Offered in partnership with the Law School, the Burges Salmon Diversity Mentoring Scheme aims to bridge the gap in offering legal work experience and networking to underrepresented groups. Final-year LLB Law student, Nafisa El-Turke was one of the first mentees on the scheme which ran during 2023 and she shares her experience from application to being mentored and finally receiving a training contract with the firm.… Read more ..read more

To celebrate Student Volunteering Week 2024, we caught up with final-year LLB student Lydia Jones to ask her about her work, together with fellow Law Clinic student Maryam Alsuwaidi (final-year LLB), to provide pro bono support to preserve a potential community space of great value in Bristol. … Read more ..read more

Earlier this month, law students were given the opportunity to take part in a cross-examination exercise with Avon and Somerset Police. Final year LLB student Sophia Manley shares her insight into the exercise – including what a cross-examination is, the role she and other law students played, and her highlight of the event.… Read more ..read more

To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2023, University of Bristol Law graduate, Raeesa Rajmohamed (LLB 2018, LLM 2019) shares her first-hand experience of working at the Law School’s Human Rights Law Clinic, and provides her insight into what she found most inspiring, how the experience has helped to shape her future, and what advice she would give to students starting out in the Clinic.… Read more ..read more

To celebrate Pro Bono Week 2023, University of Bristol Law Clinic solicitor, Teaching Associate and alumna, Alex Walker gives an insight into her role working at the University’s pro bono legal service, supporting students improve access to justice and public legal education.… Read more ..read more

Are you an international law student looking to establish some professional networks in the legal sector in your home country? Have an idea about where you’d like to work, but want some advice?   Take a look at our Corporate & Commercial Law (international mentors) mentoring scheme, which matches international students to law graduates working in legal roles in a variety of countries overseas. … Read more ..read more

Are you starting to think about what your next steps will be after you graduate? Interested in exploring a less traditional career path, but not sure where to start?  Check out our Law in Society Mentoring Scheme, which offers students the chance to be mentored by a legal graduate working in a non-corporate law field such as human rights, government and policy – highlighting the diverse range of careers a law degree can offer.  … Read more ..read more

If you are looking to build your professional network in the legal sector, then the Law School Professional Mentoring Scheme can help. Open to University of Bristol law students going into year two of the LLB Law and MA in Law, the scheme allows you to gain a deeper insight into working in corporate or commercial law. 2022/23 mentee and second year LLB Law student, Vanesa Kerle shares her experience of being mentored, and outlines the ways it has helped her gain a deeper understanding and develop networks in an area of law she is most interested in. Why did you apply for the Professional Ment ..read more

Are you looking to build your professional network in the legal sector? Applications are now open for the Professional Mentoring Scheme, open to University of Bristol law students going into year two of the LLB Law and MA in Law. The scheme aims to allow you to gain deeper insights into working in commercial law and build on your network for the future. 2022/23 mentee and current second year law student, Olivia Adamson tells us about the wealth of benefits she gained from matching with a legal mentor. Why did you apply for the Professional Mentoring Scheme? I saw the scheme and thought it loo ..read more

If you are worried that your career planning will lose momentum over the summer, take five minutes to read the latest blog from our Employability Adviser, Jo Cooksley.  Jo will put your mind at ease with some great advice and some quick, practical activities that will help keep things going at a pace that works for you. When I see students in one-to-one careers meetings I am often asked ‘what should I be doing over the summer’. My answer? ‘What do you want to do?’ It can be easy to forget that your time is your own, you have had busy challenging years and sometimes we can lose track of w ..read more