Gaining your first legal role: support group

[anon123456789]

Hi all,

I wanted to create a thread for all of us who are trying to get their foot in the door within the legal industry. There's loads of great tips elsewhere on the forum and I'll be going through it and linking it down below so that it's all in one place for us.

I'm a non-law graduate and my first cycle of applications has been disastrously unsuccessful but I'm determined to try again. I feel the one area in my applications that was really lacking was evidence of my commitment to law and that lies in my lack of experience! So, with a view to reapplying come September I want to gain exposure to legal practice as much as possible- the caveat is that even this is pretty hard with next to no experience 🤣

Hopefully with this thread we can share general tips and advice for getting that initial 'foot in the door' experience as well as ways we can leverage this in applications

 

[AvniD]

@c-lear this is such a great initiative 👏👏👏 I'd recommend that while you find ways to increase your experience of legal practice, try to simultaneously attend as many webinars, networking events with firms and online events as you can. This will also help demonstrate your commitment to law both on paper and in person.

Looking forward to seeing this support group grow and happy to help wherever I can 😇