Sector overview
Law sector overview
Typical job profiles
Working in the Legal Profession
- LawCareers.net
- TARGETjobs Law Law careers for graduates, training opportunities & advice
- Law Careers (Law Society)
- Chambers Student Guide to Careers in the Law
- Lawyer2B Guide to a career in law
- Careers at the Chancery Bar
- The Lawyer Portal
- The beginner's guide to a Career in Law (Lawcareers.net)
Qualifications
- The new SQE exam
- The Solicitors Qualifying Exam Hub from LawCareer.net
- Solicitors qualifying exam information from the Solicitors Regulation Authority (pdf)
- SQE provider list from Legal Cheek
Useful resources
- All About Law
- Law Student Timeline see exactly which tools can help at different stages of the year on AllaboutLaw
- Future Lawyers Network University of Law's online community for future lawyers
- How to become a lawyer without a law degree blog post from Lawcareers.net
- How to become a family lawyer - career blog post from Rayden solicitors
- Legal 500: UK
- LawCareers.net Beginner's guide to a career in Law
- The Lawyer (magazine) Good Law Firm Guide, UK 200 Annual Report, etc
- StEP Specalist online legal careers programme
- The Law Society has produced a guide for becoming a solicitor
- Legal futures - legal news and market intelligence
- Guide to networking - useful guide from LawCareersNet with advice about attending Law Fairs
Work placements
- List of workplacement deadlines from Lawcareers.net
- List of Mini-pupillage vacancies from Chambers Student
- Application deadlines for training contracts from Chambers Student
- The Legists training contracts
Help with your application
- Keep up-to-date with commerical awareness from Lawcareers.net
- 10 ways to get your legal CV noticed from TargetJobs
Job sites and specialist recruiters
- Carpmaels & Ransford - intellectual property law. Offer open days each year.
- Law Society Gazette
- The Lawyer
- The Legists law graduate jobs
- The Legists paralegal jobs
Professional bodies
- Bar Council
- Central Applications Boards Applications for Legal Practice & CPE/Graduate Diploma courses
- Junior Lawyers Division of the Law Society
- The Law Society
- The Law Society of Northern Ireland
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
- Solicitors Regulation Authority Information about qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales