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Kick-start your legal career with a day of expert sessions designed for first-year law students. Learn how to navigate the path to qualification, understand the law firm landscape, and start building the skills firms look for.
- Wed, 18 Mar
- 13:00-18:00 GMT
- First Year Law Fair
Find out moreEmployability and pro bono
Overview
At BPP, we don’t just prepare you for assessments, we prepare you for a successful and thriving legal career. Which is why we have specialist teams to support you in gaining experience, building career-ready skills, boosting your CV, and helping you secure that all-important role after you’ve finished your studies.
From the moment you accept your place with us and up to 18 months after you graduate – our dedicated Law Careers Service are here to support you in make your career aspirations a reality.
Whether you’re looking to secure qualifying work experience (QWE), a training contract, or pupillage, you can access:
- Personalised career advice
- Expert application support
- Intensive interview coaching
- Workshops and CV advice
Our services
CV and application clinics
Receive feedback to improve your CV, cover letters and job applications.
Interviews and assessment centres
Practise makes perfect - which is why our team is available to provide detailed feedback on your interview performance, as well as practical advice on how to improve your interview technique.
Career workshops
Career workshops spotlighting a wide range of important topics, from planning your career, creating a strategy, managing successful applications and securing work experience, to how to use social media to expand your professional network and tap into that network.
BPP Futures
Access our dedicated online careers platform and explore vacancies, networking events and work experience opportunities from employers, including leading firms and chambers - exclusive to BPP students and alumni.
Events
Expand your network and benefit from an array of opportunities to interact with employers and alumni through regular networking events, careers fairs, skills sessions and talks from industry experts.
Dedicated career advisers
Get one-to-one support from an experienced career adviser who will work with you to draw up a career action plan, detailing the steps you should take to achieve your goals.
Career guarantee
Even after you’ve finished your studies, we’re here for you. If you don’t secure a training contract, pupillage or a relevant legal role which is eligible as Qualifying Work Experience (QWE) within six months of successfully passing your studies or assessments, you’ll get access to our Career Boost package, which includes a range of valuable employability courses free of charge:
- Negotiating Skills
- Influencing Skills
- Practical Networking
- Handling Difficult Conversations with Ease and Confidence
Social impact team
Access pro bono opportunities through our Social Impact Team
Our award-winning Social Impact Team delivers student-led social impact initiatives and pro bono services across the country – enabling you to gain invaluable practical experience while supporting your community and enhancing your knowledge and skills.
BPP’s Social Impact Team instils the ethos of ‘giving back’ – encouraging volunteers to be socially responsible and to use their knowledge and talent to support those who need it most. Our students find carrying out pro bono work with the team to be a highly rewarding and enjoyable experience. It also provides opportunities to build the skills and attributes that are highly sought after by legal recruiters and employers.
- Engaged with more than 10,000 students since 2017
- Over 12,000 social impact hours recorded since 2020
- Flagship Streetlaw project has supported over 10,250 members of the public
- Delivers more than 20 projects each year across all schools and centre locations
Gain qualifying work experience (QWE)
6-month QWE placement contracts are exclusively available for five of our students in our award-winning Social Impact Team – meaning you can start to build vital QWE while you study with us.