{"id":1439,"date":"2018-09-10T13:13:51","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:13:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/?p=1439"},"modified":"2018-09-10T13:13:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T12:13:51","slug":"student-event-start-of-the-year-careers-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/student-event-start-of-the-year-careers-forum\/","title":{"rendered":"Student event: Start of the Year Careers Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a summer filled with sunshine, we&#8217;re holding a welcome back careers event next week as part of induction week. The Start of the Year Careers Forum will shine a light\u00a0on opportunities for graduate jobs, placements and internships with leading legal and non-legal employers from the South West and across the UK.<\/p>\n<p>The forum will take place on Wednesday 19th September from 10am.<\/p>\n<p>The forum will consist of a\u00a0mixture of employer stands and breakout sessions with short talks. Expect:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Employer stands with <strong>information and freebies.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>A chance to <strong>meet and hear from legal and non-legal employers<\/strong> from the South West and across the UK. All of the attending employers recruit law graduates.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Insights<\/strong> into working in different job roles and sectors.<\/li>\n<li>Tips to help you <strong>stand out<\/strong> in application processes for placements and graduate jobs.<\/li>\n<li>A <strong>window into the future<\/strong> of how technology and other trends are changing jobs and industries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Whether you want to become a solicitor, a barrister, or do something else entirely, this event is designed to appeal to <strong>all<\/strong> law students with a wide variety of interests and ambitions. It will give you the chance to talk to non-legal employers and find out why they value and recruit law students. There will be law firms present, as well as a wide range of other employers who are interested in your skills as a law graduate.<\/p>\n<p>These employers have an interest in speaking specifically to you. Employers signed up include:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1441 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/law-faoir-300x191.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"427\" height=\"272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/law-faoir-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/law-faoir-768x490.png 768w, https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/09\/law-faoir.png 787w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 85vw, 427px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN &amp; WHERE<\/strong>: Wednesday 19<sup>th<\/sup> September, 10am-2pm, Floor 3 in the Business School. This will show in your timetables.<\/p>\n<p>This event is aimed at second and third years in the Faculty of Business and Law, and we will be issuing a full programme shortly. Keep up to date on Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UWELaw\">@UWELaw<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Don\u2019t miss out!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After a summer filled with sunshine, we&#8217;re holding a welcome back careers event next week as part of induction week. The Start of the Year Careers Forum will shine a light\u00a0on opportunities for graduate jobs, placements and internships with leading legal and non-legal employers from the South West and across the UK. The forum will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/student-event-start-of-the-year-careers-forum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Student event: Start of the Year Careers Forum&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,238],"tags":[28,30,41,46,313,314,77,79,109,136,185,207,208,209],"class_list":["post-1439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bristol-law-school","category-students","tag-bristol-business-school","tag-bristol-law-school","tag-business-and-law","tag-careers","tag-careers-forum","tag-employer-event","tag-events","tag-faculty-of-business-and-law","tag-law","tag-networking","tag-students","tag-uwe","tag-uwe-bristol","tag-uwe-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1439"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1442,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1439\/revisions\/1442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uwe.ac.uk\/bristol-law-school\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}