Law Fair 2012

Careers and Employability Service Law Fair 2012Wednesday 17 October, 1–4pm, East Midlands Conference Centre

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Welcome to Law Fair 2012

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Careers and Employability Servicewww.nottingham.ac.uk/careers

A legal career is very popular with students and in the current economic climate it is very important that you find out as much as you can about the firms and their opportunities.

To gain a training contract or a pupillage you will need to ensure you meet their academic requirements, have done your research and are very clear on why you are applying to the firms.

You will need to consider what you can offer and how to make your application stand out over and above the competition. Whatever the core business of the firm you will have to demonstrate an interest and awareness of the practice areas and of the clients of the firms.

If you are interested in commercial firms then it stands to reason that you will need to have a knowledge and understanding of commercial issues beyond the headlines. If you want to be a business adviser then you must be prepared to have your claims tested.

The same will apply for those interested in civil liberties, personal injury etc. You need to be on top of the news and have a good understanding of the issues of the day.

The Law Fair provides a great opportunity to meet leading legal recruiters and education providers and find out what they are looking for from applicants.

The firms are exhibiting because they want to talk to you — ultimately they want to recruit you.

The exhibitors will be promoting their vacation schemes, training contracts, mini–pupillages, pupillages, law conversion courses, the LPC and BPTC.

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Exhibitors list(by page number)

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05 Addleshaw Goddard05 Allen & Overy LLP06 Ashurst LLP06 Baker & McKenzie07 Berwin Leighton Paisner07 Bircham Dyson Bell LLP08 Bird & Bird08 Bristows09 Browne Jacobson LLP09 Burges Salmon10 City Law School10 Clifford Chance11 Clyde & Co LLP11 CMS Cameron McKenna LLP12 Cobbetts12 COMBAR13 Dickinson Dees LLP13 DLA Piper14 Dundas & Wilson CS LLP14 DWF LLP

15 Edwards Wildman Palmer UK LLP15 Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP16 Freeth Cartwright LLP16 Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer17 Gateley LLP17 Government Legal Service18 Herbert Smith LLP18 Hill Dickinson LLP19 Hogan Lovells International LLP19 Holman Fenwick Willan 20 Ilex Tutorial College20 Ince & Co21 Irwin Mitchell21 Jones Day22 Kirkland & Ellis International LLP22 Latham & Watkins23 LawCareers.net23 Lawyer2B26 Leicester De Montfort Law School26 Lawrence Graham LLP

27 Linklaters LLP27 Macfarlanes LLP28 Mayer Brown International LLP28 Mills & Reeve LLP29 Mishcon De Reya29 Morgan Lewis & Bockius30 Morrison & Foerster (UK) LLP30 Nabarro LLP31 National College of Legal Training31 Norton Rose32 Nottingham Law School32 Olswang LLP33 Pinsent Masons LLP33 Reed Smith34 Rickerbys34 Ropewalk Chambers35 Shearman & Sterling LLP35 Sidley Austin LLP36 Simmons & Simmons LLP36 SJ Berwin

37 Slaughter & May37 SNR Denton UK LLP38 PwC Legal LLP38 Staffordshire Law School39 Stephenson Harwood39 Sullivan & Cromwell LLP40 Taylor Wessing LLP40 The College of Law41 The Lex 10041 Thomson Snell & Passmore42 Travers Smith LLP42 Trowers & Hamlins43 Vinson & Elkins RLLP43 Ward Hadaway44 Watson Farley & Williams LLP44 White & Case LLP45 Wilkin Chapman LLP45 Withers LLP47 Wragge & Co LLP47 Eversheds LLP

Undergraduate students studying in the Sociology common room, Law and Social Sciences, University Park.

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Baker & McKenzie defined the global law firm in the 20th century, and we are redefining it to meet the challenges of the global economy in the 21st. We bring to matters the instinctively global perspective and deep market knowledge and insights of more than 3,750 locally admitted lawyers in 70 offices worldwide. We have a distinctive global way of thinking, working and behaving — “fluency” — across borders, issues and practices.

Since 1949, we have advised leading corporations on the issues of today’s integrated world market. We have cultivated the culture, commercial pragmatism and technical and

interpersonal skills required to deliver world–class service tailored to the preferences of world–class clients worldwide.

Ours is a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities. We have the deep roots and knowledge of the language and culture of business required to address the nuances of local markets worldwide. And our culture of friendship and broad scope of practice enable us to navigate complexity across issues, practices and borders with ease.

www.bakermckenzie.com/londongraduates

Ashurst is a leading international law firm advising corporates, financial institutions and governments, with core businesses in corporate, finance, energy, resources and infrastructure. In March 2012, Ashurst and Blake Dawson combined forces to form one global team under the Ashurst brand. We now have 24 offices in 14 countries as well as an associated office in Jakarta, and a best–friend referral relationship with an Indian law firm. With over 400 partners and 1,700 lawyers in total, we offer the international insight of a global network combined with local market knowledge. Our main areas of practice are in competition and EU; corporate; employment, incentives and pensions; energy, transport and infrastructure; international finance; dispute resolution; real estate; tax; and technology.

Opportunities available:Training contracts: we will be accepting applications, to start in September 2015/March 2016, from 1 November 2012. The deadline to submit an application is 31 July 2013. We will interview throughout the year.

Placement schemes:We will be accepting applications for our 2013 schemes (one in spring and two in the summer) from 1 November 2012. The deadline for submitting an application is 15 January 2013. Early applications are recommended.

www.ashurst.com/trainees

As a major force on the legal landscape, Addleshaw Goddard offers extensive and exciting opportunities to all its trainees across the entire spectrum of commercial law, from employment and banking to real estate, corporate finance, intellectual property, employment, PFI and litigation. As a trainee with this firm, you’ll be a key member of the team from day one. Wherever you are based, you’ll work closely with bluechip clients within a supportive yet challenging environment, and be part of a structured training programme designed to ensure your success — now and in the future.

The firm has five main business divisions: finance and projects, litigation, commercial services, corporate and real estate. Within these divisions as well as the main practice areas it also has specialist areas such as intellectual property, employment and private client services such as trusts and tax.

Requirements: 2.1 at degree level and 3Bs at A Level Location of opportunities : London, Leeds and Manchester.

We do not accept CVs or covering letters as a form of application.

www.addleshawgoddard.com

Allen & Overy is an international legal practice with over 5,000 people in 39 major centres worldwide. Our clients include many of the world’s top businesses, financial institutions and governments.

Starting your graduate career with Allen & Overy means starting at the very top of international commercial law. We are renowned for the high quality of our Corporate, banking and International Capital Markets advice, but also have major strengths in areas such as Litigation & Dispute Resolution, Employment and Benefits, Tax and

Real Estate. Our partners frequently lead the field in their particular areas of law and we can claim both an enviable reputation among clients and unrivalled success in major deals.

www.allenovery.com/careeruk

Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP (BLP) is a premier, full service City law firm, with particular strengths in real estate, corporate, finance, tax and a strong litigation and dispute resolution capability. We have over 850 lawyers and 226 Partners. Based in London, we have offices in Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, London, Paris, Moscow and Singapore. We actively manage relationships with more than 100 leading preferred firms in over 65 countries. Since our 2001 merger, BLP has won over 40 major awards and accolades, including ‘UK Law Firm of the Year’ five times in a decade – more than any other firm.

Our trainees are rewarded with a high degree of responsibility and involvement underpinned by an exceptional standard of training and support. We recruit 40–45 trainees per year split over a March and September intake. In addition we offer Winter, Spring and Summer vacation scheme placements. Applications can be made online via our website www.blplaw.com. The deadline for the Winter Vacation scheme is the 31st October 2012. The deadline for the Spring and Summer vacation scheme applications is 31 January 2013 and for training contracts it is 31 July 2013.

www.blplaw.com

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Bird & Bird is an international law firm with a long–established reputation underpinned by deep client and industry knowledge, for providing cutting–edge legal advice to clients operating at the forefront of their sectors, including: aviation and defence, automotive, communications, electronics, energy and utilities, financial services, food, healthcare, information technology, life sciences, media and sports.

We recruit strong candidates capable of developing expert legal skills and commercial acumen. Our trainee solicitors are outgoing, articulate team players willing to work hard when called upon and genuinely interested in progressing their careers. Our trainees take on

responsibility from day one and enjoy varied and challenging work for industry–shaping clients. If you become a trainee with us, you will be given every opportunity to fulfil your potential and shape your legal career.

If you are interested in a training contract at Bird & Bird, the summer placement scheme is a fantastic way to get started. We take on 25 students for two three–week schemes through June/July.

www.twobirds.com

Bircham Dyson Bell is a leading London law firm. We are recognised as having leading departments in the charity, private client, parliamentary, planning and public law fields. The firm also has strong corporate, commercial, employment, litigation and real estate teams.

