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Whether you’re at law school, university or sixth form, if you’re an aspiring solicitor or barrister then The Student Lawyer provides you with everything you’ll need to make chasing down that dream career in law that little bit easier.
Our guides will help you navigate your legal studies and the job market, and our weekly articles will ensure you are always up to date on the latest legal and commercial news for those all important interviews.
The TSL Training Contract Surgery gives you access to our team of qualified lawyers for CV and application reviews, practice interviews, assessment day workshops, and more, while the TSL Job Board contains hundreds of trainee, paralegal and other junior legal roles, with new jobs posted every week.
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The TSL Training
Contract Surgery
TSL’s group of qualified lawyers offer you bespoke assistance to help you bag that all important training contract or vacation scheme. We offer you:
CV & Cover Letter Reviews
The first thing your employer will look at, so it’s important that you get them right!
Application Form Reviews
Includes an initial review, a follow-up call, and a final review.
Practice Interviews
Includes a one hour Skype interview with a qualified lawyer or legal recruitment professional.
Assessment Day Workshops
Includes practice interviews and several written and oral group exercises over the course of one or two days.
TSL Job Board
The Student Lawyer’s job board is a specially curated selection of jobs for law students. Choose from trainee, paralegal, legal secretary, legal assistant, and other junior roles. There are new jobs added every week, so be sure to keep checking until you find that dream role.
News & Articles
Weekly Briefings
TSL’s team of writers telling you all the legal and commercial stories you need to know this week. Perfect for brushing up on the news before an interview.
The Future Lawyer Weekly Update – w/c 12th August
The round-up of the stories that a budding Student Lawyer should be aware of this week: Criminal law: Educational Needs Rise in the Number of Children […]
Commercial Awareness Update – w/c 5 August
Your round up of the stories that you should discuss at interview this week. Where does the UK remain in terms of Brexit? Reported by Paige […]
The Future Lawyer Weekly Update – w/c 29th July
The round-up of the stories that a budding Student Lawyer should be aware of this week: Criminal Law: Decline in Rape Prosecutions Decline in rape cases […]
Commercial Awareness Update – w/c 22nd July
Your round-up of the stories that you should discuss at interview this week: Government to Crack Down on NDAs Reported by Sarah Mullane Following a consultation […]
Clear the Lobby: What laws are MPs voting on this week? – w/c 22nd July
Welcome to our weekly feature courtesy of Sebastian Salek, the brains behind Clear the Lobby, working to bring you all the laws MPs are voting on this […]
Latest articles
TSL’s team of writers give you a more in-depth take on the latest legal and commercial stories. Includes useful tips for law students and interviews with legal industry professionals.
Supreme Court Update: What is a fair trial?
The following article will explore a recent UK Supreme Court ruling, In the matter of an application by Dennis Hutchings for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2019] […]
Facebook’s Proposed Cryptocurrency, ‘Libra’: A New Money Laundering Tool?
In the second half of 2019, Facebook revealed concrete plans on its intention to extend its operation and services and embark on a project to produce […]
The War on Single Use Plastics
War on Single Use plastic InterContinental Hotels Group have announced the removal of plastic miniature toiletries from all 5,000+ of its hotels for environmental concerns. This […]
One year of GDPR: the key cases so far – who has suffered and who has had a lucky escape? (Part 2)
This article will examine the case law surrounding the General Data Protection Regulation that came into effect on 25th May 2018. It is part of a […]
Ocado and Waitrose to split after 19 year partnership
The long-standing commercial arrangement between Waitrose and Ocado will come to an end in September 2020, after 19 years of partnership. What’s next for Waitrose? Waitrose’s […]