Engage in careers events
Careers events and fairs at Nottingham Law School provide an opportunity to meet different employers, explore career options and get support on your career journey. Frequent workshops further seek to improve your employability skills by helping you learn how to tackle applications and approach assessment centres.
Exclusive NLS events
Nottingham Law School organises many events throughout the year to help you prepare for your future.
What events are there?
- NLS careers week (featuring the Nottingham Law School law fair with over 50 local and national law firms)
- A series of guest lectures
- Co-curricular talks from NLS alumni and members of the legal profession
- Information sessions on routes to qualify as a legal professional
- Networking with industry professionals, which have previously included a commercial law academy bootcamp facilitated by Jake Schogger, an ‘Empowering Ethnic Minorities in Law’ panel event and social events with local lawyers.
The events provide you with the perfect opportunity to:
- Get advice for making successful postgraduate study and job applications
- Find ways to gain work experience
- Get career inspiration
- Plan your career journey
- Get an insight into ‘hot topics’ in the legal sector
- Learn about the day-to-day lives of professionals
NTU events
NTU have events throughout the year open to all students for you to engage with employers from different industries, many of which will have a legal department and graduate opportunities.
NTU’s careers fairs and events are recommended for law students who are open to work experience and graduate roles in non-legal fields.
The benefits
Engaging in career fairs and events will help with:
- Career planning
- Application writing
- Communication
- Relationship building
- Confidence building
You'll be able to explore career possibilities, get support on applications or even just talk to a member of the Employability team. You don’t need to have an idea of what you want to do with your career to access our events or the employability team – in fact keeping an open mind is encouraged!
Any questions?
Unless otherwise stated, events are open to all current NLS students and recent graduates.
Career events will be free to attend if you are a current student and recent graduate, unless otherwise stated on the event registration page.
Events will be shared by email, in lectures or seminars, NOW and on the My Employability online portal.
Career events will be shared on our social media channels, so follow our pages to keep up to date with the latest news:
If you have a specific question about our careers event(s), please contact the Employability team.
When you're a Nottingham Law School student you will have access to the MyEmployability online portal offering graduate opportunities, vacancies, careers resources, and exclusive access to a huge range of employers and organisations, all looking to recruit NTU students and graduates.