Careers Clinic | SQE Preparation Courses

Supporting Your Journey to Legal Qualification + Beyond

As you begin on your journey to legal qualification, your exam success is just as important as your career prospects in the legal profession.

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Employability Clinic Services

Areas in which our career consultants can offer practical support and unbiased advice include:

Industry insight to boost your understanding of the legal sector and current trends, enabling you to more accurately match employers with your unique skills and interests
Assessing your options and helping you to devise a realistic job search plan
Researching individual hiring organisations
Reviewing CVs and cover letters
Reviewing application forms
Interview and assessment centre preparation
Self-management tips to help you stay motivated and to bounce-back from potential setbacks

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To manage your expectations
please note the following:

Your Career Consultant's Role is To:

Listen and offer a ‘safe’ sounding board
Respect confidentiality
Share market insight
Discuss your potential career-related options / dilemma
Offer advice on job search techniques, CVs and interviews
Ask questions that will encourage independence and resourcefulness, and where appropriate challenge unhelpful thinking and / or behaviour
Offer constructive feedback and help with reality checking
Share experiences and act as a positive role model

Your Career Consultant's Role is Not To:

Judge
Have ‘all’ the answers or a ‘silver bullet’
Be an expert on every area of law
Tell you what to do
Make decisions for you

Expert Advice At Hand

One-to-one legal career consulations for SQE students. Learn how we help you go from study to success

How to Book an Appointment

FREE one-to-one appointments for current students & alumni at BARBRI, will last 30 minutes each and be hosted via Zoom, can be booked directly here: One-to-one support.