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Family lawyers have to be confidants, investigators, litigators, negotiators and drafting experts, explains Nathaniel Groarke – a partner at Irwin Mitchell LLP.

Strong advocacy, listening and communication skills are essential to work in criminal law.

Banking and finance lawyers usually act for either the lender or the borrower and there’s the potential to work on high stakes, international deals.

Public law cases will likely be under the media spotlight – you’ll need a degree of creativity as well as legal skills to succeed.

Darren Kerr, outreach and engagement manager at the Law Society of Scotland, describes how to get a traineeship and become a solicitor (and then how to go on to qualify as an advocate, if you choose to).

It’s always been possible to become a solicitor without a law degree, but students studying science, technology, engineering or maths are particularly welcome. Find out from Osborne Clarke lawyers how to decide whether the move is for you – and make it.

Fiona Medlock of Mills & Reeve advises you on how to turn a good training contract application into an excellent one. She also gives top tips on how to shine in law assessment centres.

A vacation scheme is essential preparation for a solicitor's training contract and making a good impression could lead directly to a graduate job in law. Here’s ten top tips on how you could turn your vac scheme into a training contract.

Intellectual property lawyers advise on intellectual property rights for individuals, small-and-medium-sized enterprises and multinational companies.

Zoe Reid, the graduate recruitment manager at Osborne Clarke, gives her advice on how to gain a training contract offer, answering our questions on whether you need to have done a vacation scheme, how to show you really want the job and more.

Tax barristers are often brought in on high-money disputes across different areas of law.