The LawCareersNetLIVE events are intensive, one-day student conferences where excellent candidates discover how law firms really work, looking at the business drivers of national and international law firms and how a career might progress in this sort of firm.

Delegate fee: £29 (payable on acceptance of delegate place). We are offering a number of free places across our LawCareersNetLIVE events to delegates from low socio-economic backgrounds, and those who might not be able to afford the delegate fee. Find out more. Closing date for applications: Thursday 28 October 2021.

Find out more about PwC and meet the recruitment team.

Members of the Careers team will lead the discussion and students will need to be willing to actively engage with the topic and be ready to ask questions and share their thoughts on Further Study By the end of the session you will have: An understanding of what different types of further study are, How Further Study may help you in your future career, How further Study might fit into your career plans

In this workshop we will discuss how to prepare for a typical graduate interview and how to answer questions effectively.

What does freedom mean to different communities in different parts of the world, connected through the global economy? Organised as part of the Resonate Festival/Coventry U.K. City of Culture, 2021 this is a two-day festival of culture and ideas in collaboration with Warwick Arts Centre.

What does the new normal look and feel like? Organised as part of the Resonate Festival/Coventry U.K. City of Culture, 2021 this is a two-day festival of culture and ideas in collaboration with Warwick Arts Centre.

‘Policing the Borders Within’ by CJC Co-director Ana Aliverti (OUP, 2021)

Speakers: Professor Katja Franko (University of Oslo), Professor Ian Loader (University of Oxford), and Professor Didier Fassin (University of Princeton, TBC)

Victor discusses no-platforming and what it involves. Organised as part of the Resonate Festival/Coventry U.K. City of Culture, 2021 this is a two-day festival of culture and ideas in collaboration with Warwick Arts Centre.

This talk will explore the relevance of, and relationship between, freedom, trust and law. Organised as part of the Resonate Festival/Coventry U.K. City of Culture, 2021 this is a two-day festival of culture and ideas in collaboration with Warwick Arts Centre.

Attend the UK’s most established Pupillage Fair; meet chambers’ representatives, discover more about different sets and find the best match for you and your career. The fair will be attended by some of the UK’s leading chambers, as well as course providers and Bar associations, and promises to be as popular as ever.

This webinar (via MS Teams) will provide you with an introduction to assessment centres and what you can expect from them. The session will provide you with information on how to prepare, and give an overview of some of the common activities you will participate in.

If you’re thinking about applying for a training contract, you probably have questions about the application process, how training contracts work, what a Legal Work Placement is, and plenty more. This event is the perfect opportunity to put your burning questions to our trainees before you start applying.

By the end of this session you will be able to: Identify what you want to do to follow up your interest in a legal career Access information, resources and further help to enable you to do this.

This is a pre-recorded session you will be emailed the link at the time the session is scheduled - you do not need to be available at this time and can watch the webinar at a time to suit you. Learn how to explore your self-concept and aspects of non-conformity to build your self-belief. From here you will be able to make confident decisions that are right for you.

The Discover Governance webinar will guide you through the world of the governance professional and what this career entails .

Warwick Volunteers will be collaborating with the Study Happy Team in the library and running a flexible volunteering session on Tuesday 30 November. Some of our Exec will be leading the session and will be writing/making postcards to send to sick children via the charity Postpals. More information about Postpals can be found on their website. If you would like to join us there is no need to book, just turn up on the day.

Have you ever wondered what the Civil Service is and what Civil Servants do? If you're curious to find out more, join a group of Civil Service Fast Streamers for this virtual event. The event will will consist of a short presentation followed by a Q&A.

The Lecture will be given by The Rt. Hon. Lord Carnwath of Notting Hill and Inger Anderson, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Director of the UN Environment Programme. It will tackle the role of law reform in the context of climate change, bringing international and UK perspectives to different legislative initiatives. There will also be an announcement of the 2021 Law Reform Essay Competition winners and questions from the audience.

The Academy is designed to help boost students’ business and legal sector knowledge as they apply for training contracts. A virtual session on people skills, delivered by Dan Kayne, general counsel (routes) of Network Rail and founder of the O Shaped Lawyer.

In this session we will be looking at what a competency question is and how to structure an effective response.

Members of the Careers team will lead the discussion and students will need to be willing to actively engage with the topic and be ready to ask questions and share experiences of writing applications.

Verification of Evidence - between the Efficiency of the Procedure and the Guarantees of the Fair Trial in Criminal Proceedings. This Webinar is free but advance booking is required. 

'Women who Kill: How the state criminalises women we might otherwise be burying'

Event co-hosted with the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender. Presenters: Professor Elaine Player (King’s College London); Ms Harriet Wistrich (Director of Centre for Women’s Justice)

Event postponed - new date to be released in due course.

You’ll have the opportunity to take part in Q&A panels with lawyers and trainee solicitors, and find out more about life as a lawyer and applying for first year opportunities. You must have a Vantage profile to sign up which takes 10 minutes to make.

You are invited to join us for this exciting event in which Lord Jonny Oates will share his personal experiences of working in Africa with the former BBC journalist and media thought-leader, Milton Nkosi. The event is open to everyone and we hope that it will be a source of inspiration for those Warwick students, staff and alumni who have already volunteered as part of the Warwick in Africa programme or hope to do so in the future.

Members of the Careers team will lead the discussion and students will need to be willing to actively engage with the topic and be ready to ask questions and share experiences of writing applications.

Firms will include RPC, Reed Smith, Weil, Milbank, Pinsent Masons, Mayer Brown, Sidley, Ashurst, Ropes & Gray, Hogan Lovells, Latham & Watkins, Linklaters, BCLP, Covington, CMS, White & Case and Arnold and Porter. This event has been created to help LGBTQ+ Undergraduate and Postgraduate students find out more about potential careers in law with our participating firms. We’ll be discussing being LGBTQ+ in the workplace and specific graduate and internship schemes. After the event, students can apply for mentoring opportunities with our clients too.

The free online event is open to all students (both undergraduates and postgraduates) and gives students from all universities the opportunity to meet nearly 60 of the nation’s leading law firms.

University of Nottingham, Human Rights Law Centre's (HRLC) Annual Lecture with Hasina Safi, Afghan politician, human rights activist and former Acting Minister of Women's Affairs. Register now!

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.