Who should apply Applications are welcome from both law and non–law students who can demonstrate a consistently high academic record. The firm is looking for forward thinkers with a practical outlook and lots of initiative to join our friendly, hard–working environment. Many of Bircham Dyson Bell’s current trainees have diverse interests outside law.

Training Programme The firm’s training is designed to produce its future partners. To achieve this we aim to provide a balance of both formal and practical training and will give early responsibility to those who show promise.

The two–year training contract consists of four six–month seats during which you will work alongside partners and other senior lawyers, some of whom are leaders in their field. As the firm practices in a wide variety of legal disciplines, trainees benefit from a diverse experience. Great emphasis is also placed on soft skills training and development so when you qualify you have the breadth of skills required to be an excellent solicitor.

www.bdb-law.co.uk

Bristows is a medium–sized law firm that handles the kind of work you might normally associate with only the very largest firms. We have built up a client list that includes leading businesses from a variety of sectors, whether global corporate, growing start–ups, charities or financial institutions. As part of a select and high calibre intake, trainees work alongside our partners dealing directly with clients right from the start. There’s plenty of responsibility but this is matched by an extremely supportive and friendly culture.

Bristows might be known as one of the foremost intellectual property firms in the UK, but this only tells part of the story. Our lawyers are also recognised as leading authorities in a wide variety of other legal disciplines and as a firm we offer a true breadth of expertise.

These are our core practice areas: • intellectual property • information technology • corporate • commercial disputes • real estate • regulatory • EU & competition • media & marketing • employment • tax

Each year we ask up to 10 graduates to join our team. The best way to get an idea of what we’re like as a firm is to come along and meet our people at the Law Fair.

www.bristows.com

We are a national law firm offering a unique collection of specialisms across the commercial, public, health and insurance sectors. We have offices in Birmingham, London, Manchester and Nottingham and are committed to being a quality, relationship–led business. We are recognised as regional heavyweights for corporate, property, public enquiry, litigation and professional risk work.

We’re looking for talented law and non–law graduates who can bring enthusiasm, commitment and a flexible and friendly attitude to our firm.

You’ll get great training, a friendly and supportive working environment and real career

opportunities. Our trainee solicitors are given quality work and exposure to clients from early on, but are supported in achieving results and recognised for their contribution.

We’re currently accepting applications for 2015 training contracts and 2013 open days. Apply online at:www.brownejacobson.com/trainees.aspx

Twitter: @brownejtrainees

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The City Law School is one of London’s major law schools. Located in the heart of legal London, we offer courses for everyone interested in following a career in law, no matter what stage you are at in your education or where you are from.

Our exceptional legal courses are fully accredited by the relevant professional bodies and are developed and delivered by our team of highly respected practitioners and academics.

We take a personalised approach to your learning experience and aim to develop you into the professional, dynamic, highly motivated, “practice–ready” lawyers of the future.

www.city.ac.uk/law

Burges Salmon is proof that law doesn’t have to mean London and that becoming a top lawyer doesn’t have to mean living in London.

We are consistently ranked amongst the UK’s most successful commercial law firms. Our national and international client base ranges from private individuals to government departments and FTSE 100 companies including The Crown Estate, HSBC, Lloyds Banking Group, The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority and FirstGroup.

We offer a cohesive, communicative environment which results in strong working relationships right across the firm and an enhanced service for our clients. The quality of our expertise is

widely recognised in a range of areas, including corporate, commercial, litigation, property and tax and trusts.

Talent is critical to our success. This is why we invest so much time and resource into development, actively encouraging training and supporting ideas at every level of the business.

You? Trainees are given early responsibility balanced with an open door policy for advice and guidance from experienced supervisors. Our six seat training contract structure ensures maximum exposure to all areas of the firm’s work.

www.burges-salmon.com

Together we are Clifford Chance

At Clifford Chance our goal is to be at the forefront of the elite group of international law firms that is emerging. Clifford Chance, UK Law Firm of the Year (Chambers Europe Awards 2011) and Banking & Finance Team of the Year (The Lawyer Awards 2011), has more tier–one rankings in the global tables of Chambers Global 2011 than any other firm.

We’ve established an international reputation for excellence by engaging with the issues and decisions that underpin our clients’ success. Our practice is broad and far–reaching, providing diverse opportunities for talented individuals to develop careers with us and learn from our world–leading legal professionals.

Clifford Chance is a firm of exceptional lawyers drawn from a wide range of backgrounds – there is no one ‘type’ here. Instead, we aim to recruit people who can help us to give our clients a competitive edge in challenging situations. We’re looking for people who can respond to challenges and have the potential to become outstanding lawyers – irrespective of what you have studied at university.

To find out more about working with us, our practice areas and what our recent trainees have to say, visit www.cliffordchance.com/gradsuk.

Clyde & Co is a global law firm with a pioneering heritage and a resolute focus on its core sectors of aviation, energy, infrastructure, insurance, marine and trade.

With over 1,350 lawyers operating from 27 offices and associated offices in five continents, the firm advises corporations, financial institutions, private individuals, and government bodies on a wide range of contentious and transactional matters.

The firm has a particularly strong track record in complex cross–jurisdictional disputes and an outstanding reputation in international arbitration.

Clyde & Co is renowned for its work in fast–moving and volatile emerging markets, being the largest firm in the Middle East and with a rapidly expanding network across Asia, Latin America and Africa.

www.clydeco.com/graduate

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Cobbetts LLP is a leading full–service commercial law firm recognised for its client focused relationships and its strong national and international capabilities. Its focus is firmly on delivering innovative solutions in a distinctive and personal way. We require talented individuals with first–class legal expertise and the necessary people skills to deliver outstanding value to both the firm and its clients.

Our varied client base gives our trainees the opportunity to get involved in the legal work of major UK and international clients, private individuals, financial institutions, public sector bodies, listed and private companies, emerging enterprises and global multinational corporations.

Working in a firm with a reputation for innovative, quality work and surrounded by business focused, forward thinking individuals, our trainees have the perfect opportunity to make their mark in a growing and successful legal business. The firm employs around 600 people (including 32 trainee solicitors) across the offices. Training contracts are offered in Birmingham, Leeds and Manchester.

www.cobbettsgraduate.com

CMS Stand for more

What’s in a name? A lot, when it’s CMS. Firstly, we’re the leading European group of law firms, with more offices in Europe than any of our direct competitors. Secondly, we take a genuine, client–focused approach that attracts some of the world’s biggest organisations. Last but not least, we know how to take talented people much, much further – geographically, intellectually and professionally.

Our training contracts (in London, Bristol, Aberdeen or Edinburgh) last two years and feature four six–month seats. One of these will be spent outside your home office, at one of our

international or regional offices or on secondment to one of our top clients. Each seat will give you real responsibility on high–profile, multi–jurisdictional matters, plenty of client contact and loads of exposure to partners.

In your second year or above? Then apply for one of our two–week vacation schemes. You’ll have real work to do in two different practice areas, take part in workshops, attend eye–opening presentations and go to client meetings. And it could well lead to something great. We offer training contracts to many of our vacation schemers.

If you want to stand for more too, find out how at www.cms-cmck.com/graduates

The Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR) is a Specialist Bar Association for barristers practising in commercial law, which is a broad term encompassing a wide range of civil (as opposed to criminal) legal matters. Commercial law is perhaps best summed up as the law which applies to business and financial disputes, and includes the law relating to banking, insurance, sale of goods, shipping, aviation, financial services regulation, companies, insolvency and international arbitration and employment.

Commercial cases are more likely to be well funded and prepared: the sums at stake are much more likely to justify every stone being turned. The academic threshold is high: each member set of COMBAR has its own selection criteria but, as a general rule, recruits from amongst

candidates with first or good upper second class degrees. Applicants from all backgrounds and circumstances are encouraged. Mini pupillages are available at member sets of chambers to allow you to sample life at the Commercial Bar. There are a number of myths about the Bar which have been circulating for some time. They should be treated with caution.

For further information, please visit the Career section of our website at www.combar.com

Dickinson Dees enjoys an excellent reputation as one of the country’s leading commercial law firms based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tees Valley, Leeds and London. We pride ourselves on the breadth of experience and expertise within the firm which enables us to offer services of the highest standards to our clients. Whilst many of our clients are based in the North, we work on a national basis for national and internationally based businesses and organisations.

The firm has over 650 employees and is organised into four key departments with over 35 cross departmental units advising on wide range of areas.

Our trainees spend six months in four different seats gaining experience in a wide range of work. Trainees have the opportunity to take responsibility and to gain varied ‘hands–on’ experience within a supportive and well–structured framework.

