Gap year ideas

Dlakhs

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Mar 8, 2026
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Gap Year Legal Work Experience​

Hi everyone,

I’m taking a gap year before university and want to use it to get some proper legal work experience, ideally with a law firm.

I’m particularly interested in commercial/corporate law, but I’m open to pretty much anything that gives me a better idea of what working in law is actually like.

I was wondering if anyone has any advice on the best way to approach firms for work experience, especially smaller firms that might be more open to gap-year students. I’m happy to cold email firms, but would be interested to hear if anyone has had success doing this or has any other suggestions.

Any advice or recommendations would be really appreciated!
 
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