Information for Law School Graduates of 2015

Congratulations to all Law School graduates on gaining your degree!

Please see below some information which may be useful for you as graduates of the University of Chester.  Good luck to you all and keep in touch.

Kind regards

 

Philippa

Destinations Survey

 

You can help us by returning your Destinations of Leavers from Higher Education Survey questionnaire later this year (November).  Please let us know if your contact details (including email address) have changed.

 

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Helping you after graduation

Our services are available free of charge for up to three years after graduation. If you would like to make an appointment with a Career Consultant visit us in the Careers and Employability Centre (opposite the Binks Building) at the Chester campus or the Martin Building at the Warrington campus or contact us via phone or e-mail.

T: 01244 513066 (Chester Campus)       T: 01925 534235 (Warrington campus)

E: careers@chester.ac.uk                      E: warrington.careers@chester.ac.uk

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Vacancies

Careers and Employability has an online vacancy and events system for students and graduates.  To use the system you first need to register by going to www.chester.ac.uk/careers/vacancies and then click on the “Online Vacancies Service” links.

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Graduate Head Start

 

Are you a recent University of Chester graduate not yet in a graduate job?

Are you looking for ways to make yourself more employable?

 

Then why not enhance your careers opportunities with our free Graduate Head Start (GHS) programme?

GHS is a unique and innovative three-day programme which been designed to support Chester graduates who are yet to find employment or who are not fulfilling their career ambitions.

 

What’s in it for you? 

·       Career Planning Day One - manage your career progression, analyse your skills, values and experience, learn how to complete successful applications and how to successfully prepare for interviews.

·       Career Planning Day Two - discover more about yourself, what type of learner you are and an opportunity to gain 20 credits at Masters level by completing the associated assessment.

·       Career Planning Day Three - learn about personal branding, effective networking and hear an employer’s perspective on what makes a successful graduate applicant.  Undertake a mock interview with constructive feedback being given.

·       A five-week work placement - undertake a developmental project, gain valuable experience and give your CV the competitive edge

·       Careers coaching from a Career Consultant - receive support with career planning including CVs, applications and mock interviews for specific job roles.

·       ECDL (European Computer Driving Licence) - gain a nationally recognised IT qualification.

 

Programme dates:

Ø    September 2015 - 7th, 8th and 9th

Ø    October 2015 - 19th, 20th and 21st

Ø    November/December 2015 - 30th, 1st and 2nd

Deadline extended on Lincoln's Inn Prizes available to current Second year students

Lincoln's Inn announces new prizes designed to widen access to the Bar.

Up to five prizes, each of £1000 and free student membership of Lincoln's Inn, will be awarded at the end of the summer to students wanting to network with barristers in their last year of University.

To be eligible you must

• Be studying law at a non-Russell Group university such as the University of Chester
• Be about to start the final year of your studies for a qualifying law degree
• Not be a member of another Inn of Court and be able to join Lincoln's Inn
• Be able to demonstrate outstanding examination and assessment results.

Is this you? Your entry will depend on support of your University, identifying you as a high flier. Talk to your tutor about it and write to Lincoln's Inn telling them why you want one of these prizes. Give a copy of your letter to your tutor, and you will need to tell Lincoln's Inn who that is, so that they can get in touch with him or her.

Entries must be addressed to Education Department, The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, Treasury Office, London WC2A 3TL and received by 17 July 2015.