We are looking for intellectually able trainees with good communication skills. Successful applicants will understand the need to provide practical, commercial advice to clients. They will share our commitment to self–development and team work and our desire to provide our clients with services which match their highest expectations.

www.trainingcontract.com

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Dundas & Wilson is a leading UK commercial law firm with offices in London, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. The firm services a wide range of prestigious clients, including major commercial companies and public sector organisations, throughout the UK and abroad. Our lawyers are grouped into specialist skill–based teams known as Practice Areas of which we have Seven; Infrastructure, Corporate, Debt, Restructuring and Recovery, Litigation, Employment and Pensions, Specialist Services and Real Estate. This structure is enhanced by a strong industry sector emphasis.

Our lawyers develop deep industry skills which, allied to strong technical skills, ensures that our advice is relevant to clients, delivering both results and business advantage to our clients. We are also recognised for consistently refining our legal practices. Whether tapping into new technologies for improved knowledge gathering and communication, or reorganising to improve our depth of service, we innovate enthusiastically to the benefit of our clients.

www.dundas-wilson.com

DLA Piper is one of the world’s largest law firms, supporting businesses across the globe with their commercial legal needs. We now have 4,200 lawyers working in over 70 offices, in the Americas, Asia Pacific, Europe and the Middle East. Our vision is to be the leading global business law firm, delivering quality value–added services to our clients, both internationally and locally. Our clients include some of the world’s leading businesses, governments, banks and financial institutions. Our success depends on our most important asset – our people. We have been awarded a commendation for our diversity initiatives and policies, proving our commitment to recruiting and developing people from a wide variety of backgrounds. Our progressive approach to recruitment has delivered a mix of

talents that has contributed to our success, while our rankings in a number of national graduate employer surveys demonstrate our emphasis on providing a well–rounded training experience. A two–week summer placement programme is run from June to August each year at all UK offices. The academic requirements needed by candidates are ABB at A level and a 2.1 degree (predicted/gained). Application forms for the summer scheme 2013 are available online until 31 January 2013.

www.dlapipergraduates.co.uk

DWF is a business law firm with a distinctive approach, providing a comprehensive range of legal services to corporate bodies, public sector institutions and private individuals. DWF was named “Best National Law Firm” at the 2011 Legal Business Awards and ranked third among national firms in the UK for the Legal Week Client Satisfaction Survey 2011. The firm employs 1,560 people, including 166 partners and over 786 fee earners. We serve clients on a national basis from our UK offices and internationally through our relationships with law firms around the world. DWF continues to expand through a combination of organic growth, lateral hires and other consolidation activity.

Our legal teams are arranged under seven core practice groups, providing a range of expertise which enable us to meet the varied needs of our clients. These practice groups are corporate and commercial, private client and family, banking and finance, insurance, litigation, employment and pensions and real estate. We align ourselves with our clients through cross–practice group sector groups, which reflect the specific needs of our clients in these sectors. These sector groups include financial services, energy and infrastructure, food, healthcare, outsourcing and technology, public sector, education, retail, transport, insurance and real estate.

www.dwf.co.uk

Edwards Wildman Palmer is an international firm combining the expertise of over 600 lawyers in 30 practice groups, across the US, UK and Hong Kong. In London our work is expanding but we currently have practices in the following areas: asset tracing & recovery; banking & finance; commercial litigation; competition; employment, insurance & reinsurance, intellectual property; international arbitration; public international law; private equity & venture capital; product liability; regulatory & transactional; restructuring & insolvency; technology and telecommunications.

We have a diverse range of clients from the largest multinationals to overseas governments and high profile individuals. A high proportion our work is international in context, emanating from

the US, Bermuda, Africa, Hong Kong and Europe. In London, we recruit up to 8 trainees a year. Keeping numbers small means we can give you the best learning experience in a very interactive working environment and a personalised training contract. Responsibility, challenging international work and a supportive, collegiate environment are also hallmarks. There are also fantistic opportunities for secondments to clients. Our trainees are given structured training and regular feedback. We really believe you learn best by doing, getting involved in real work from the start and being encouraged to add something to the cases you work on.

www.edwardswildman.com

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Freeth Cartwright LLP is a regional firm. Tracing its origins in the East Midlands back to 1805, the firm became Nottingham’s largest firm in 1994, and has since pursued its dynamic strategy of becoming a regional law firm, with successful offices now established in Nottingham, Birmingham, Derby, Leicester, London, Manchester, Sheffield, Milton Keynes and Stoke. Whilst we are a heavyweight commercial firm, serving a wide variety of corporate and institutional clients, there is also a strong commitment to a broad range of legal services, which includes a substantial private client element. This enables us to give a breadth of experience in training which is not always available in firms of a similar size.

We are committed to providing comprehensive training for all our staff, but particular emphasis is placed on the needs of trainee solicitors. We offer a training programme based primarily on in–house training covering both technical matters and personal skills, supplemented with external courses where appropriate. More importantly, the firm endeavours to give the best possible experience during the training contract period, as we believe that informal training on the job is the most effective means of encouraging the skills required in a qualified solicitor

www.freethcartwright.co.uk

Field Fisher Waterhouse (FFW) is a medium size firm ranked among UK’s top 50 law firms. The firm is European law firm with offices in Brussels, Hamburg, Munich, Dusseldorf, Paris, Manchester and London.The firm employs around 700–800 staff, and takes in up to 15 new trainees each year.

The firm has considerable expertise in niche practices, and is not so much driven by transactional work as its other contemporaries.

The firm are looking to recruit trainees from both law and non–law backgrounds who have a strong academic backgrounds, excellent communication skills, enthusiasm and the ability to work as part of a team.

The firm also runs two vacation schemes, one over the Easter period and one in July. Both schemes are two weeks in duration and ten positions are available on each scheme.

www.trainee.ffw.com

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is one of a handful of leading international law firms, with offices across the world.

Our clients are mainly big commercial businesses whose names are well–known. The type of work we do divides into helping clients achieve what they want through doing deals, advising them on real and potential problems, and helping them sort out their disputes. Our practice is very diverse, and constantly changing to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

Work placements We take students on our vacation schemes who are in the penultimate year of an undergraduate degree. You will need to submit an online application. We take both law and non–law

students on our schemes. The application window for our 2013 schemes is from 1 October 2012 to 13 January 2013. Since we offer places as we go along, the sooner you apply, the better.

Training contracts If you want to apply for a training contract to begin in February or August 2015, you will need to apply online between 1 November 2012 and 1 May (for non–law students) or 31 July 2013 (for law students).

www.freshfields.com

Gateley LLP is a dynamic commercial firm with offices throughout the UK and Dubai. We believe that your future and our future are one and the same. Our trainees have been at the heart of the firm’s growth over the last decade and we are looking for the highest calibre of people to help drive the business forward and to continue building our outstanding reputation for our practical approach, sound advice and professional commitment to our clients.

We are committed to investment and training which is thorough and well structured and will develop your commercial awareness, business, management and marketing skills. Our culture is friendly and down to earth and we offer genuine career opportunities for the right candidates. Our

workforce is as diverse as our clients and our geography and we genuinely value people for who they are and for the exceptional lawyers they can become.

Who should apply: Second year law students; Final year non–law students Graduates with the following qualifications: – A minimum of at least 3B’s at A Level (excluding General Studies) – 2:1 degree

Please note we do not accept paper or email applications. All applications to be made on our website: www.gateleyuk.com

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Pre-eminent in dispute resolution and with an outstanding reputation for high value transactional advice, Herbert Smith LLP is a leading international law firm. Its main clients are prominent global and national businesses that it serves from offices in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Alongside Herbert Smith’s outstanding reputation in dispute resolution and corporate work, the firm has leading practices in finance, real estate, competition and employment, pensions and incentives. It is also acknowledged as a leader in several industry sectors, including the energy and natural resources and financial institutions sectors.

www.herbertsmithgraduates.com

The Government Legal Service (GLS) consists of around 2000 qualified lawyers working in 30 Government Departments and bodies. GLS legal teams vary in size from a single lawyer working in the smaller regulatory bodies to more than 300 in some of the larger Departments and agencies.

The majority of our posts are based in and around London. Working for the GLS ultimately appeals to lawyers who are interested in the interaction of law and politics and their effect upon the community as a whole.

We take around 20 legal trainees annually and recruit two years in advance. We are looking for strong academic and analytical ability, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and motivation for working in the public service.

Successful candidates will receive sponsorship for the LPC/BPTC.

For further information, please visit our stand or www.gls.gov.uk

We’re big: we are a top 35 law firm with over 1,300 people and over 190 partners, and we have big clients: our portfolio is extremely varied, spanning Europe, Asia and the USA, including several FTSE 350 listed companies. The firm is full service, covering all areas of the law to offer our clients the complete legal solution: From property, commercial and insurance through to marine, health and intellectual property.

We’re international: and have five UK offices in Liverpool, Manchester, London, Chester and Sheffield, and two international offices in Singapore and Piraeus.

We’ve got an excellent reputation: founded in Liverpool in 1810 we’re over 200 years old with an excellent reputation, and have a history jam packed with prolific cases, starting with

the sinking of the Titanic and the sinking of the Lusitania.

