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Law Early Career Planning

Law Early Career Planning. Some issues to consider What you can do now How Careers & Employability Centre can help Your assignment. Why now?. Law deadlines Competitive nature of legal careers Use career as a motivator Its never too early to start your career planning.

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Law Early Career Planning

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  1. Law Early Career Planning

  2. Some issues to consider • What you can do now • How Careers & Employability Centre can help • Your assignment

  3. Why now? • Law deadlines • Competitive nature of legal careers • Use career as a motivator • Its never too early to start your career planning

  4. What do you want to do with your Law Degree • If not a law career, then what? • Statistics suggest that approx 60% of all graduate jobs do not ask for a specific degree subject • Consider your options- • www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/review.php • Look at jobs where a law degree is useful and unrelated jobs- www.prospects.ac.uk

  5. Some examples… • Law Related • Ancillary legal professions (barristers clerk, legal executive) • Court work (court reporting, court clerks) • Government Lawyers (Government Legal Service) • Other Options where Law is useful • Advisory work such as housing or welfare rights adviser • Trading standards officer • Insurance Underwriter • www.prospects.ac.uk/cms/ShowPage/Home_page/Explore_types_of_jobs/p!elmjX • what jobs would suit me

  6. If Law, which branch and what next? • Solicitor Career Route • LLB • Legal Practice Course (LPC) • Training Contract- 2 years • See www.lawcareers.net or www.prospects.ac.uk

  7. Research the professions • Barrister Career Route • LLB • Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC)- 1 year • Pupillage- 12 months • See www.lawcareers.net or www.prospects.ac.uk

  8. What can you do now? • Explore your career options www.prospects.ac.uk • Gain some work experience www.sussex.ac.uk/careers or look on prospects communities • Get involved at Sussex- SLB, Mooting, Volunteering www.sussex.ac.uk/projectV • Explore routes, finances, timetable www.lawcareers.net • Make a plan!

  9. Careers Support • Careers & Employability Information Centre • Website: www.sussex.ac.uk/careers/careers_info (look under law) • Feedback on draft applications/CVs/cover letters • (Weekdays 12-4pm and Wednesdays 5-7pm) • Mock interviews and Assessment Centres • Careers & Employability Events events

  10. Your Early Careers Assignment • Choose a legal career or job that interests you in which a law degree is useful. • You must research your choice using careers information which you can get from visiting the Careers and Employability Centre in Falmer House as well as other secondary sources. • Show evidence of your visit to the Careers and Employability Centre. • Write a report (500 words minimum) detailing the important aspects of the job using the following headings: PTO

  11. Suggested Assignment Content • 1. A brief job outline of what the job entails • 2. The skills, knowledge and qualities required for the role • 3. How well does it match your skills, personality, values and interests? • 4. What areas of experience or skill would you need to develop if you were going to pursue a career in this area? • 5. Are there any training application deadlines that you need to be aware of? • 6. What do you find appealing about this kind of job? • 7. What do you think you would find difficult or frustrating about this job? • 8. Upload your report onto Sussex Plus and then reflect on what you’ve learnt using an ‘Activity asset in Sussex Plus

  12. Sussex Plus – Using the Activity asset • Having completed your 500+ word report on a legal career and reviewed how you relate to it. You should upload it into Sussex Plus to use as evidence. • 2. You will be ultimately be expected to input your findings and research into a set of seminars later in the year. • 3. To help you focus on what you have found out we would like you to record and reflect on the key outcomes from your report using the ‘Activity Asset’ within Sussex Plus. • 3. Guidelines on how to use this ‘Activity Asset’ can be found at the Sussex Plus blog see: www.sussexplus.wordpress.com

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