This week’s Feature outlines a list of firms offering opportunities for year 12/13 and first-year students.
Most trainee-hiring law firms run work experience schemes and events specifically for year 12/13 and first-year students. So, if you’re seriously considering becoming a solicitor, you’ll be doing yourself a big favour by getting involved at this early stage of your career – if not just to identify whether a career in the legal profession is for you. Use this list of law firms offering opportunities to year 12/13 and first-year university students to get you started!
Gaining firsthand experience in a law firm used to be limited to vacation schemes and university law fairs, but things have changed. While two-week vacation schemes remain the best route to a training contract – with the majority of such placements still focusing on second and final-year students – an increasing number of law firms also run shorter schemes, insight events and open days for first-year students and sixth formers.
Some of these opportunities are easier to find online than others, so below we’ve set out what some of the country’s top law firms are offering to help you kickstart your own research. Start by investigating the firm’s profile on LawCareers.Net to introduce yourself to its business, work areas, offices and so on. If you then feel the firm could be right for you, head to its recruitment site to find out more and apply. While securing legal experience this early on in your jorney isn’t compulsory, it can help to give you an edge by boosting your CV and networking, and may also help you to fast track your way onto a vacation scheme later on. You’d be wise to make the most of the opportunities available.
