employers Wanted at the Law Fair
November 10, 2015
By Alice Gould, student blogger Aside from a great opportunity to stock up your stationery collection, there is another great reason to attend the Law Fair: you might get spotted by a potential employer and increase your likelihood of being hired. The reason employers attempt to lure you in with the promise of freebies is …
Getting Into Law Without a Law Degree
June 23, 2015
By Priya Thakar, student blogger Back in March, I attended the ‘Spotlight On: Law for Non-Law’ event, organised by Careers. The event was very popular and it was interesting to me that there were students from a wide variety of subjects with a keen interest in the law profession. Courses varied from mechanical engineering to …
How to build your commercial awareness and get that job
October 14, 2014
By Joshua Clinch, trainee solicitor There’s no greater truth than the famous idiom, knowledge is power. If you want to succeed in a field and be given the job, you need to show that you’ve taken all of the steps needed to be informed. We spoke with Joshua Clinch, a trainee solicitor from Norton Rose Fulbright, who …
Using your revision to generate career ideas
April 28, 2014
How do you revise? Thinking about how you work can be a useful way to generate ideas about the kind of environment you’d like to go into after leaving Nottingham. We explore careers that might suit the common types of reviser that emerge in the lead up to exams. The negotiator Without your input, group …
Online Q&A round-up part 4
April 4, 2014
By Pablo Costa, Careers Adviser, Careers and Employability Service Missed our last online Q&A of the spring term? Check out our compilation of this week’s questions and answers. What would be your biggest piece of advice for succeeding in assessment centres for investment banking positions? (Jason, economics) Practise, practise, practise! Find as many example assessment exercises, …
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