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Getting a training contract

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How do you become a solicitor?
Follow these steps...

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What is a training contract?

In simple terms, a training contract is the step between your academic life and your life as a qualified solicitor, but there's more to it than that!

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What are legal recruiters looking for?

So you've got a degree? Bravo. So does everyone else. Now the serious business of making yourself employable begins.

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Application and selection criteria

How many trainees does each law firm recruit? How many applications does it get a year? The answer to these questions and more are here.

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Making successful applications

We can't emphasise this more strongly: bulk applications rarely end well. Here are some tips on how to proceed.

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Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE)

Lawyers tell us how they spend their days and share some of the trends shaping the work in their area of practice.

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Reviews of leading law firms

We interview the trainees to get the truth about life at the major employers.

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Practice Areas

Not sure which area of law interests you?

From banking and finance to family law, see what day-to-day life really looks for lawyers across different practice areas.

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