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3rd class law degree from overseas university
Legal Careers Question :
I have a 3rd Class Degree from the University of Ife in Nigeria. I have no legal work experience in the UK and I am not qualified. What are my prospects of finding work?
Answer:
I think that your chances of finding...
Should I do the Legal Practice Course part-time or full-time?
Good question. This really depends on your career plans. Our advice is always to get the Legal Practice Course over and done with as quickly as possible if you can afford to. Completing the Legal Practice Course LPC part-time or by distance...
Where should I do my Legal Practice Course?
Every year we get asked this question by lots of different students wondering whether they should go to the College of Law or complete their LPC (Legal Practice Course) with another provider. We think that unless you have an outstanding academic...
How Should I send a Legal CV to Law Firms?
If you are making an application for a legal job or speculatively approaching a law firm for any type of position including solicitor work or paralegal/work experience, you need to make a decision on how you send your details over. Do you need...
Dear Ten-Percent, I want to get on in law. Can you help me? From a Law Student
This is a very common email and telephone call to our offices. Firstly, if you are sending emails to legal recruitment agencies asking for advice and assistance you may be surprised to find out that most of them will not respond to you. Legal...
An interview with Jonathan Fagan, Solicitor, Legal Recruitment Consultant and Career Coach
Q Why do you offer career coaching to lawyers and law students?
Good question! Together with 3 other lawyers I set up Ten Percent Legal Recruitment back in April 2000. Within a few months we were being bombarded with CVs...
I am a Law Student Looking for Work, can you help?
No. We can’t help and you may be surprised to know that we will be quite annoyed if you telephone us. We have warnings all over our website detailing who we can help and how we can help and sometimes the sheer volume of students and law...
How Do Training Contract Interviews Vary when with Partners or HR Managers
I was asked yesterday about the likely interview style and questions to be thrown at someone from a city law firm during a pre-selection day interview. This was to be with the HR Manager of the firm and would last for about 30 minutes.
Does...
How Badly do you want a Training Contract? Test Yourself
People often get in touch to say that they are looking for a training contract and will do anything to get one. Really? I can almost guarantee that in the majority of these cases if we were to push them further on this they would not have...