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TSS on Facebook & Twitter

Matt — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 14:20:27 +0000

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.

We also announce blog updates and latest job vacancies via Twitter. You just need to follow Matt Oliver (the founder of TSS) who can be found by clicking on the following icon:

Video: The Benefits of Law Work Experience

Matt — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:57:59 +0000

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

Training Contract Vacancies for September 2011, Leigh Day & Co, London

Matt — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:11:14 +0000

One of London’s leading claimant Human Rights, Clinical Negligence and Personal Injury law firms, Leigh Day & Co, is seeking trainee solicitors to commence their training contract with the firm in September 2011.

Applications are to be made via the firm’s own application form – for more information about the firm, the trainee solicitor positions and to download the application form visit the Leigh & Day website at:

http://www.leighday.co.uk/careers/training-contracts

Please note that the closing date for applications is 18th March 2010. It is advisable to apply as much in advance of the deadline as possible.

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Life of a Trainee Solicitor in a Regional Law Firm

Matt — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:20:31 +0000

Sometimes it can feel that all the attention of the legal world and the legal careers services is focused on the biggest firms, and particularly the London firms or the biggest firms in the other major cities.

However, there are many regional firms away from the major cities that offer great opportunities for trainee solicitors. A good example of this is Lanyon Bowdler in Shropshire which won the Lawcareers.net’s trainee solicitor award for “Best Recruiter – Small Firm” in 2009 for a second time. LB takes on two trainees a year who spend time in four different departments within the firm during their training contracts.

One of their trainees wrote a blog post about life as a trainee at LB which makes for interesting reading and gives a good insight into what its like to work in a more provincial firm. To read the blog post click here: Life as a Trainee Solicitor

Video: Sonal Shah, Trainee Solicitor

Matt — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:38:13 +0000

This is the first in a new series of blog posts that will introduce a range of videos and podcasts from the four corners of the web (and beyond).

In this video Sonal Shah talks about life as a trainee solicitor. In particular Sonal is living proof of the benefits of participating in vacation schemes and she also gives her outlook on work/life balance as a solicitor.