Amongst other things, a training contract with us will bring you: a brilliant start; Choice; A potential NQ job; Responsibilities; Friendly, knowledgeable colleagues; a fair NQ salary.

To be a Hill Dickinson trainee, you will need to start with the basics: a great personality, intellect (a 2:1 or above), passion for a fantastic career in law, and the commercial awareness to understand what our clients expect of an international law firm like us. As for rest, that’s up to you. Make yourself known to us: show us what you’ve got. To find out more, visit our stand.

www.hilldickinson.com

Herbert Smith Freehills

Hogan Lovells is a top global law firm, with over 2,300 lawyers working in over 40 offices in Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the United States. Our unique balance of ambition and approachability attracts prestigious clients and creates a working culture where the ambition of our trainee solicitors is supported to ensure their success.

We offer up to 70 places over two highly regarded summer vacation schemes and one winter vacation scheme. Each scheme is carefully designed to give students the opportunity to gain a broad insight into the work of the firm, as the time is split between up to three of our major practice areas.

We are now recruiting for our 2012 and 2013 vacation schemes. We have an intake of up to 75 trainee solicitors each year, composed of law and non–law graduates. As a trainee solicitor, you will move around four different practice areas using this time to gain as much experience as possible – one of your seats will be in either our corporate or finance group, and another in one of our litigation teams. You will also have the option of spending time in the second year of training on secondment to one of our international offices or to the in–house legal team of a major client.

We are now recruiting for August 2015 and February 2016 intakes.

www.hoganlovells.com/graduates

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ITC offers law graduates a real alternative to the LPC through the CILEx Graduate Fast–track Diploma. The academic qualification to become a legal executive lawyer takes approximately a year and costs a fraction of the LPC. You can enrol at any time of the year on ITC’s supported distance learning courses and study while in full–time employment. If you’re working in a legal environment then that can count towards CILEx’s qualifying employment requirement for legal executive lawyers.

Want to become a solicitor? The specially designed open learning GDL and LPC programmes in partnership with the Leicester Institute of Legal Practice, De Montfort University allow you to fit studying around your work or other commitments.

ITC provides effective, high quality and accessible training to help you gain a professional legal qualification. When you enrol with ITC you’ll benefit from expert tuition and outstanding study support.

www.ilex-tutorial.ac.uk

We are an international law firm, with over 300 lawyers worldwide. Our culture and our lawyers are innovative and entrepreneurial. We are one of the world’s leading specialists in shipping and transport, trade and energy, insurance and reinsurance and commercial law, serving clients based throughout the world.

Each trainee who joins us is guaranteed an outstanding training contract. You will do interesting, stretching work, very often with an international element . Trainees complete four six month seats, and most trainees spend six months in one of our overseas offices (current overseas seats include Paris, Brussels, Geneva, Piraeus, Singapore, Hong Kong, Dubai, Sydney and Melbourne). Trainees are involved in a combination of trainee workshops, departmental know–how discussions, mentoring by

experienced lawyers and on–the–job training. All our trainees are also encouraged to spend time on our numerous worldwide pro bono and CSR initiatives.

Applications for training contracts open on 1 November 2012 and close on 31 July 2013. We are currently recruiting for September 2015 and March 2016.

Applications for vacation scheme open on 1 November 2012 and close on 14 February 2013. We run a one week spring vacation scheme each year and two two week summer schemes.

Application is online at www.hfw.com

Ince & Co is one of the oldest law firms in the City and is frequently at the forefront of developments in contract and tort law. We’ve built our success by always taking an innovative approach, looking for new ways to apply legal strategies and create new law. While our international firm and world leading reputation was initially built on shipping and insurance, over the decades we successfully explored new territory and established our expertise across five core business groups: aviation, energy and offshore, insurance and reinsurance, international trade and shipping. Our clients range from insurers, brokers and banks, to oil companies and shipping companies, to airlines, aircraft manufacturers, entrepreneurs and major international trading groups.

With us you’ll get involved in real legal work from day one, and the cases you assist on stay with you throughout your training period and sometimes beyond. Under close supervision, trainees are encouraged from an early stage to meet and visit clients, interview witnesses, liaise with counsel, deal with technical experts and handle opposing lawyers. You’ll also enjoy the support of our partners and solicitors as they share their experience – after all, you’ll be working closely with them on cases, so they’ll want you to be your best too.

www.incelaw.com

Irwin Mitchell is the 4th largest law firm, and the largest Personal Injury practice, in the UK, employing over 2300 staff. Irwin Mitchell has offices in Birmingham, Glasgow, Leeds, London, Manchester, Newcastle, and Sheffield as well as the Spanish cities of Malaga and Madrid.

We have grown consistently year on year through organic growth and a number of strategic mergers with firms and organisations in tune with our values and culture.

We are the largest “full service” law firm within the UK with our services divided into two main categories: legal services for individuals and those for businesses, institutions and organisations.

We seek to attract, nurture and reward the best trainee solicitors. We value individuality, innovation, focus and the ability to think creatively therefore we welcome applications for our work placements and training contracts from all kinds of undergraduates and graduates.

www.irwinmitchell.com

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Kirkland & Ellis International LLP is a 1,500–attorney law firm representing global clients in offices around the world; in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai, Washington, D.C.

For 100 years, major national and international clients have called upon Kirkland & Ellis to provide superior legal advice and client services. Our London office has been the hub of European operations since 1994. Here, approximately 120 lawyers’ offer detailed expertise to a wide range of UK and international clients.

www.kirkland.com/ukgradaute

Jones Day is a global law firm with 2500 lawyers in 37 offices around the world and a well–established City of London practice.

The firm operates a unique, non–rotational training system and trainees receive work simultaneously from all departments in the firm.

The training is designed to provide freedom, flexibility and responsibility from the start.

Principal areas of practice include: Corporate finance and M&A transactions; investment funds; private equity and corporate tax planning, banking, capital markets and structured finance, business restructuring, litigation, intellectual property, tax and real estate.

The London office also has teams of lawyers who are experienced in such areas as competition/antitrust, energy, environmental and employment and pensions law.

www.jonesday.com/careers

The firm has 31 offices across Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Asia, giving it the capability to provide its clients with seamless representation at a global level and the London office, with over 200 lawyers, advises on some of the most significant and groundbreaking cross–border transactions in Europe. It has leading practices in banking and leveraged finance, project finance, structured finance, capital markets, restructuring and insolvency, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital and investment funds, EU and competition law, technology law, intellectual property, litigation and arbitration, public international law, employment, real estate and tax.

Each of our trainee intakes receives bespoke supervision and outstanding support while being encouraged to recognise that they have their own part to play in the growth and success of the firm. Every trainee is given meaningful responsibility during each of their four six–month seats and will have significant legal experience on qualification. They may also be given the opportunity to spend one of their seats in an overseas office.

We are looking for candidates with a strong academic background (minimum 2:1 degree and AAB at A–level or equivalent), excellent communication skills and a consistent record of personal and/or professional achievement.

If you would like to apply please complete the online application form on our website.

www.lw.com

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We also publish LC.N Weekly, a free e–newsletter from LawCareers.Net, the most comprehensive online guide to getting a career in the law.

In addition to the details of 1,000 firms and 200 barristers’ chambers that are available on the website, LC.N Weekly has features, legal news stories, commercial awareness articles and interviews with lawyers and recruiters. Our experts are on standby to answer your questions about legal careers. Come and meet us to sign up for the newsletter and to grab your free copy of the handbook.

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Leicester De Montfort Law School incorporating the Department of Law and the Leicester Institute of Legal Practice, offers an extensive portfolio of undergraduate, postgraduate and professional legal courses, including the GDL and LPC programmes.

The Law School is located in a new purpose built, £35 million faculty building that incorporates an integrated law library and a mock court room.

The Law School is involved actively in Pro–Bono activity and its Legal Practice Course was recently awarded the top grade by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA).

www.dmu.ac.uk/law

The reasons to train at LG are substantial. Our client roster stacks up against many of the major city firms, yet we’re not so big that working here feels as social as a Monday morning tube journey. This is a firm where long hours may be an occasional fact of life, but not a way of life. LG have 77 partners, 31 trainees in total and approx 500 staff, we’re a mid–sized City firm based in Central London. Our practice areas are Business & Finance, Real Estate, Dispute Resolution and Tax & Private Capital.

To get a better insight into who we are, be sure to check our graduate site for video profiles, interviews, recent news and more on our website.

