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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The ASPIRE Graduate Scheme is a two year programme open to graduates of all disciplines and is tailored to allow you to explore both our business and your own talents. You'll rotate around every area of our business and have plenty of opportunities to show us what you can do and find out where your talents fit best.

By the end of this session you will be able to: Recognise what recruiters are looking for, prepare and research effectively for your interview Identify different type interview questions and possible approaches, and create a good impression.

Our Pupillage Fairs have capacity for up to 2,000 students, making them the largest bar careers events in the UK. The Fairs give students from all parts of the UK the opportunity to meet the nation’s leading chambers from their laptops. In addition to video walk-ins with chambers’ pupillage recruitment teams each Fair has six careers and commercial awareness virtual workshops delivered by leading barristers.

targetjobs has partnered with some of the UKs leading law firms to host Aspire, an event to help more Black Heritage students take several steps closer to their dream careers. Do you Aspire to be a senior partner of the future, maybe even at one of the biggest law firms in the world? Our new event, Aspire Law, is here to start you on that path.

Join us in Birmingham for an informal festive evening to learn more about the Wilkes Partnership and applying to be a Trainee Solicitor.

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: £10 (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.

Hybrid Seminar Programme 'How to...' with New Square Chambers. Session on how to apply for pupillage.

Email events@newsquarechambers.co.uk with your name, the session you would like to attend, whether you want to attend in person or virtually, and any reasonable adjustments.

Come along to an open day to find out more about life at our firm. You’ll hear about what life is like as a trainee and from associates and partners across the firm about the breadth of work that we do. Our Early Careers team will also be on hand to answer any questions you have about our Training Contract application process. Deadline: 14 November 2021.

Alison Peyton, Vantage Marketing Manager, will be joined by graduate recruitment representatives from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, Eversheds Sutherland and Freshfields to answer all your questions about applying to their firm's spring and summer vacation schemes and how to stand out in the application process.

Calling all university students! Join us for an informative afternoon of insight and information on a career at Roythornes Solicitors. During the afternoon, you’ll hear from a range of our team including new Trainees, Associates, and Partners about what it’s like to work for an expanding and ambitious top 150 firm with a focused and specialist approach.

Applications are now open. It features leading firms including Macfarlanes, Travers Smith, Weil, Ropes & Gray, BCLP, Norton Rose Fulbright, Osborne Clarke, RPC, WBD, Wiggin, Gateley and Dentons + Blackstone and Gatehouse Chambers. Secure your place now!

Come along to an open day to find out more about life at our firm. You’ll hear about what life is like as a trainee and from associates and partners across the firm about the breadth of work that we do. Our Early Careers team will also be on hand to answer any questions you have about our Training Contract application process. Deadline: 14 November 2021.

Hybrid Seminar Programme 'How to...' with New Square Chambers. Session on how to interview for pupillage.

Email events@newsquarechambers.co.uk with your name, the session you would like to attend, whether you want to attend in person or virtually, and any reasonable adjustments.

Come along to an open day to find out more about life at our firm. You’ll hear about what life is like as a trainee and from associates and partners across the firm about the breadth of work that we do. Our Early Careers team will also be on hand to answer any questions you have about our Training Contract application process. Deadline: 14 November 2021.

A series of short presentations from Heads of Chambers, pupil supervisors, barristers from the different areas of law practised at 1GC.

Quadrant Chambers will be holding a virtual speed moot for law students and society members. The event is open to any students who are thinking of applying for pupillage during the 2023 pupillage round. First prize is £150 Amazon voucher. Second prize is £75 Amazon voucher. Find out more.

Hybrid Seminar Programme 'How to...' with New Square Chambers. Session on how to moot.

Email events@newsquarechambers.co.uk with your name, the session you would like to attend, whether you want to attend in person or virtually, and any reasonable adjustments.

Hybrid Seminar Programme 'How to...' with New Square Chambers. Session on how to debate.

Email events@newsquarechambers.co.uk with your name, the session you would like to attend, whether you want to attend in person or virtually, and any reasonable adjustments.

Interested in a career as a Barrister? Why not come along to a virtual mini-series hosted by The University of Law’s Future Pupil Programme Coordinator. This session provides an overview of the bar, the options of how to get there and what the University of Law Bar Professional Course offers students.

Interested in a career as a Barrister? Why not come along to a virtual mini-series hosted by The University of Law’s Future Pupil Programme Coordinator. This session provides an overview of the inns of court, who they are and what they offer along with an explanation of the scholarship process and what you will need to do if you are intending to apply for an Inn of Court Scholarship.

Interested in a career as a Barrister? Why not come along to a virtual mini-series hosted by The University of Law’s Future Pupil Programme Coordinator. This session provides an overview of the pupillage process with top tips on how to approach selecting chambers and what chambers will expect from you when applying.