Ten Percent Legal Recruitment are regularly contacted by law students and graduates asking how to progress their legal careers and get work experience. This page contains all our advice articles and other resources for getting ahead in law. For our free guide to getting a training contract or work experience click the button below. To use our legal careers service please click here.
- Why do Paralegals Always Seem so Unreliable?
- Which University is the best for studying for a law degree?
- Where should I do my Legal Practice Course?
- What type of law pays the most?
- What should be included in a covering letter or email for a job application?
- What Relevance does Voluntary Work have for Making Job Applications in the Legal Profession?
- What is the most boring area of law?
- What is the difference between contentious and non-contentious legal work?
- What is the difference between a Paralegal and a Fee Earner in a Solicitors firm?
- What does a Sports Lawyer do?
- What does a Media Lawyer do?
- Using a Personal Statement on a CV
- UCAS Points conversion for law school including A Levels and International Baccalaureates
- Tips for getting the most out of Vacation Placements in Law Firms
- Thinking of a career in law? Article for 15-17 year olds
- Should I take my A Levels again to get better grades after finishing my degree?
- Should I go back and re-sit my A levels (DDD) – I want to join a Magic Circle law firm
- Should I do the Legal Practice Course part-time or full-time?
- Should I apply for a training contract
- Sample Covering Emails and Letters for Legal Jobs
- Returning to law, changing fields of law or starting out in law – what do I need to do?
- Questions to our Recruitment Consultants via our Chat Service
- Questions for our Recruitment Consultants
- Paralegals are more likely not to turn up for Job Interviews than any other staff. Why?
- My A levels are BDE and I have a couple of low percentages in my second year of a law degree. Should I give up now?
- Mitigating Circumstances – do they ever exist and do you need to mention them on a CV or at a job interview?
- Is it possible to get your own training contract?
- I’ve had a Training Contract offer from a small High Street Law Firm – should I take it?
- I’ve finished my law degree – what next?
- I’m an LPC graduate. Can you help me find a training contract
- I Want to Get Out of Law And Am Completely Fed Up – Help!
- I have been awarded a third class degree in law and I am having a crisis. Help!
- I am a Law Student Looking for Work, can you help?
- Human Rights Lawyers – do they exist?
- How to Work as a Lawyer in the UK – top tips
- How to Improve your Chances of Success when making Job Applications – become a Borg
- How to Improve your Chances of Getting a Training Contract
- How to Dramatically Improve your Legal Career Prospects
- How Should I send a Legal CV to Law Firms?
- How many firms should I be applying to for a training contract
- How Do Training Contract Interviews Vary when with Partners or HR Managers
- How Badly do you want a Training Contract? Test Yourself
- Help – I Can’t Get a Training Contract – What Am I Doing Wrong?
- Have you got any Training Contracts?
- Getting into Law
- Getting into commercial work after doing a high street training contract, is it possible?
- Five Common Mistakes When Writing a CV
- Finding a Job as a Barrister is harder than winning at Russian Roulette
- Elocution – essential for Northern England graduates looking to work in the South?
- Does my first year at university matter?
- Determined Law Graduate looking for a break
- Dear Ten-Percent, I want to get on in law. Can you help me? From a Law Student
- CV Review – Commercial Paralegal with Experience
- Commercial or High Street Solicitors Firm Work Experience?
- Childcare Solicitors – what do they do and how do I become one?
- Changing Solicitors Firms during a Training Contract
- Can A Level grades affect your Legal Career forever?
- Business Acumen
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our Chatbot
- Ask a Recruitment Consultant – questions to our chatbot
- Ask a Legal Recruitment Consultant
- Areas of Law to avoid getting work experience or a training contract in unless you are a sado-masochist
- An interview with Jonathan Fagan, Solicitor, Legal Recruitment Consultant and Career Coach
- Advice to a Paralegal looking for a Training Contract
- A third class degree and re-entering the law
- 3rd class law degree from overseas university