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CVs, application forms and interviews for law

Powerpoint presentations at www.kent.ac.uk/careers/slides.htm

• BPTC Applications
• Law Careers Seminar 3 – covers applications for vacation work

  In the last recruitment year I received more than 1,500 training contract applications and more than 20% had the firm's name misspelt. Another 30% contained typos of some sort - for example, "responsible for weekly gardening, property maintenance and cleaning an elderly couple" and "I have a particular interest in the works of CS Lewis, particularly The Lion, the Which and the Wardrobe." (Gemma Baker, former Graduate Recruitment Manager at Mayer Brown)

• Making applications for the Bar
• Commercial Awareness (useful if you are applying to City firms)

Example CVs

• Vacation work www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/lawvacworkcv.htm
• Training Contract www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/lawtrainingcontractcv.htm
• Mini-pupillage www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/pupillagecv.htm
• LLM CV www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/LLM-CV.htm

Example cover letters

• Vacation work www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/covletlawvacwork.htm
• Training Contract www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/covletlawtraining.htm
• Mini-pupillage www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/covletpupillage.htm

LPC applications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/LPCStatements.htm

BPTC applications www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv/BVCApplications.htm

Law Interviews

• Example interview questions and a practice interview www.kent.ac.uk/careers/interviews/ivlaw.htm
• Interview reports www.kent.ac.uk/careers/ivreps/ivrepsmenu.htm#LAW

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