We have training contract vacancies for approximately 15 new faces and 24 vacation scheme places. You’ll need at least a 2.1 in your first degree – and to fill out our application form. Simply go to our website and click on ‘Apply now.’

http://graduates.lg-legal.com/

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Training Contracts & Summer Vacation SchemeEarly exposure. Ongoing development. A focus on helping you become a trusted business adviser, as well as a good lawyer. You can expect all of this – and more besides – when you start your career with Taylor Wessing. We’re a top 20 international law firm with an impressive global network and a client list spanning sectors including: technology, communications and brands; life sciences and healthcare; energy and environment; real estate and infrastructure; and financial institutions and services. If you have a commercial outlook, expect to achieve a 2.1 or higher, and want to take your career forward faster, let us put you in the picture at www.taylorwessing.com/graduate

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Everything we have to offer you as an employer is influenced by our determination to be the leading global law firm. This ambition defines the quality of the work we do as a firm, but it also shapes the way we train and develop you as a lawyer. We look for ability, dedication and a global outlook in all our graduates because we know what it takes to succeed here. And the rewards are exceptional for those that do.

We are a truly global law firm. Our 5,000 people worldwide work on challenging transactions and assignments for many of the world’s leading companies and financial institutions. Every one of them shares our ambition to produce innovative and often groundbreaking solutions.

From the depth of our client relationships to the entrepreneurial freedom that drives our growth, we work together to deliver amazing results for our clients.

For talented graduates who share our vision and values, there really is no better place to start.

www.linklaters.com/ukgrads

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Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe. We have approximately 1000 lawyers in the Americas, 300 in Asia and 450 in Europe. Our presence in the world’s leading markets enables us to offer clients access to local market knowledge combined with global reach.

We are noted for our commitment to client service and our ability to assist clients with their most complex and demanding legal and business challenges worldwide. We serve many of the world’s largest companies, including a significant proportion of the Fortune 100, FTSE 100, DAX and Hang Seng Index companies and more than half of the world’s largest investment banks. We

provide legal services in areas such as litigation; corporate and securities; finance; real estate; tax; intellectual property; government and global trade; restructuring, bankruptcy and insolvency; and environmental.

www.mayerbrown.com

Macfarlanes is a leading City Law firm. We are recognised for the quality of our work, not just in dealing with the full range of corporate and commercial matters, but in advising our clients on their private affairs. They trust our judgement and we are in a unique position to advise on their most complex matters, whilst at the same time remaining smaller than our competitors. As advisers to many of the world’s leading businesses and business leaders, we manage international matters in an effective and seamless manner. We give clients a single point of contact and co–ordinate advice across all relevant jurisdictions.

Our main areas of practice are in banking and finance; commercial; competition; corporate and M&A; employment; pensions and benefits; financial services regulatory; investment funds; IP and IT; litigation and dispute resolution; private equity; private client; real estate; restructuring and insolvency; and tax.

A training contract at Macfarlanes combines hands–on experience with a first class education programme. There’s no watching from the sidelines: training here means getting involved. You’ll be working on real cases, doing real work for real clients.

www.macfarlanes.com

Mills & Reeve LLP is one of the UKs leading full–service law firms. With 98 partners and over 800 staff, we service a national and international client base from offices in Birmingham, Cambridge, Leeds, London, Manchester and Norwich. Core sectors are: corporate and commercial, banking and finance, technology, insurance, real estate, healthcare, education, government and private client. Mills & Reeve has been recognised for the ninth consecutive year as top 100 employer in the The Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For 2012 listing.

Degree discipline required: Minimum 2:1 in any discipline.

Financial assistance: The firm pays the full costs of the GDL and LPC fees and a maintenance grant.

Vacation work: Online applications for two–week paid placements during the summer must be received by 31 January 2013.

Number of training contracts: 15 per year. Applications are made online and should be submitted by 31 July 2013.

www.mills-reeve.com/graduates

Founded in 1937, Mishcon de Reya is a law firm with offices in London and New York offering a wide range of legal services to companies and individuals. Our clients are dynamic and sophisticated and we reflect that in our belief in challenging the conventional or accepted ways of working. We like to solve problems quickly. To achieve this consistently, we employ a diverse collection of talented people, from varied backgrounds with differing perspectives, who are capable of addressing issues in a collaborative, non–hierarchical environment.

Our expertise covers five areas: analysing risk, protection of assets, managing wealth, resolving disputes and building business. Organised internally into six different departments: Corporate, Employment, Dispute Resolution, Family, Mishcon Private and Real Estate, the firm also has a growing number of specialist groups which include: art; betting and gaming; banking and finance; defamation, fraud; immigration; insolvency; IP, private client and public advocacy.

www.mishcongraduates.com

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Morrison & Foerster is an international firm with over 1,000 lawyers across offices in the US, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1883, the firm remains dedicated to providing clients, which include some of the largest financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies, and technology and life science companies, with legendary service. The firm’s attorneys share high standards, a commitment to excellence and a passion for helping clients succeed. The firm is also recognised for its longstanding commitment to pro bono work.

The firm as a whole covers antitrust, bankruptcy and restructuring, capital markets, communications and media, corporate, energy,

entertainment, environmental, financial services, financial transactions, government contracts, intellectual property, investment management, land use and natural resources, life sciences, litigation, outsourcing, privacy, project finance and development, real estate, tax and technology transactions.

The London office specialises in Capital Markets, Corporate, Financial Transactions, Employment, Life Sciences, Litigation, Outsourcing, Tax and Technology Transactions.

www.mofo.com

Founded in 1873, Morgan Lewis comprises more than 1,600 legal professionals and, with 24 offices around the world, provides comprehensive corporate, transactional, regulatory and litigation services to clients of all sizes across all major industries. Our London office offers training seats in a wide range of commercial and contentious services, including Corporate, Banking, Employment/Immigration and Litigation.

Our new training programme is led by an experienced training principal. Our trainee supervisors also have broad experience of working with trainees. Following a full induction into the firm, the course will provide trainees with consistently high quality, challenging assignments. Trainees will work directly with senior lawyers across a range of practices and industry groups on complex and frequently cross–border matters.

Through this hands–on and varied experience, trainees can expect to gather a thorough understanding of the firm’s business and of working with international, high profile clients.

We are seeking candidates from both legal and non–legal backgrounds, with a consistently strong academic record consisting of a 2:1 degree, as well as A*, A and B grades at A–Level.

Year 1 salary: £40,000Year 2 salary: £43,000Sponsorship: GDL and LPC Maintenance Grant: £7500

www.morganlewis.com

Nabarro LLP is a major UK law firm renowned for its positive, practical approach. The firm operates across a number of industry sectors and legal disciplines and aims to deliver the highest quality legal advice as clearly and concisely as possible.

Trainees undertake six four–month seats to ensure maximum exposure to the firm’s core practice areas, as well as the opportunity to spend time in more specialist seats or possibly in Brussels or on secondment to a client.

Candidates should have a strong academic background, be able to demonstrate a flexibility of thinking and have a flair for creative problem solving. A positive attitude and proactive approach, strong interpersonal skills, team working and entrepreneurial skills, drive and enthusiasm are also required.

www.nabarro.com

NCLT is a collaboration between CLT, the leading provider of CPD training for lawyers in the UK and UWE, the University of the West of England – the perfect combination to help you build your career in law. We offer the reputable UWE LPC on a full time and part time basis at universities and state of the art study centres in London, Manchester, Sunderland, Southampton, Coventry and Derby. Our LPC is of the highest quality, consistently achieving the SRA grading of “excellent” when this grading regime was in place. Students benefit from comprehensive materials and being taught by experienced tutors, who are all practitioners.

For those non–law students looking for a career in law, NCLT also offer a part time weekend study Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) in London, Manchester and Southampton. At NCLT we recognise the importance of careers support, offering our students the opportunity to attend careers events and receive individual advice and guidance. What’s more, by keeping our costs low we can ensure that UWE’s excellent courses are financially accessible, without compromising on quality. So if you are looking for a LPC or GDL provider which offers top tuition, careers support and affordable fees, think about NCLT, the truly practical option.

www.nclt.org.uk

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Nottingham Law School, one of the largest university law schools in the UK, enjoys a national and international reputation for delivering high–quality education and training across a broad range of academic and professional courses. We have developed strong links with leading law firms, barristers’ chambers and the judiciary regionally, nationally and internationally. This ensures that our courses fully prepare you for modern legal practice.

Our Legal Practice Course (LPC) has a reputation that is second to none and has been continuously graded as ‘excellent’ by the Law Society/Solicitors Regulations Authority. Since 2006 a revised system of grading the LPC

has been in place and our LPC has received the highest possible grading of ‘commendable practice’ in every area of the course. We are one of only nine educational establishments validated by the Bar Council to deliver the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC). Our Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL), the law conversion course, is taught in a realistic and relevant context, which ensures that it produces well–rounded lawyers who are attractive to the profession.

Our employment rates are consistently high and scholarships are available.

www.ntu.ac.uk/nls

Norton Rose is a leading international legal practice. We offer a full business law service to many of the world’s pre–eminent financial institutions and corporations from offices in Europe, Asia, Australia, Canada, Africa, the Middle East, Latin American and Central Asia.

