Big Names Publication SE

Law

We’ve listed here some of the big players in the industry with links to their career sites.

Job Sites www.lawcareers.net/Jobs jobs.lawgazette.co.uk www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/law

Clifford Chance • Multinational law firm, HQ London, global tier 1 ranked lawyers • £1.6 billion revenues, 3,000 lawyers • Practice areas include banking, finance, corporate, employment • Offers training contracts, work experience, pays grant plus fees for for LPC and GDL courses Allen and Overy • Multinational law firm, HQ London, 2,800 lawyers, 5,000 staff • £1.2 billion revenue, 500 partners, 46 offices worldwide • Practice areas include finance, corporate, employment • Offers training contracts, open days, paid work experience, pays grant plus fees for for LPC and GDL courses

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer • Multinational law firm, HQ London, 427 partners, 2,500 lawyers, 4,800 staff • Revenues of £1.2 billion, practice areas include finance, corporate, tax • Workshops and vacation schemes, 8 seat training contract, fees and grant paid for LPC and GDL Linklaters • Multinational firm based in London with £1.2 billion revenue • 2,600 lawyers, 4,500 total staff, 29 offices in 20 countries • Offers pathfinder open days, 3 week vacation paid work experience • Winter workshops, 4 seat training contract, pays grant plus fees for LPC and GDL courses • Practice areas include finance, corporate, charities, employment Brick Cour t Chambers • Commercial law, EU and Public Law with 48 juniors and 37 QC’s • Offers pupillages with £60,000 award • Applications require you to attend a mini pupillage • Average earnings at the chambers was £700,000 per barrister

Blackstone Chambers • Leading chambers based in London • 85 tenants, revenue of £42 million • Areas include international law, employment, commercial, public law • Mini pupillage before pupillage, award of £60,000 for training and BPTC Crown Prosecution Service • Principal prosecuting agency for England and Wales • Employees 6,800 staff with annual budget of £500 million • Over 800,000 prosecutions of which 100,000 in Crown Court • Offers apprenticeships in business administration, management, witness care at level 2 and 3 • Runs a legal training scheme offering pupillages and training contracts Government Legal Service • Group of 2,000 civil servant lawyers in 30 departments • Work covers legislation, advice, litigation, European law, employment law • Fees for LPC, GDL and BPTC course plus grants are awarded

Check Out www.barcouncil.org.uk/careers www.lawcareers.net/BeginnersGuide www.pupillagegateway.com www.aograduate.com/films www.prospects.ac.uk/options_law.htm

Industry Magazines and News www.legalcheek.com www.thelawyer.com www.lawgazette.co.uk www.theguardian.com/law