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Kick-start your legal career with a day of expert sessions designed for first-year law students. Learn how to navigate the path to qualification, understand the law firm landscape, and start building the skills firms look for.
- Wed, 18 Mar
- 13:00-18:00 GMT
- First Year Law Fair
Unlocking the hidden legal careers market
Discover the hidden legal jobs market and learn how networking and speculative applications can uncover opportunities others miss.
Event starts on Tuesday 14th April at 11:00 GMT
2026/04/14 11:00
Unlocking the hidden legal careers market
Discover the hidden legal jobs market and learn how networking and speculative applications can uncover opportunities others miss.
Not all legal opportunities are advertised on job boards. This session will introduce you to the “hidden” jobs market, showing you how to network effectively, make speculative applications, and access opportunities that many candidates overlook. Learn how to be proactive and creative in your job search.
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Meet the host
University of Law
The University of Law is one of the UK's leading professional law schools, with an unrivalled reputation for innovation and excellence in legal learning. Our first-class global connections mean we're uniquely placed to help aspiring lawyers, business professionals and legal employers of all types achieve their ambitions. Our undergraduate courses in law, business, criminology, computer science and psychology have been specially designed to give you an exciting, practical academic experience, teaching you real-world skills so that you can achieve your ambitions. With our postgraduate law, business, psychology, computer science and education courses we strive to deliver outstanding academic and employment-focused education to help you hone your skills and graduate with the experience that will set you up for success.
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