The Festival of Careers is a programme of online events created to connect students in all years of study with employers and help them to develop their skills and think about their future. The Festival is a packed schedule of webinars, workshops and interactive sessions.

Online careers conference for LGBT+ young people. Are you looking to explore the next steps in your career? We have a week of inspirational speakers, coaching sessions, skills workshops and careers fair lined up.

This Black History Month we are collaborating with Essex Law School and Kent Law School to provide a Series of Student Talks on Race and the Law. This session will focus on the way in which the criminal justice system deals with Black defendants.

Relax, get a hot chocolate from Basecamp, and join us on the Piazza for spooky movie favourite Hocus Pocus.

Relax, get a hot chocolate from Basecamp, and join us on the Piazza for spooky movie favourite The Addams Family

Insightful sessions and networking with top law firms and other ambitious members. Get the tools and insights you need to launch a successful career.

Application deadline: 26 October 2020

BPP i-Opening webinar. Access careers advice from practising lawyers, from the comfort of your own home.

Workshop on creating a CV, tailoring it to employer requirements and showcasing your skills and achievements when applying for opportunities.

Join former lawyers from Aspiring Solicitors for a workshop designed to enable you to build confidence in pursuing a training contract during a pandemic.

Panel/Career Event discussing career paths in Human Rights Academia, Pro-bono and NGOs, followed by a Q&A. Join us on MS Teams.

Speak with tutors about studying our Law Conversion Course (PGDL) and LLM Law and Legal Practice at BPP.

Hear from practising barristers about their experiences, from gaining pupillage to their careers thus far. Find out how The Inner Temple can support you through funding and more, on your way to becoming a Barrister.

Warwick Interdisciplinary Research Centre for International Development (WICID) Webinar. The event will discuss findings from the piloting of a new method (the Feminist Everyday Observatory Tool) to capture the impacts of conflict on women's social reproduction (unpaid care work). 

This session is brought to you by Hogan Lovells and will be delivered by Chris Stoakes, a former commercial lawyer, legal expert and author of ‘Know the City’ and ‘All you need to know about Commercial Awareness’.

Decolonizing Ethongraphy: Undocumented Immigrants and New Directions in Social Science (Duke University Press 2019)

Discussant - Professor Oscar Guardiola-Rivera

The 20th anniversary of our long-established National Law Fair provides an excellent opportunity for you to improve your chance of securing a training contract. Network with over 30 law firms and organisations including BCLP, CMS, PwC and many more; meet potential employers and get advice on firms’ recruitment.

Careers webinar to help with building your understanding of what you can expect and how you can start preparing ‘now’ to set yourself apart from other candidates.

Join us as dusk turns to darkness for this special installation which will transform the Arts Centre and its surroundings into a magical Fire Garden.

Learn how to put together a legal cover letter that has impact or to critically evaluate an existing one. The workshop will set out key requirements in creating a cover letter, look at tailoring your cover letter to employers’ requirements and how to showcase your motivation, skills and achievements.

Join us as dusk turns to darkness for this special installation which will transform the Arts Centre and its surroundings into a magical Fire Garden.

Empire Reading Group: FH Cardoso, 'Dependency and Development in Latin America' (1972)

Location: Virtually on the GLOBE Team

In conjunction with CCLS, this year's reading group theme will be Empire and the Economy. We have a series of reading discussions designed to interweave with the CCLS reading group schedule.

In week 5 we read a classic text on dependency theory - an ideal event for research students.

Welcome to all our new members and thank you for existing members engaging with us throughout the year.

Join our interactive session where we’ll have a chance to get to know one another and connect with our global Warwick community.

For students seeking employment at firms with a presence in the Midlands, South West or East of England regions

Guide to effectively answering firm motivation questions, articulating your competencies and experience, and building your commercial awareness.

Time is HK time. Guidance on how to approach our 2020 virtual assessment & selection process. We will also share some hints and tips for CVs and written applications. Deadline for Registration: 4 November

BPP i-Opening webinar. Access careers advice from practising lawyers, from the comfort of your own home.

The fair gives students from all parts of the UK the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading law firms from their laptops. Students based overseas who intend to qualify as solicitors and are eligible to work in the UK are also encouraged to attend.

Are you an international student interested in working in the UK? This session will outline the main options for working in the UK including the new graduate immigration route. The session will be delivered by one of the immigration advisers from the University’s Immigration & Compliance Team.

Title: 'Gendered Harms of Crimmigration: Migrant Women's Narratives and Experiences of the Criminal Justice and Punishment in the UK.'

(Invite to follow)

For students seeking employment at firms with a presence in the North of England