Friday, 21 February 2014

Focus on careers’ event- new session added- places limited!


Dear Student,

On Tuesday 25th February,  we will be hosting the ‘ Focus on careers’ event for LLB students.


The event will feature a range of talks (as mentioned below), you will need to book place on each one of these talks by  opening up the email you should have received titled  'Time is Ticking... - 24 February until 28 February 2014 Or Time is Ticking... - New Events Added'  or if you have deleted this, then please email marketing@northampton.ac.uk  with your name and email address and the email can be re-sent to you.


The talks being held are:


·         10am – 11.15am - Life as a Solicitor and a Barrister (Denton’s Solicitors attending) – Come along to this session find out further details on the qualification routes, when you need to apply and hear about the day to day role of a Solicitor.


·         11.30am – 12.30pm – CV Writing- This session will provide hints an tips on creating legal and non- legal CVs


·         12.45 – 1.45pm – Careers within the legal sector and beyond (also speak to our panel of LLB graduates & learn more about the range of non-legal and legal careers they have undertaken)–If you are feeling undecided about your career choices , come along to this session and learn more about how you can use your transferable skills in legal roles but also discover the wide range of employers that value LLB graduates.


·         2-3pm -  Gaining that competitive edge- the value of work experience (Vaughan Hall from Leicester De Montfort) . Is work experience really important? Yes in so many ways- come along to the session and learn more about the different types of work experience you can undertake and when you need to apply!


·         3-4pm – Find out about careers within Property Law. Come along and ask Simply Conveyancing Property Lawyers about the Case Managers roles that they are currently recruiting for.

If you require any further help or information please do not hesitate to contact myself laura.swallow@northampton.ac.uk