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OXFORD BROOKES LAW FAIR 2015 Wed 25 November 2015 The Forum, John Henry Brookes Building Contents Introduction..........................................4 3 Paper Buildings.................................5 Blake Morgan LLP................................6 BrookStreet des Roches LLP ..............7 BT PLC................................................8 Cornwall Street Chambers...................9 Darby Solicitors LLP...........................10 Harcourt Chambers............................11 Henmans Freeth LLP..........................12 Hine Solicitors....................................13 ICSA..................................................14 Withy King LLP...................................14 LAW SCHOOLS BARBRI International..........................15 Bristol Law School..............................16 Cardiff Law School.............................17 City Law School.................................18 2 CONVERT TO LAW AT OXFORD BROOKES The Graduate Diploma in Law is a one year conversion course for postgraduate students looking to achieve a Qualifying Law Degree (QLD). We will be hosting open days for the GDL on the following days next year: Saturday 20 February 2016 Saturday 16 April 2016 Saturday 4 June 2016 Email [email protected] for more information. 3 Introduction Welcome to the Oxford Brookes Law Fair which aims to raise awareness of a range of training contracts, pupillage opportunities and postgraduate courses. As you will see from this booklet, the exhibitors at this event undertake work in a vast range of practice areas. The exhibitors at this event are attending because they want to talk to you about their practices and what they offer in the way of training, as well as to encourage good applicants to apply to them. This is an excellent opportunity for you to meet and talk to top legal recruiters. Making the most of the event Start by reading through all of the programme notes. Have in your mind some preliminary thoughts on which practices you want to approach first, but then use the opportunity to explore further. Be open to new ideas. Consider asking the representatives about some or all of these issues: • Nature of the work and its attractions • Particular strengths of the firm or chambers • Likely developments in the firm’s or chambers’ practice areas • Selection criteria and methods of recruitment • Structure of the training contract or pupillage • On-going training supervision • Opportunities for secondment • Vacation work opportunities, mini-pupillages and open days • Sponsorship of law course fees We hope you enjoy the event and get as much out of it as you can. 4 3PB Barristers Five offices but our Oxford chambers address is 23 Beaumont Street, Oxford, OX1 2NP Size of firm/chambers: 189 Locations: London, Bristol, Birmingham, Oxford and Winchester. Areas of work: With 170 barristers and growing, we offer expertise in a broad range of legal specialisms. Our core practice areas are asset and tax recovery, banking and finance, business and commercial law, crime, direct access, employment, family, mediation, personal injury and clinical negligence, professional negligence, property and chancery, sports law and technology and construction. As a large chambers we can offer pupils a broad spread of experience during pupillage, with supportive and close supervision during the training period. As our barristers and staff are friendly and approachable, any help and assistance both during and after pupillage is offered to all individuals joining our set. Details of any work experience/mini-pupillages: Chambers recruits 12 month pupils through the Pupillage Portal. Please check website in 2015 for information regarding pupillage in October 2016. See the Pupillage tab on the website: www.3pb.co.uk/join_us/pupillage or [email protected]. Number of training contract vacancies/pupillages each year: 3 Approximate ratio of law and non-law trainees/pupils: 50/50 Timing of applications for training contracts/pupillage: Please refer to our pupillage tab on our website. Are you involved in any diversity initiatives/programmes? We have a comprehensive Equality and Diversity programme to ensure that all employees understand their obligations and assist 3PB in putting its commitment to equal opportunities and diversity into practice. We aim to treat everyone equally and to ensure that no job applicant, employee, worker, member or client/visitor is discriminated against on the grounds of a protected characteristic. The following are protected characteristics: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy, maternity and adoption for the primary carer race (including colour, nationality and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. Do you accept applications from non-EAA students for training contracts/ pupillage: Yes Contact: James Thornton, 020 7583 8055 (all graduates are willing to act as informal contacts but all queries in the first instance to our Pupillage website). 