Explore in-course experiences
Discover how we collaborate with employers to bring your studies to life, guaranteeing you gain a minimum level of work experience.
Valuable experience woven into your studies
Our approach to legal education means you won't be limited to learning during seminars and lectures.
Working with industry leaders, our undergraduate courses offer a minimum of eight weeks (240 hours) of experience to ensure you build up the knowledge and skills of a legal professional.
Integrating this practical activity into our curriculum and assessments takes the pressure off of you, allowing you to focus on developing your skills and confidence.
For those hungry for more, there is the option to undertake a placement during your course, and intra-curricular volunteering opportunities with NLS Legal and Support Through Court.
How does this work in practice?
To understand how this experience is woven into your studies, the following is an example of how this is achieved on LLB Law (FT):
- Legal and Professional Environment - Professional Development Plan, LinkedIn and CV production
- Contract - entry-level moot, with guidance provided by a practising barrister
- IEC with Group Presentation Skills - opportunities to practise professional presentations in a supportive environment (again with tips from an employer)
- The NLS Employer Challenge - working in groups on a realistic project brief designed by an employer and presenting back findings/recommendations.
- Land Law and Professional Advice - practise populating document templates used by trainee solicitors and draft a simulated memo to a partner
- Criminal Law with Mooting - a mooting exercise, requiring the submission of a skeleton argument (a short summary of issues addressed)
One of:
- Law in Practice - 35-hour placement
- Applied Legal Knowledge (NLS Legal) Criminal and Business Practice - workshops designed and facilitated by NLS Legal solicitors
- Path to Professional Practice - workshops designed and facilitated by professionals from a variety of sectors
The benefits
By fully engaging in Employer Challenges, you can build a wide variety of practical skills that you can evidence when seeking employment or further study upon completion of your course:
- Client focus
- Collaboration
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Ethical conduct
- Commercial awareness
- Attention to detail
- Critical self-reflection
Any questions?
Once your course starts, you will be able to access NOW, NTU's Online Workspace, where you will be able to find out more information. You can also contact the employability team for help.
MyEmployability
All Nottingham Law School students have access to the MyEmployability online portal, offering graduate opportunities, vacancies, career resources, and access to a huge range of employers and organisations, all looking to recruit NTU students and graduates.