Legal work experience placement service

 

Work placement schemes are becoming increasingly sophisticated. Firms are investing more time and money in schemes and in an effort to maximise the return on them, being more selective as to who attends. Programmes are designed both to give students an insight into the firm and to allow the firm to assess the abilities and temperament of prospective applicants. It's an ideal opportunity to shine. Typically, a student will be at a firm for two to three weeks and work in a number of departments assisting partners and qualified lawyers on cases. Firms may also run assessments and teamwork exercises, as well as organising various social events.

We offer a complete service to help you obtain a work experience placement in a law firm. The service is similar to our training contract service. We feel we can help clients as a result of our knowledge in the legal, recruitment and consultancy sectors. We offer aspects of services similar to career consultants but we also work with our clients to target and market their details to a large number of firms. Due to our extensive resources we are able to identify the broad legal job market and subsequently ‘market’ our client’s skills and qualifications in the appropriate manner. We target thousands of firms across England and Wales giving our clients the best possible opportunity to obtain a post. We are able to target over 90% of all firms and use our tried and tested methods to help our clients obtain results. Our consultants are not simply office based, we visit organisations directly, attend legal recruitment events and actively follow the market for opportunities. Due to our successful formula and prudent candidate selection procedure this enables us to offer the highest levels of service.

Process

You are not required to have passed the LPC or to have obtained a law degree in order to register but we do expect you to have an interest in law. A legal background i.e. education or experience would benefit your application. If you are accepted for registration we then begin the preparation procedure almost instantaneously. You will immediately be assigned a consultant who will work on your ‘case’. Please ensure that this is the specific service you require as the registration fee is non refundable. After registration you will be sent a comprehensive information and assessment pack. This pack will include a brief form for you to fill and return to us via email, we will supply you with industry standard templates and samples for guidance. We want to ensure we know all about you in order to help you obtain a post. Your existing CV, covering letter / notes and related information will be reviewed by your consultant to ensure it complies with law firm requirements. Suitable amendments will be made with your consent. We will also provide you with information and exercises to equip you for interview situations, this information will cover all important areas i.e. aptitude / psychometric tests, handling legal interviews, after interview tips etc. We expect all our registered clients to study and apply this information correctly.

After the review and evaluation process we will then begin the important ‘marketing’ and job targeting phase. We will target 500 firms to give you an outstanding opportunity to obtain a post. After this process our work will conclude. We will however maintain contact to inform you of interview matters, queries and all other relevant information.

Other key information (Work experience placement service)

i. We are the only organisation in the UK with a team of recruitment consultants, legal professionals and lawyers working to offer such a dedicated service.

ii. We ask for patience during the first month as this is a crucial period after registering. Once the review and evaluation process is completed, we will then target 500 firms. Due to the volume of work that this requires we complete this process within 2 weeks.

iii. When you register on the work experience service we will help you tailor your details to target work experience posts. Work experience placements usually last no longer than 4 weeks. A typical work experience placement lasts for 2 weeks. You should always negotiate exact periods if in any doubt. It is important to note that work experience placements are usually unremunerated.

iv. We are offering all our services in one unique package designed to help you get a work experience placement. We realise the academic and financial difficulties law entrants have faced and have thus made our fee affordable to applicants who are accepted for registration. Cost of the work experience service is £ 280.

Next step

To register your interest in this service please email us your CV and a brief letter highlighting your key achievements and any other information you feel is relevant to support your application. You must also state the reasons why you feel you should be considered for this service. In the email heading ensure you state 'Work experience service application'. Your CV and letter will be forwarded to a consultant and you will receive a reply within 3 working days. Please note that your CV will not be fully reviewed / evaluated, your application is merely being considered at this stage.

Email: applications@getatrainingcontract.com

We do not set specific requirements to register on this service. The decision whether to allow an applicant to register on the work experience service depends on various factors namely suitability, economic cycles, demanding periods (especially during the summer) etc. We receive hundreds of applications and we want to ensure we are able to help suitable candidates, therefore please do not be discouraged if you are not accepted for registration. You are allowed to reapply after 3 months (up to a maximum of 2 applications a year). If you are accepted we will forward a link to your e-mail address to complete the registration / fee payment.

Do not apply until you have seen our FAQs page, this will highlight further information and provides explanation of terms.