1 / 11

Welcome to the Barristers Work Experience Program (BWEP) Info Seminar

Welcome to the Barristers Work Experience Program (BWEP) Info Seminar. Speakers. Georgina Morgan Participant in BWEP 2012. Jane Bowness Participant in BWEP 2013. UQLS Careers Team. Shannan Casey, VP (Sponsorship & Careers) Elizabeth Troeger , Careers Officers

pennie
Download Presentation

Welcome to the Barristers Work Experience Program (BWEP) Info Seminar

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Welcome to theBarristers Work Experience Program (BWEP) Info Seminar

  2. Speakers Georgina Morgan Participant in BWEP 2012 Jane Bowness Participant in BWEP 2013

  3. UQLS Careers Team • Shannan Casey, VP (Sponsorship & Careers) • Elizabeth Troeger, Careers Officers • Aaron Hua, Careers Officers • Please send queries to careers@uqls.com

  4. Purpose of BWEP • Purpose: • To increase the exposure of UQ law students to the Qld Bar; and • Provide UQ law students with an unparalleled legal work experience opportunity.

  5. About BWEP • 20-40 hours unpaid work experience • Undertaken casually over September to December • Eligibility: • Undergraduate students who are not in their first year, penultimate year or final year • Graduate entry students who are not in their first year

  6. Possible Tasks • Legal Research • Drafting pleadings, advices or schedules of damages • Prepare factual chronologies • Summarise cases, witness statements or evidence • Transcribe from dictations • Prepare PowerPoint slides • Reception duties (i.e. answer and direct telephone calls, diary management, sort mail) • Administrative duties (i.e. filing, photocopying, faxing, word processing and formatting, data entry) • Take notes at client meetings • Attend court appearances

  7. How to apply • Applications open 1 August and need to be emailed to bwep@uqls.com • Applications need to include: • Resume; • Cover letter; • Academic Transcript; and • Application form (available on the UQLS website) • APPLICATIONS ARE DUE FRIDAY 15 August 5pm

  8. Selection & Placement Process • The UQLS Careers Team manage this process • Keep in mind that this program was designed for • students in the earlier years of their degree who don’t yet have any work experience under their belt; and • UQ students who have an interest in advocacy, or who want to be a barrister, to get an insight into what the life of a barrister is like and see whether or not it is for them. • We will be selecting you on the basis of interest first, then on the basis of grades and extracurricular experience.

  9. Selection & Placement Process cont. • The barristers will be asked similar questions to you so that we can place you accordingly. • For example, tasks required, practice areas and work history. • Barristers may request to interview you prior to your placement being confirmed. • Students, and the barrister(s) with whom they are placed, will each be given information about each other

  10. Important Dates • Friday 1 August: applications open • See the UQLS website • Friday 15 August 5pm : applications close • Week 4/5 Semester 2: interviews

  11. Thank you for attending.We look forward to receivingyour applications!

More Related