For those of you who are not aware, Trainee Solicitor Surgery has its own Facebook page. This is a great way to keep up to date with all the latest posts to the TSS blog and all new training contract vacancies that are announced. Click below to join:
By joining the Facebook page it means these updates go automatically into your news feed in your Facebook profile so that you don’t have to keep checking the TSS site for the latest news and jobs.
We trawl the internet and beyond every day for the latest training contract vacancies as well as having relationships with law firms’ recruitment departments. We do not receive any payment for advertising these vacancies to you unlike other sites so we are not limited to bringing you the vacancies submitted only by our advertisers.
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This latest video is an interview with a University of Leicester graduate who talks about the benefits of his law work placement. Graham Smith discusses his placement with Shepherd Wedderburn LLP and what he got out of it.
Graham gives various reasons why getting some law work experience is so important, including helping with your decision-making about whether you would be happy working as a solicitor at a particular type of firm and also to act as a gateway through which you can secure a training contract.
To watch the video click here: The Benefits of Law Work Experience
This next video is a video produced by Clifford Chance which gives general information about how to decide whether a career as a solicitor is for you or not. It also goes on to set out many of the qualities needed to become a successful solicitor.
It is therefore helpful for anyone considering a legal career and especially for those of you who are applying for training contracts who want to know which skills and attributes you will need to display in your applications.
To view the video click here: Law Career
