English and Welsh traineeships Dr Kay Barbour Careers

English and Welsh traineeships Dr Kay Barbour, Careers Consultant Inspiring futures

Today • The English/Welsh route • How to find a training contract • What legal employers are looking for • Changes Inspiring futures

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Law Society’s annual statistics report 2018 Inspiring futures

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Funding Trusts and charities Bank loans Law Society diversity access scheme **Law firm sponsorship** Inspiring futures

Seek a training contract Formal: Vacation/placement schemes Taster experiences Training contract application Informal: Self organised work experience Voluntary work with firms Seasonal/casual work Work shadowing and visits Inspiring futures

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LPC and GDL sponsorship from leading law firms *Addleshaw Goddard LLP Ashurst LLP *Baker Mc. Kenzie LLP Bristows LLP Browne Jacobson LLP *Burges Salmon LLP Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP *Clyde & Co LLP *CMS Covington & Burling LLP Dechert LLP *Dentons LLP *DLA Piper LLP *DWF LLP Freeths LLP Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP Gowling WLG Howard Kennedy LLP Irwin Mitchell Jones Day K&L Gates LLP Inspiring futures Kirkland & Ellis International LLP *Latham & Watkins LLP Macfarlanes LLP *Mayer Brown International LLP Mills & Reeve LLP *Norton Rose Fulbright LLP Osborne Clarke LLP Penningtons Manches LLP Reed Smith RPC *Shoosmiths *Sidley Austin LLP Simmons & Simmons *Slaughter and May Stevens & Bolton LLP Sullivan & Cromwell LLP Taylor Wessing *Travers Smith LLP Trowers & Hamlins LLP *Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP *White & Case LLP

What are employers looking for? • Academic ability • Awareness of what being a lawyer involves • Awareness of the environment in which the firm and its clients operate • Motivation and commitment • Competencies Inspiring futures

Competencies • • Written communication skills Verbal communication skills Analytical and problem solving skills Teamwork Working under pressure Adaptability/flexibility Planning and organising COMMERCIAL AWARENESS LEADERSHIP Inspiring futures

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Addleshaw Goddard Inspiring futures

New ‘super-exam’: SQE Part 1 & 2 Inspiring futures

Degree or equivalent SQE Part One Period of recognised training SQE Part Two Character and suitability test Inspiring futures

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