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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.

TARGETjobs Law: solicitors

Five minutes with...: Five minutes with… Kate Osborne, graduate recruitment specialist at Kirkland & Ellis
Areas of practice: Islamic finance law: area of practice
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Five minutes with...: Five minutes with… Rebecca McEwan, graduate recruitment officer at Taylor Wessing

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TARGETjobs Law: barristers

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Five minutes with...: Five minutes with... Rachel Young, barrister and pupillage panel member at Ropewalk Chambers
Five minutes with...: Five minutes with... Rosemary Budden, barrister and pupillage committee member at Queen Elizabeth Building (QEB)
Five minutes with...: Five minutes with… Amy Rogers, barrister and pupillage panel member at 11KBW
Applications and CVs: Pupillage application deadlines

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Five minutes with...

Five minutes with… Kate Osborne, graduate recruitment specialist at Kirkland & Ellis
Kate Osborne, graduate recruitment specialist at Kirkland & Ellis, offers excellent advice on how to show your motivation for a legal career in your applications, interviews and on vacation schemes.

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Islamic finance law: area of practice
“Certain Islamic finance institutions have benefitted from being perceived as safe havens since the banking crisis.”

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Advice from those in the know

“Each partner has a different interview style: some may ask commercial questions; others may prefer to focus on your experience.”Five minutes with… Kate Osborne, graduate recruitment specialist at Kirkland & Ellis

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: