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College of Law mentoring scheme success
- 10th February 2010
An annual mentoring scheme run by the College of Law (CoL) is celebrating record growth as it launches its 2010 scheme. The scheme helps its student get the insight they need into the realities of legal practice by recruiting legal practitioners to share their knowledge. The mentors includes barristers, and solicitors from both large corporate firms and small high street firms.
The mentors give guidance on crucial areas including networking, careers advice and telling the students exactly what it is like to work in the law.
Currently, the CoL has almost 640 mentors, up by almost a third on last year and is one of the first law schools to provide mentoring on a national scale.
Rachel Harris, head of the CoL’s careers service, said: “The students find it invaluable as they get the opportunity to learn more about their areas of interest and augment their academic qualifications by improving their networking and presentations skills, which builds their self-confidence.”
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