Knowing how our clients’ businesses work and understanding what drives their industries is fundamental to us. Our lawyers share industry knowledge and sector expertise across borders, enabling us to support our clients anywhere in the world. We are strong in financial institutions; energy; infrastructure, mining and commodities; transport; technology and innovation; and pharmaceuticals and life sciences.

It is important to us that as a trainee you get as much exposure as possible. Therefore, as a trainee in London you will sit in one of our Banking, Corporate and Disputes teams and have the opportunity to apply for an international or client secondment. Our system allows trainees the widest possible exposure to different practice areas and international offices, in order to enable them to make the best and most informed choice of qualification area.

Throughout the training contract our learning and development programme will ensure trainees continue to develop and succeed at every stage in their career.

www.nortonrose.com

Olswang is a passionate and pioneering firm with a business–minded approach to the law. Our decisive, connected and highly–commercial people are committed to changing the face of business, impacting sectors ranging from Real Estate to Retail and Life Sciences to Leisure. Our progressive culture gives us a definitive edge and has won us an unparalleled reputation in industries such as Technology, Media and Telecoms.

Headquartered in London, our firm comprises over 700 people spanning a network of offices in Belgium, France, Germany, Spain, Singapore and the UK. Our rapidly expanding presence across Europe, combined with our ambitious plans for growth in the territories our clients demand, makes us the firm of choice for true innovation, wherever it may be emerging across the globe.

We represent recognised brands and key industry players, as well as smaller, pioneering companies. These include eBay, Guardian Media Group plc, ITV, Legal & General, Lloyds, Microsoft, MTV Networks Europe, Nationwide, Sony BMG, BP and Warner Music International.

Our principal practice areas include: corporate; data protection; employment; EU & competition; finance; intellectual property; litigation & arbitration; media transactions; outsourcing; real estate; restructuring; tax; and technology transactions.

www.olswang.com

Pinsent Masons is a full–service international law firm and ranks amongst the top 75 global law firms. We provide legal services to a variety of clients across the sectors of energy and natural resources, infrastructure, financial services, advanced manufacturing and technology, and core industries and markets. We work with clients including FTSE 100 and AIM–listed companies, the government and public sector institutions.

Pinsent Masons is the only firm to operate across all three UK jurisdictions and more recently we have been developing our overseas network of offices in the Asia–Pacific region, continental Europe and the Gulf. Our merger with McGrigors in May 2012 reflects our strategy to become a

firm of truly international reach, offering world–class service and excellent value.

Pinsent Masons need exceptional individuals with drive, ability and confidence. It is not about the school or university you attended but your unique qualities as an individual and what you can bring to our organisation which will make you successful. Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills are essential, as well as the ability to develop strong working relationships with both clients and colleagues, because fundamentally, the law is about people. How you demonstrate all of this is up to you.

www.pinsentmasons.com

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Rickerbys is a leading regional law firm who specialise in all aspects of Corporate, Commercial and Private Client matters. We are proud of our reputation of lawyers with a flexible approach and ‘get the job done attitude’. From our Cheltenham base our goal is to provide clients with the best expertise and service available. Training people well is at the heart of Rickerbys as we know we cannot provide a first class service to our clients without employing and retaining first class staff.

If you decide to train with us, we will give you more contact with clients, top quality work and the support to achieve your full potential. You will have a high level of supervision, with your training supervisor being a senior partner or an associate with at least 5 years PQE.

www.rickerbys.com

Reed Smith LLP is an international law firm, with 23 offices spanning the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. Our London office is the largest office with nearly 300 lawyers.

We handle only commercial matters, both contentious and non–contentious and offer training in company, commercial and finance, commercial litigation, employment, media, energy & natural resources, shipping and property law.

Training Contracts: For the ambitious graduate wishing to train as a commercial lawyer in our London office, we offer trainees a bespoke four seat training programme in both contentious and non–contentious law. We offer training in corporate, finance, commercial disputes, employment, media, energy & natural resources, shipping and property law with opportunities

to go on international and client secondments. Applications for training contracts in August 2015 and February 2016 open on 1st November 2012. Please apply online at: www.reedsmith.com/ukgraduates.

Summer Vacation Scheme: We run a two, two week schemes in either June or July which gives twenty students the opportunity to experience two mini–seats in firm’s departments and to gain a greater insight into the life of a RS trainee. Places are offered to penultimate year law students, third year students and final year non–law students.

www.reedsmith.com

Ropewalk Chambers has an established nationwide reputation, with a professional client base throughout England and Wales. Core work undertaken includes personal injury; clinical negligence; fraudulent claims; health and safety; costs; business and property; employment; professional discipline and regulation; planning and environmental and local government.

We recruit pupils with a view to their becoming tenants. We are looking for candidates with an excellent academic background, showing clear legal ability. Applicants will also have to demonstrate that they have the personality, enthusiasm, stamina and commitment to succeed at the Bar.

We consider it essential that significant investment is made in pupils, financially and in training and guidance. One supervisor has overall

responsibility for the pupil for the whole year but pupils will be moved within Chambers to experience different types of practice. We pride ourselves on the flexibility of our pupillages, which can be adapted to meet the needs of each pupil. We have a regular supervised appraisal system. In the second six months pupils can expect to have substantial court work.

Apply by 30 April 2013 for pupillage starting in October 2014 at www.ropewalk.co.uk (from the end of January 2013). We do not operate within OLPAS. Mini–pupillages: www.ropewalk.co.uk

Sponsorship/funding: Annual award of £30,000 (£15,000 in the first six and £15,000 in guaranteed receipts in the second six). An early drawdown of the award for the BPTC year is available.

Established in London for 40 years, Shearman & Sterling is one of the world’s premier law firms covering all aspects of English and US corporate and finance law. Shearman & Sterling has been at the forefront of the legal profession for well over a century, and over that time has established 20 different offices globally across Europe, the Americas, the Middle East and Asia.

Areas of workOur main areas of work include: Global Finance, Project Development & Finance, European Corporate (including M&A and Capital Markets), International Arbitration & Litigation, Competition, Tax, Financial Institutions Advisory & Asset Management, Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits, and Real Estate.

www.shearman.com

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Dynamic and innovative, Simmons & Simmons has a reputation for offering a superior legal service, wherever and whenever it is required. The diversity of the practice means that the teams have the ability to handle the full range of deals and transactions. Our lawyers’ high quality advice and the positive working atmosphere with offices in Europe, the Middle East and Asia have won admiration and praise from both the legal community and our business clients.

Simmons & Simmons offers its clients a full range of legal services across numerous industry sectors. The firm has a particular focus on the world’s fastest growing sectors, namely: Financial Institutions; Asset Management & Investment

Funds; Energy & Infrastructure; Life Sciences and Technology, Media and Telecommunications (TMT).

Simmons & Simmons provides a wide choice of service areas in which its lawyers can specialise. These include corporate and commercial; information, communications and technology; dispute resolution; employment and benefits; EU, competition and regulatory; financial markets; IP; projects; real estate; taxation and pensions.

www.simmons-simmons.com/graduates

With approximately 1,700 lawyers and other professionals working in a network of offices around the world, Sidley is a leading international law firm. Globally, we work for many different businesses, financial institutions, governments and individuals. As a trainee, you experience the international side not by constantly travelling but by working on multijurisdictional matters and with people from all around the world.

We have a reputation for working on the very cutting edge, complex transactions, which helps to make life all the more interesting and challenging. Culturally, we are very open, friendly and down to earth.

In London we have approximately 120 lawyers, including 40 partners.

Our main practice areas are: • Corporate • Competition • Corporate Reorganisation & Bankruptcy • Debt & Equity Capital Markets • Debt Restructuring, Debt Finance & Structured

Finance • Employment • Financial Services Regulatory • Hedge Funds • Insurance • IP/IT • Litigation • Real Estate & Real Estate Finance • Tax

www.sidley.com

SJ Berwin is an international law firm with a strong reputation in corporate finance. The firm has 160 partners and over 400 fee–earners across 11 offices.

SJ Berwin thrives as a leading–edge legal services business, focusing on the European and international marketplace. The firm’s clients are sophisticated buyers of legal services, principally entrepreneurial companies and financial institutions, whom the firm advises on a comprehensive range of services including: corporate/ M&A, commercial, communications and technology, energy, employment and pensions, EU and competition, finance, financial markets, intellectual property, investment funds, litigation and dispute resolution, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, private equity, real estate, reconstruction and insolvency, retail and tax.

The firm welcomes applications from all disciplines. We want ambitious, commercially–minded individuals who seek a high level of involvement from day one. Candidates must have a strong academic record, be on track for, or have achieved, a 2:1 or equivalent in their undergraduate degree, and have demonstrated strong team and leadership potential.

www.sjberwin.com

Slaughter and May is widely regarded as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. We advise on high profile and groundbreaking international transactions and have an excellent and varied client list, ranging from private equity boutiques to investment banks; wealthy individuals to governments; retailers to entertainment companies, and from diversified industrial conglomerates to premier league football clubs.

