INSPIRE LAW is brand new to 2022! This event has been created to help level the playing field for all students. ‘It’s not what you know, it’s who you know’ is a common saying when it comes to getting a training contract. And that’s all well and good for students who have the necessary contacts. But what about those who don’t? Students will be able to grow their professional network, build the skills they’ll need for success and could possibly be fast-tracked through the application process as a result of attending!

• Join live workshops and presentations every day.
• Meet top law firms and law schools in our Networking Expo.
• More than 35,000 places were reserved for last year's events!
• After the fair, continue to use our Digital CampusLink opens in a new window - we’ve held more than 500 exclusive employer events!

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.

Kings Camps are a children's sports charity with a mission to get children active, having fun and leanring together! We achieve our mission by running sport and activity camps, all over the UK, during school holidays, and look to recruit around 800 students a year to work in paid positions on our UK camps!

An amazing event aimed at helping LGBTQIA+ students begin their career in law. It’s a free online event that allows students to connect with relatable graduates in these firms, ask burning questions, and get an insight into what a career in law is like. It is open to those studying in any field, but have a curiosity for entering the field. This year’s attending firms are Arnold & Porter, Bird & Bird, Covington, Milbank, Ropes & Gray and Weil. We’ll be discussing being LGBTQIA in the workplace and specific graduate and internship schemes at the attending firms. After the event, students can apply for mentoring opportunities with our clients too.

This seminar aims to discuss issues around the sentencing and incarceration of pregnant women and women with caring responsibilities for children. The papers will examine the experience of pregnant women going through the criminal justice system as well as the court and sentencing processes leading to a decision to impose custody upon pregnant women or women with dependent relatives.  

The seminar will have two paper presentations, followed by discussion.  

We will tell you about our company and you'll hear from our graduates who have stayed with us and been promoted. We will then talk you through our selection process and give you a few hints, before we answer any questions you have for us!

Oscar North-Concar leading, paper TBD

Unsure whether to opt for the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) or the outgoing Legal Practice Course (LPC)? At the event, BPP careers experts will break down some of the different and nuanced considerations that will guide this decision, and help students decide which route is best suited for their legal career. There will also be a discussion of the skills that aspiring lawyers should seek to develop through vocational training and how they can be honed through the various study options on offer

Virtual short talks and a panel discussion with CMS’ award-winning Business Development team. The commercially driven and fast-paced legal sector offers exciting career opportunities in business development and marketing. Interesting in finding out more about how you can help position CMS’ brand on a global scale, whilst helping them meet client targets and support the firm to win new business?

Speaker: Toby Tricks (MPhil)

Title: Modelling the Mind: A Fictionalist Reading of Nietzsche’s Drive Psychology

 Abstract:

Nietzche’s account of the drives is increasingly being recognised as central to his philosophical psychology; it is a problem, then, that it appears confused. A particularly prominent issue concerns Nietzsche’s characterisation of how the drives interact with one another: he often uses agential language which many take to commit him to the homunculus fallacy. I argue that this view is mistaken, because Nietzsche’s agential characterisations of the drives are fictions: as they aren’t meant to be true, he is able to sidestep fallacious homuncularism. We might worry that if many of the claims in Nietzsche’s drive psychology are fictional, then it can’t teach us much. That need not be the case, however: drawing on Catherine Elgin’s work in the epistemology of science, I argue that despite being fictional, Nietzsche’s account of the drives can still provide epistemic value and facilitate genuine cognitive achievement, in just the same way that scientific models do despite being idealised and distorted representations of reality. Acknowledging the fictional nature of much of Nietzsche’s drive talk I’ll further argue has an added bonus: it allows us to more fully appreciate the subtlety and power of his account of human psychology.

A roundtable discussion comprised of admissions and career services professionals from the top law schools in the U.S., facilitated by Cleary lawyers from our European offices. Join us as we discuss tips, tricks, and best practices to make your application stand out, and address frequently asked questions to understand the ins-and-outs of the U.S. LL.M. application and recruiting processes.

We will let you know about working with the cloud and give you the chance to find out if a career in IT/tech consulting is right for you. We would love to meet you at this skills session!

Join our panel of barristers discussing pupillage and life at the bar. Breakout sessions in crime, family and civil. The event is free to attend and will be staffed by a collection of very friendly and chatty barristers across practice areas who are keen to answer aspiring barristers’ questions about life at the bar and seeking pupillage. Please sign up by emailing Michelle Francis on circuit.administrator@midlandcircuit.co.uk. Joining instructions will be emailed in advance.