An opportunity for graduates and soon-to-be graduates to gain insider information on getting hired by the UK's top employers, listen to inspiring talks and learn about postgraduate study. #NGW2021 has live Q&A sessions, giveaways and insider tips from the UK's top employers and educators.

This workshop will explain some basic features of common law systems to students who have been trained in a different legal tradition.

Taking English law, the mother of all common law jurisdictions, as an example we will explore:

• the various meanings of the term common law
• the division between law and equity
• typical features of common law systems
• sources of law
• the doctrine of precedent and
• statutory interpretation,

and will note where there are differences within the common law world.

There are several short video recordings and further reading explaining key features available in the material for the MS Teams session on 19 October. In the session itself, we will be discussing these issues further and do some practical exercises.

You can join the session here.

Resources and videos can be accessed through this Moodle.

We will be hosting a virtual open day to help you find out more about our practice areas, clients, vacation schemes and training contracts.

The session will cover: What is Lexis Library?; Glossary - Legal Terms; Legislation searching; Case searching by title; Journals searching; Explore search and narrowing results; Browsing Halsbury’s Laws / Index and Individually taking the foundation certification.

Making the pennies go further is a top priority as a student and we’ll be explaining how to budget, living costs and where to turn if you need help.

The session will cover: What is Lexis Library?; Glossary - Legal Terms; Legislation searching; Case searching by title; Journals searching; Explore search and narrowing results; Browsing Halsbury’s Laws / Index and Individually taking the foundation certification.

Alison Peyton, Marketing Manager at Vantage, will be talking about how to apply to commercial law firms and where to start. Alison will talk you through the journey from deciding where to be a lawyer and what skills you can start developing in your first year at university, to how to get ready to start the vacation scheme application process this autumn. She'll also share her top tips on how to network virtually!

The advanced session will cover: Use Lexis Library to perform more complex legal research; Use the Legislation, cases and journals search forms in a more detailed way; Understand the value of topics; Arrive at more comprehensive results and Individually take the advanced certification.