The firm is organised into groups which undertake a general spread of work encouraging lawyers to work on an extensive range of corporate, commercial and financing matters as well as developing an expertise in specialist areas. The

international nature of our practice means that ourtrainees and associates have the opportunity to work abroad, either in our overseas offices or on secondment with our “Best Friends”.

There are approximately 90 vacancies for trainee solicitors each year. We also offer work experience placements at Christmas, Easter and during the summer. Full details for training contracts and the work experience schemes can be found on our website.

Our method of application for training contracts and work experience placements is by way of our online system which can be accessed via our website: www.slaughterandmay.com

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PricewaterhouseCoopers Legal LLP (PwC Legal) is an independent member of the PwC international network of firms. We believe we combine the best of both worlds. A firm that’s not so large as to be impersonal, yet as part of the PwC network, we can and frequently do call upon professionals in PwC when our clients are looking for rounded solutions incorporating multi–disciplinary advice. Our solicitors often work directly alongside PwC tax advisers, human capital consultants, corporate finance experts, actuaries, management consultants and, of course, accountants.

We offer domestic and international clients both project–based, specialist legal advice and on–going general counsel. Our practice areas include advising on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring, intellectual property, information technology, litigation, immigration, pensions, employment, banking, commercial contracts, real estate, wills and trusts, environment and sustainability.

Combined with our ambitious growth plans, it’s a working model that makes us an exciting place to launch your career.

www.pwclegal.co.uk

We are SNR Denton, an elite client–focused, international legal practice. With over 1,400 high–quality lawyers and professionals in 43 countries, we’re one of the world’s biggest law firms.

We offer an international legal practice focused on quality in the following industry sectors: Energy Transport and Infrastructure, Financial Institutions and Funds, Government, Health and Life Sciences, Insurance, Manufacturing, Real Estate, Retail and Hotels, Technology, Media and Telecommunications.

Training Contracts: London and Milton Keynes, 15–20 vacancies for 2015.Application deadline (Law students) 31 July 2013.Application deadline (Non–law students) 29 March 2013.

Summer Vacation Scheme (London and Milton Keynes) and Open Day (London) SVS in Summer 2013 for second year and penultimate year law students; third year law and non–law students; and those who have completed their undergraduate law or non–law degree. Note that for non–law, our SVS is for Milton Keynes only. Application deadline 31 January 2013.

Open Days in December 2012 for final year non–law students and non–law graduates. Application deadline 16 November 2012.

www.snrdenton.com

Staffordshire University is a leading LPC provider, focussing on ensuring graduates are highly employable. The SRA awarded the highest achievable grading of “Commendable Practice” in every area of the course after revising their grading scheme in 2006. Under the previous system the SRA awarded an ‘excellent’ grading. To make it as affordable as possible for you to study with us we have an three year interest free payment scheme.

Our course is highly acclaimed for its flexibility and is offered in a number of modes –full time over 2 days, 4 half–days, or one day and 2 evenings and part–time over one day or 2 evenings a week. The part time courses can be completed in 18 months. This flexibility enables students who are not able to attend full–time. We offer a broad range of electives and the

relatively small number of 100 students enables us to provide a supportive teaching environment and strong pastoral care. Studying for the LPC also provides credits towards the LLM in Legal Practice.

Experienced solicitors and barristers teach you to put law into practice. You will benefit from our mentoring scheme, forward thinking careers unit and can participate in national negotiating and interviewing competitions.

www.staffs.ac.uk

Stephenson Harwood is a thriving international law firm with over 100 partners and more than 600 staff worldwide. Not only do we act for a wide variety of high–profile clients, we also offer a full range of services in a host of different sectors. What’s more, when it comes to delivering sound commercial solutions to complex business challenges, we punch well above our weight.

As one of the few trainees we take on a year, you’ll be at the heart of the action. During four six–month seats you’ll be able to sample both contentious and non–contentious work and find out which you prefer before deciding what to specialise in.

You’ll also have the chance to complete one seat overseas — all while being coached by a partner or senior solicitor. We believe our people are our firm. The better you perform, the better we will too.

www.shlegal.com/graduate

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Taylor Wessing is a leading international law firm where you can move your career forward faster. We are looking for the trusted advisors of tomorrow who can think creatively, be proactive and stay close to clients to identify and deliver innovative solutions to help their businesses grow. Our focus is on the industries of tomorrow: Technology, Communications and Brands; Life Sciences and Healthcare; Energy and Environment; Real Estate and Infrastructure; Financial Institutions and Services.

We are experts in providing high–quality service to global clients across many jurisdictions, combining a pan–European network with a strong presence in the Middle East and Asia.

That’s why we work for 60% of the world’s Top 50 brands.

We look for people with a minimum of ABB at A–level and a 2.1 degree in any discipline. You’ll need to be a team player with the communication skills to build vibrant relationships with clients and be committed to a career in law, with a genuine drive to learn and explore new boundaries.

Our vacation schemes are designed for you to experience life as a trainee solicitor in an innovative City law firm. You’ll spend two weeks in two different practice groups under the supervision of associates and partners.

www.taylorwessing.com/graduate

Sullivan & Cromwell provides the highest quality legal advice and representation to clients around the world. The results we achieve have set us apart for over 130 years and become a model for the modern practice of law. Since its foundation in New York in 1879, S&C has been involved in some of the most significant international business transactions and developments.

S&C has more than 700 lawyers across an international network of 12 offices on four continents.

The London office, established in 1972, is S&C’s largest office after New York. There are approximately 75 English, US and dual–qualified lawyers working in the office across a number of practice areas, including: M&A and private equity; capital markets; project finance; competition law; criminal defence and investigations; and tax. S&C London is perhaps unique in the scale, complexity and significance of the work carried out in an office of its size.

www.sullcrom.com

The College of Law is a leading legal training provider enabling graduates of any discipline the opportunity to have a successful career in law. With centres in Birmingham, Chester, Guildford, London (two) Manchester and York, we’re the UK’s largest and longest established law school — and the first independent institution to be granted full degree awarding powers.

Our innovative courses are designed and taught by lawyers, with a clear focus on building the practical skills, commercial awareness and independent thinking you’ll need to succeed. This is supported by an award–winning pro bono programme and the largest and best–resourced careers service in UK legal education. You’ll benefit from excellent tutor support, state–of–the–art IT facilities and access to unrivalled on–line and off–line learning resources — and all

relevant course materials, text books and case books are included in your fee.

Courses we offer — full and part–time Graduate Diploma in Law: conversion course for non–law graduates. (If you study the GDL followed by either the LPC or BVC we will award you an LLB)

Legal Practice Course: compulsory training — future solicitors. (Our LPC has obtained the highest possible grading for every centre for every area and is the only national provider to do so).

Bar Vocational Course: compulsory training — future barristers.

www.college-of-law.co.uk

Now in its eighth edition, The Lex 100 is the insider’s guide to the UK’s top law firms. Based on an in–depth survey of the views of trainees with the firms, rankings are produced across ten categories including job satisfaction, stress levels and friendliness.

The guide also includes a section packed with interview tips and information on how to start applying, as well as some helpful hints from leading recruiters on matters ranging from assessment days to getting the most out of law fairs.

This practical and user–friendly guide is an invaluable resource for anyone considering a career as a solicitor.

www.lex100.com

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Travers Smith is a City firm with a major corporate and commercial practice. The main areas of our practice are corporate law (including takeovers and mergers, private equity, equity capital markets and funds), commercial, intellectual property and technology law, litigation, banking and corporate recovery, restructuring, financial services and markets, competition, tax, employment, pensions, and real estate.

The firm is entrepreneurial and innovative, understated while quietly proud of its achievements, and committed to providing excellent service to its clients. The atmosphere within the firm is good–humoured, sociable and supportive, and our staff at all levels genuinely

enjoy each other’s company and value each other’s work.

Our lawyers work in close–knit teams, with the partners always heavily involved in leading the work, and trainees are seen as a valued part of these teams. Trainees are given high levels of responsibility and often find themselves on the phone to clients or qualified lawyers on the other side of transactions. The room–sharing system (trainees sit with a partner and an assistant) is conducive to a lack of hierarchy and to a high level of teamwork and good humour.

www.traverssmith.com

Thomson Snell & Passmore is a law firm with a reputation for providing high quality, intelligent advice. We provide a comprehensive legal service and build long–term relationships by encouraging a culture of respect, understanding and excellence. It’s a common sense approach that’s surprisingly uncommon.

www.ts-p.co.uk

We are a medium–sized, international law firm with expertise in areas such as banking & finance, corporate, dispute resolution, employment, projects & construction, commercial property and tax, trusts & pensions. However, we also have practice areas that are unique to us – we are the number one firm in the UK for affordable housing and public sector work, and are consistently ranked as one of the leading firms in the Middle East.