5 Blake Morgan LLP New Kings Court, Tollgate, Chandlers Ford, Eastleigh, SO53 3LG Size of firm/chambers: 1000 (130 partners, 18 trainees per year) Locations: Oxford, London, Portsmouth, Southampton, Cardiff, Swansea and Reading Areas of work: Business practice areas: aviation and aircraft finance, banking and finance, commercial contracts, commercial recoveries, construction and engineering, corporate transactions, dispute resolution, driver defence, employment, family law, financial services, franchising, insurance, intellectual property, licensing, pensions and benefits, planning, professional regulatory, property litigation, public procurement, real estate, regulatory risk and compliance, residential property, restructuring and insolvency, rural and agriculture, SRA interventions, technology and outsourcing, trade marks and registrations, wills and probate along with our sister firm (BL Claims) we also cover clinical negligence, personal injury and travel personal injury claims. Details of any vacation schemes/work experience opportunities/mini-pupillages: Spring/Summer vacation scheme Number of training vacancies each year: 18 Approximate ratio of law and non-law trainees/pupils: 9:8 (Law:Non-Law) Trainee salary/pupil earnings in 2015-16: Market rate Do you accept applications from non-EEA students for training/pupillage: Yes Timing of applications for training/pupillage: 5 Nov 2015 – 31 May 2016 Contact: (for applications): Siobhan Clarke - Graduate Recruitment and Development Officer [email protected] 02380 857120 www.blakemorgan.co.uk 6 BrookStreet des Roches LLP 25A Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, OX14 4SH Size of firm/chambers:43 Fee earners in total (of which 15 are partners) Locations: Oxford Areas of work: Commercial real estate, with ancillary workstreams in dispute resolution, company and commercial, IP and employment law Details of any work experience/mini-pupillages: May be offered on a discretionary basis to promising candidates. No upper or lower limits to numbers. Details of any open days: By appointment Number of training contract vacancies/pupillages each year: 1-2 Timing of applications for training contracts/pupillage: Discretionary Trainee salary/pupil earnings in 2015-16: £20k (1st year) £25k (2nd year) Are you involved in any diversity initiatives/programmes? Yes. We are signatories to the Law Society’s Diversity and Inclusion Charter. We also participate in the PRIME work experience programme. Do you accept applications from non-EEA students for training contracts/ pupillage: Yes, subject to the same requirements for qualifications (or equivalent qualifications) and interview procedure as EEA students. Contact (for applications): Fleur Fraser, 25A Western Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxfordshire OX14 4SH Tel: 01235 836600 [email protected] www.bsdr.com 7 BT PLC BT Centre, 81 Newgate Street, London EC1A 7AJ Size of firm/chambers: approx. 200 lawyers Locations: London, Milton Keynes and Sheffield. BT Legal is also represented globally, with offices in major cities including: New York, Singapore and Hong Kong. Areas of work: Commercial, competition, corporate, mergers and acquisition, major transactions, employment, real estate, data protection and privacy, litigation. Details of any work experience/mini-pupillages: BT launched its first formal work experience week in July 2015 and hope to run the scheme again next year. Number of training contract vacancies/pupillages each year: Three Approximate ratio of law and non-law trainees/pupils: We have a mixture of GDL and LLB trainees. This year there were two LLB trainees and one GDL trainee. Timing of applications for training contracts/pupillage: Our deadline is 11 December 2015 but we encourage applicants to apply as soon as possible. Trainee salary/pupil earnings in 2015-16: £31,500 starting salary. Are you involved in any diversity initiatives/programmes? Yes, we have put on two work experience schemes for students with backgrounds that are underrepresented in the legal profession. These schemes were held in partnership with PRIME and Pathways. BT Legal is also launching a new pro-bono initiative for the whole community. BT also has a number of networks such as: The Womens Network, Ethnic Minority Network and Carers Network. Do you accept applications from non-EEA students for training contracts/pupil- lage: Yes, subject to their right to work in the UK. Oxford Brookes University graduates willing to act as informal contacts: Daisy Routley, [email protected] Contact
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