‘Be Employable’ - The Year Ahead Mandatory Employability Week for Second Year Students 28th September – 2nd October 2015 Date (12 – 2) (3-5) Monday 28th September Law ‘Roadmap to the Year Ahead’ Law Opening Address (Dame Maura Winning Applications and CVs McGowan QC, High Court Judge and Skills for career applications alumna) Two sessions to run concurrently, one (Careers Service and Law School) with law focus, one with non-law focus followed by Getting Experience with Kat Hannah Salton, Allen & Overy Elam, , Rebecca (law) McEwan, plus Sophie Price, PwC (non-law) students (Alex Kelly & Edward Duthie) , SIMON THEATRE B PLUS ZOCHONIS Joseph Tomlinson, Bar (PhD student), THEATRE B Hannah Pearson UNI PLACE TH A (285) PLUS UNI PLACE 1.219 Date (11 – 3) (4 – 6) (4-6) Tuesday 29th September Law Law Criminology CV/Applications and General Questions Legal Practitioners - Similarities and Roadmap to the Year Ahead Drop-in Differences – Discover the value of a Bethan Power, (Man City in-house Criminology degree, who Dinah & Caroline legal), Sarah Tucker (Baker & wants to employ you, and McKenzie) , Kyle Soo (GLS) , Peter Gray what you need to do this STUDENT COMMON ROOM, (Consultant with Clyde & Co) ,Chris year to plan for life after WILLIAMSON BUILDING Hoskin (CILEX) , Amy Rollings (Practising graduation Barrister), Steven Zdolyny (Riverview Law) ZOCHONIS TH B STOPFORD THEATRE H2 AND THEATRE H3 Date (12 – 2) (2 – 4) (4 – 5.30) Wednesday 30th September Law *Career Inspirations for BME (law and Networking and Alternatives for using a law degree for criminology) students – optional for all Refreshments non-law careers Miriam Dunlop (Berwin Leighton for participants and students

Non-Law Panel Paisner), RARE (Sarah Owadally and of BME session Financial Services Editor of the Telegraph, Tanisha Onyenaoha), Nazir Afzal, Civil Service, MGIP. PwC, Unilever plus (former Crown Prosecutor), Jodane STUDENT COMMON ROOM, others tbc Walters (student), Kamraan Akhtar WILLIAMSON BUILDING ( and alumnus), Kiddist SIMON THEATRE A Forsythe (alumna and future Allen & Overy trainee), Shantey Francis (Criminology alumna) MANSFIELD COOPER G.20 Date (12 – 2) (3 – 5) (3 – 5) (5 – 7) Thursday 1st October Law Law Criminology ALL Interview Skills : Generic skills for Recruiter Panel Session: Meet the Professionals Celebratory successful interviews Panel consisting of: Graduate Recruiters Panel Session Networking Event and trainees – Meet UoM Criminology with Recruiter Robert Byk, Cathy Connelly plus trainees Freehills, Jennifer Smith Alumni from a variety of Panel members () (JMW), Mayer Brown (Danielle White), careers, and find out how and other legal Stephensons (Janine Turner, HR they got to be where they representatives– SIMON THEATRE A Manger) , Clyde & Co , Eversheds (Scott are today Closing Address by Rorke, Hill Dickinson (?) Professor Toby ROSCOE THEATRE A ROOM BOOKED:3PM – 5PM Seddon (Head of ELLEN WILKINSON C5.1 School). (110) UNIVERSITY PLACE DRUM

Date (12 – 2) Friday 2nd October Law Commercial Awareness – and why you need it to secure a graduate job’ Understanding your client’s business is key to being a successful lawyer – and understanding your employer’s business is

key to being a successful graduate employee, whatever that line of business may be. Whether your goal is to work for a global City corporate law firm, or to work as a Family lawyer in your home town and anything in between – or even if you aspire to work outside of legal services altogether – commercial awareness is a key competency that every recruiter will look for in its graduate applicants. This session will equip you with vital information about what is meant by ‘commercial awareness’, how businesses operate, and how you as a graduate will be expected to contribute to your employer’s success from Day One Tricia Chatterton BPP ROSCOE, THEATRE A