We offer a broad range of practice areas in the UK and the Middle East to all of our trainees, ensuring that they gain diverse experience through the course of their training contract. The combination of what we do, where we do it and the great people we work with make us feel that we are rather different from other international law firms.

Combine all this with the excellent training that we offer and we believe that we are an outstanding prospect for any future trainee.

www.trowers.com

Vinson & Elkins is a leading US–based international law firm with more than 700 lawyers located in 16 cities across the globe. Over the years, V&E has amassed a wealth of experience working on projects for clients in almost every country on the map. We work in tandem with our clients, travelling wherever and whenever we are needed. We know what it takes to make deals work and to win cases. Our clients are predominantly in the energy, finance and infrastructure sectors and the London office specialises in M&A, construction, project development and finance, international arbitration and litigation, corporate and structured finance, and tax.

The firm operates a non–rotational training system with trainees working in all practice areas throughout their two years. The training is designed to provide variety, flexibility and responsibility from the start. We offer approximately 15 one–week vacation placements in the London office, which are viewed as key to our recruitment process. For summer 2013 placements apply by 28 February 2013. Applications should be made by way of our application form, available from our website. We seek to recruit an annual intake of three to four trainees in London with potential opportunities for an international seat.

www.velaw.com

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Watson, Farley & Williams was founded in 1982 in the City of London. It has since grown rapidly to over 100 partners and a total staff of over 600. We have offices in London, New York, Paris, Hamburg, Munich, Rome, Milan, Madrid, Athens, Piraeus, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. Our international offices work together, a structure of particular benefit to international clients.

We have leading market positions in international finance and investment, maritime and energy. We also specialise in natural resources, transport, real estate and technology.

We emphasise gaining practical experience and learning to work as part of a team. As you progress and your competence and confidence grows, there will be opportunities to assume responsibility for specific areas of a transaction/case.

Our trainees benefit from a six seat programme allowing you to experience the variety of working in a broad number of practice groups with one seat being in an overseas office.

www.wfw.com/trainee

Ward Hadaway is one of the largest multi–disciplined law firms outside London. With offices in Newcastle, Leeds and Manchester we represent clients on a regional, national and international basis.

We pride ourselves on offering a supportive and stimulating environment where high quality work is recognised and rewarded.

We believe in helping people to achieve their full potential in their careers because only then can we offer the best service possible to our clients.

www.wardhadaway.com

White & Case is a global law firm with 38 offices in 26 countries. We provide the full range of legal services of the highest quality in virtually every major commercial centre and emerging market. We work with international businesses, financial institutions and governments worldwide on corporate and financial transactions and dispute resolution proceedings.

Trainees are an integral part of White & Case and we take a great interest in developing their potential. We guarantee each trainee the opportunity to work in one of our overseas offices for six months. Regardless of where the trainees are working, they will be closely supervised and will be involved in high–quality, stimulating and rewarding work. We encourage trainees to take on early responsibility and provide practical hands–on training, with plenty of support and feedback.

If you would like to learn more about being a trainee, our vacation placements provide the ideal opportunity. They are designed to give you the chance to play an active part in the life and work of our London office.

Please apply by completing the online form available at www.whitecasetrainee.com

Closing dates: Vacation Placements – 31 January; Training Contracts – 31 July. However, you are encouraged to apply in advance of these dates for early consideration of your application.

Wilkin Chapman is a leading Lincolnshire and East Yorkshire law firm with 39 partners and 245 staff, offering the full range of legal services to private, corporate and publicly funded clients.

Trainee solicitors will be offered training contracts in 2013 to commence in 2015.Trainees undertake at least three seats over the two year period in different departments/branches, gaining experience in each field. They are quickly integrated into the team and contribute by managing their own files. Training contracts are offered in various departments at the Lincoln, Beverley or Grimsby offices.

The firm is an Investor in People and trainees attend all internal training. Traineeships with Wilkin Chapman offer exceptional scope for both progression and development.

www.wilkinchapman.co.uk

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The wealth of today’s private client has increased in multiples and many are institutions in their own right. With our merger in 2002 we have been able to respond to these changing legal needs and offer integrated solutions to the international legal and tax needs of our clients.

With 107 partners and over 700 people in London, Milan, Geneva, Zurich, Hong Kong, Singapore, New York, New Haven (Connecticut) and Greenwich (USA), we have unparalleled expertise in commercial and tax law, trusts, estate planning, litigation, charities, employment, family law and other legal issues facing high net worth individuals.

www.withersworldwide.com

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Wragge & Co is a UK–headquartered international law firm providing a full service to clients worldwide. Formed in Birmingham in 1834, the firm now has 122 partners and more than 1,000 people operating from offices in Birmingham, Brussels, Guangzhou, London, Munich and Paris.

We’re looking for talented people, from all backgrounds and recruit on ability alone. You’ll be challenged with early responsibility and gain exposure to some of our top clients – from day one you’ll be discussing cases with clients directly. If you show us you’re willing to take on more work and greater responsibility, then we’ll trust you with exactly that.

Our training contracts have one simple aim: to help you become the lawyer you want to be. So you’ll get all the support, development and advice you need, as well as plenty of great benefits.

www.wragge.com

Eversheds is a progressive international law firm providing high quality legal services with a unique business approach. We have 45 offices across 28 jurisdictions in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa. We combine local market expertise with exceptional consistency of quality and service delivery. Clients range from large multinationals to local owner-managed companies and financial institutions.

We pride ourselves on the quality of the Training we offer to our Trainees. Trainees complete four, six month seats and have the opportunity to complete a client secondment, a seat in an international office and/or complete a seat in another UK office.

We have Vacation Placement Schemes running in 2013 throughout our UK offices (application deadline 31st January 2013). We are now accepting applications for our 2015 Training Contracts (application deadline 31st July 2013). We also have a limited number of remaining vacancies for 2013 and 2014 Training Contracts in our Birmingham office.

www.eversheds.com

Careers and Employability Service

£10 off atSainsbury’s‘Like’ a post on our Facebook page from the last two weeks or follow us on Twitter for your chance to win a £10 Sainsbury’s voucher!

Winners will be drawn on Facebook and Twitter on alternate weeks and announced at 10am on Mondays.

www.facebook.com/CareersUoN

@UoNCareers

Terms and conditions apply.Competition open to students at The University of Nottingham only until Monday 10 December 2012.

For the latest vacancies, events and news:

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Sidley Austin LLP is one of the world’s largest law fi rms, with

approximately 1,700 lawyers in 18 offi ces across the globe.

We are looking for outstanding individuals to join us as

trainees in our London offi ce in September 2015. Our London

team is energetic, dynamic and collegiate. The London offi ce

currently has approximately 225 lawyers and staff, but still

retains the intimacy and camaraderie of a smaller fi rm.

For information on our training programme please request

a brochure from our graduate recruitment team on

020 7360 2016 or via [email protected] or visit our

website at www.sidley.com.

Sidley Austin LLP is an equal opportunities employer.

Sidley Austin LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership which operates at the fi rm’s offi ces other than Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Dallas, London, Hong Kong, Houston, Singapore and Sydney, is affi liated with other partnerships, including Sidley Austin LLP, an Illinois limited liability partnership (Chicago); Sidley Austin (NY) LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (New York); Sidley Austin (CA) LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (Los Angeles, San Francisco, Palo Alto); Sidley Austin (TX) LLP, a Delaware limited liability partnership (Dallas, Houston); Sidley Austin LLP, a separate Delaware limited liability partnership (London); Sidley Austin LLP, a separate Delaware limited liability partnership (Singapore); Sidley Austin, a New York general partnership (Hong Kong); Sidley Austin, a Delaware general partnership of registered foreign lawyers restricted to practicing foreign law (Sydney); and Sidley Austin Nishikawa Foreign Law Joint Enterprise (Tokyo). The affi liated partnerships are referred to herein collectively as Sidley Austin, Sidley, or the fi rm.

BEIJING

BRUSSELS

CHICAGO

DALLAS

FRANKFURT

GENEVA

HONG KONG

HOUSTON

LONDON

LOS ANGELES

NEW YORK

PALO ALTO

SAN FRANCISCO

SHANGHAI

SINGAPORE

SYDNEY

TOKYO

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Woolgate Exchange

25 Basinghall Street

London, EC2V 5HA

www.sidley.com

Forthcoming events andpresentations

Company Event and location Date and time

Herbert Smith Evening presentation 18 October University Park 6.30–9pm

Latham & Watkins Evening presentation 23 October Venue tbc 6.30–9pm

Commercial Awareness Skills workshop 24 OctoberLegal Skills – Nottingham Law School University Park 1.30–3.30pm

Macfarlanes Evening presentation 25 October University Park 6.30–9pm

Baker & McKenzie Drop–in session 29 October University Park 11am–2pm

Reserve a place at one of these events on My Career at www.nottingham.ac.uk/careers/login

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