Law Student/Graduate Recruitment

1. At what stage are you in your academic studies? *

Current/prospective LLB or LLM student
Recently graduates LLB or LLM student
Current/prospective GDL/GPD or CILEX student
Recently graduated GDL/GPD or CILEX student
Current LPC or BPTC student
Recently graduated LPC or BPTC student

2. Have you searched for legal work experience yet? *

3. What have you experienced, or what do you anticipate, to be the most difficult challenges in finding legal work experience? *

	Very easy	Easy	Neutral	Difficult	Very Difficult
Standing out from competing job applicants	Standing out from competing job applicants Very easy	Standing out from competing job applicants Easy	Standing out from competing job applicants Neutral	Standing out from competing job applicants Difficult	Standing out from competing job applicants Very Difficult
Finding roles that match your experience level	Finding roles that match your experience level Very easy	Finding roles that match your experience level Easy	Finding roles that match your experience level Neutral	Finding roles that match your experience level Difficult	Finding roles that match your experience level Very Difficult
Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience	Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience Very easy	Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience Easy	Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience Neutral	Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience Difficult	Finding paid work experience rather than free internship type experience Very Difficult
Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field	Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field Very easy	Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field Easy	Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field Neutral	Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field Difficult	Finding job listing websites or recruiters in the legal field Very Difficult
Finding legitimate job listings	Finding legitimate job listings Very easy	Finding legitimate job listings Easy	Finding legitimate job listings Neutral	Finding legitimate job listings Difficult	Finding legitimate job listings Very Difficult
Other (Please specify)	Other (Please specify) Very easy	Other (Please specify) Easy	Other (Please specify) Neutral	Other (Please specify) Difficult	Other (Please specify) Very Difficult

For "Other":

4. Have you had legal work experience before?
If possible, please provide detail in the comments box below. *

No
Yes - Paid work experience
Yes - Voluntary work experience
Yes - Vacation Schemes, Mini-pupillage, or other similar internship experiences

Comments:

5. Do you want to qualify as a solicitor, barrister, or legel executive? *

6. Are you seeking paid work before taking on further professional qualifications or starting your period of qualifying work? *

No, I do not feel the need to do so and I am looking to go straight into a Training Contract or Pupillage OR seek out only unpaid work experience
Yes - I am not presently looking to qualify further, but would nonetheless like a job/career in the legal profession. Unpaid work experience is not suitable for me.
Yes - I want to bolster my CV with real work experience
Yes - I want to have some experience in the legal profession before I decide to take further steps to becoming a lawyer
Yes - I need to put some money in the bank before I can continue on my pathway to qualification

7. Where are you looking for work experience (paid or otherwise)? *

Legal jobseeker websites, such as TotallyLegal, SimplyLaw and others
Other jobseeker websites, such as Indeed, Reed and others
Using a recruitment service
Directly contacting law firms, or other legal services providers, with advertised job vacancies
Directly contacting law firms, or other legal services providers, without advertised job vacancies (speculative CVs)
Not looking
Other (Please specify)

For "Other":

1. At what stage are you in your academic studies? *

2. Have you searched for legal work experience yet? *

3. What have you experienced, or what do you anticipate, to be the most difficult challenges in finding legal work experience? *

4. Have you had legal work experience before?If possible, please provide detail in the comments box below. *

5. Do you want to qualify as a solicitor, barrister, or legel executive? *

6. Are you seeking paid work before taking on further professional qualifications or starting your period of qualifying work? *

7. Where are you looking for work experience (paid or otherwise)? *

4. Have you had legal work experience before?
If possible, please provide detail in the comments box below. *