Graduate law careers, training contracts, pupillages and expert advice.

Welcome to TARGETjobs Law, the best place to start if you are exploring graduate law careers.

We have specialist careers advice on training to become a solicitor or barrister. Click through below to get deeper information on which branch of the legal profession you want to follow. You’ll find timetables for action, advice on conversion courses and specialist training, information on how to make applications that stand out and, how to get into law if you don’t have a law degree. Read about working life as a trainee solicitor in a law firm or find out what it’s really like as a pupil barrister. When you are ready to apply, search for training contracts, pupillages, mini-pupillages, vacation schemes and legal work experience.

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Five minutes with... Rachel Young, barrister and pupillage panel member at Ropewalk Chambers
Rachel Young, barrister and pupillage panel member at Ropewalk Chambers, gives her insider advice on how to tackle pupillage interviews and the experience you'll need to impress on an application.

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Featured legal practice areas

Corporate law: area of practice
“The best part of being a corporate lawyer is the sort of work you get involved in – each transaction is coloured by the participants and their aims, so every deal is different.”

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Advice from those in the know

“Recently, some of the best interview questions have been about the impact of the recession, such as 'How are you dealing with the economic downturn? What effect has that had on your business?'”Five minutes with… Nichola Rowe, HR manager at Cleary Gottlieb

Get a head start and get hired by top law recruiters

Researching employers and getting ready for applications? We've done the work for you and compiled top tips on how to get hired by some of the UK's leading law recruiters! Get insights into top law graduate recruiters and their applications, interviews and assessments:

• Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
  
• SJ Berwin LLP
  
• Mayer Brown International LLP
  
• Slaughter and May
  
• Clyde & Co LLP
  
• Ashurst LLP
  
• Jones Day
  
• Clifford Chance
  
• Pinsent Masons LLP
  
• Simmons & Simmons
  

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