Tuesday 10 December 2024
Meet the firms
Your chance to meet the sponsoring law firms. They’ll be prepared with core information about who they are and what they do.
Welcome and introduction
Keynote speaker
Question Time: The law firm as a business
Our panel of top law firm partners will address the key issues affecting firms in 2024. This session will help delegates understand how firms operate as businesses and the role they will play as trainees. The panel will answer questions from the audience.
Networking with panellists and firms
Following directly on from the ‘Question time: the law firm as a business’ panel, this is your chance to speak to the panellists, talk about issues raised in the panel and get to know some more firms.
Firm-led workshops
Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.
Networking in workshops
Close of day one
Wednesday 11 December 2024
Second date with firms
Meet the sponsoring firms again and come prepared with your questions to find out more.
Question Time: Life as a trainee
Our panel of trainee solicitors will provide insight into their experiences of the law firm application process, what being a trainee is really like and their advice for prospective candidates. A representative from The University of Law will also be on hand to answer your questions about postgraduate study and employability.
Networking with panellists and firms
Following directly on from the ‘Question time: life as at trainee’ panel, this is your chance to speak to the panellists, talk about issues raised in the panel and get to know some more firms.
Firm-led workshops
Firm-led workshops give you the chance to discover the work of a practising solicitor. From practice areas to practical skills, your workshop leaders will take you through the key issues and tasks of working in a law firm.
Networking in workshops
Final networking will take place in your workshops.