Welcome to your complete guide to King’s Careers & Employability King’s 2017, bringing you leading kcl.ac.uk/careers practitioners, alumni and graduate recruiters. Commercial awareness, intellectual rigour and a global mindset are what legal recruiters look for in aspiring . Legal Week encourages you to understand these and the other attributes desired by employers. Attending Legal Week events will help you forge a coherent approach to choosing your future firm or chambers, clarify your own motivation to work as a , and discover Professor Gillian Douglas more about the realities of practising law. Legal Week has been designed to give you a competitive edge when you visit King’s Law Fair (24, 25 & 26 October 2017) and events. You will be given a warm welcome by Legal Week presenters, several of whom are King’s alumni. Whether you choose to attend a Capital Markets or an IPO case study, find out more about artificial intelligence and the law, why law firms love or speak with alumni at a social event, you will improve your knowledge of and approach to starting your legal career.

Professor Gillian Douglas

Executive Dean of the Dickson Poon School of Law

Applications Opportunity Dates open close - 0207 848 7134 [email protected] @kingscareers @kingscareers 1 Oct 2017 7 Jan 2018 Sep 2020/Mar 2021 autumn window

Winter vacation scheme * 1 Sep 2017 5 Nov 2017 11 – 15 Dec 2017

Ahead with Ashurst - 1 Sep 2017 7 Jan 2018 9 – 13 Apr 2018 King’s CareerConnect fi rst year vacation scheme † 25 Jun – 13 Jul 2018 Summer vacation scheme * 1 Sep 2017 7 Jan 2018 King’s CareerConnect is our online careers portal that allows you 23 Jul – 10 Aug 2018 Training contract - 1 May 2018 31 Jul 2018 Sept 2020/Mar 2021 to make the most of the opportunities and services we offer. On summer window KCC you can view our full events programme, book your place at an event, search and apply for jobs and book appointments for CV and King’s Legal Week application guidance, practice interviews and careers guidance. 16-20 October 2017 Your Week Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Use this timeline to plan your week. The events 10.00-12.00 10.00 - 12.00 10.00 - 12.00 12.00 - 13.00 9.30 - 12.00 are designed to inform you on how best to Careers Café with Clyde & Co. Careers Café with Careers Café with Allen & Overy Careers in the Law of Everyday Practice Interviews approach starting your career in law, as well as Join representatives from Clyde & Co for a coffee Join representatives from Dentons for a coffee and Join representatives from Allen & Overy for a coffee and PwC will be on campus to give to put you in front of some of the biggest names and discover more about their opportunities, including discover more about their opportunities, including and discover more about their opportunities, including Life: Social Welfare, Crime, Family you the chance of experiencing an interview with their in the legal sector. vacation schemes and training contracts. vacation schemes and training contracts. vacation schemes and training contracts. and other Legal Aid Work graduate recruitment teams and receive feedback. Spaces will be available to book on a first-come- Chapters (King’s Building) Chapters (King’s Building) Chapters (King’s Building) Presented by representatives from Young Legal Aid Lawyers, Duncan Lewis and Just for Kids Law. first-served basis and bookings will open on Friday 6 If you want to be a lawyer who specialises in welfare October. Matt Gillam graduated from King’s College benefits, housing, debt and similar issues affecting London with a degree in Philosophy in 2012. 12.00 - 13.00 Level 1 Macadam Building, Strand Campus Matt then went on to study in Austin, Texas 12.00 - 13.00 13.00 - 14.00 everyday people in their everyday lives, attend this for one year before working at a start-up Daily Realities - What Lawyers Do session to hear from lawyers who do this. Learn how in London. Matt studied the GDL and LPC Will Robots Replace Lawyers? How to Demonstrate Commercial they got in, the work they do, the clients they see, and at the University of Law, after obtaining a Presented by King’s LLB alumna, Katherine Lam 12.00 - 13.00 training contract with Ashurst LLP in 2014. Awareness (IPO) In Different Practice Areas the challenges facing practitioners in this increasingly Increasingly, lawyers are using technology to improve Matt is currently in his third seat of his Presented by Quentin Parmentier, Associate at Davis Presented by King’s LLB alumnus, Nari Armaly niche area. efficiency and reduce costs, so as to deliver better Advocacy Beyond the Bar - training contract, having previously sat in Polk & Wardwell LLP. Nari will discuss what lawyers in different practice Corporate Projects and Construction. value to clients. But does this spell the end for lawyers? Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) Vacation scheme and training contract candidates who areas actually do on a daily basis. The better you Katherine will describe the types of activities that have Solicitors Specialising in Dispute can demonstrate they possess sufficient commercial understand the job, the more likely you are to make been automated, then discuss what this means for you awareness often have a good grasp of the key the right choice for yourself and draft a convincing Resolution in terms of what your real value is as a lawyer. Michael Bowmer graduated from King’s concepts and terminology of capital markets. Attend personal statement or cover letter. 14.00 - 15.00 Presented by Penny Madden and Mark Handley of College London with a first class LLB in 1997. this session to discover the work involved in preparing Gibson Dunn.. After Bar School he undertook his Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) at chambers in Lincoln’s Inn. Michael a company for its debut on the stock markets, known Somerset House East Wing 1.18 (Moot Court) How to Choose a Law Firm that If you are interested in advocacy and litigation, attend joined 4 New Square in 2005 and has a as an IPO or initial public offering. this session to find out about the work of solicitors commercial chancery litigation practice Suits You specializing in dispute resolution. Penny and Mark encompassing company law, insolvency, Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) Do all law firms look the same to you? Are you will share their experiences of this practice area, contentious trusts and property, with an 13.00-14.00 13.00 - 14.00 emphasis on professional liability claims. confused about which firms to choose? Just as law and explain the differences in litigation work done by Beyond Survival – How Ambitious A Global M&A Case study: firms are highly selective about who they recruit, you solicitors and barristers. Law Firms Are Using Innovation 18.00 - 19.30 should choose your firms carefully, maximizing your chances of success. This panel event includes speakers Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) Michael Jennings After King’s and call to to Acquire Their Competitive Helping Actelion Ride the the Bar Michael completed pupillage at Vacation Schemes - Why Do Them from Farrer & Co., Russell Cooke, 6KBW and with the CPS. He has been both Advantage Wave of Consolidation in the and PwC. a Senior Crown Prosecutor and a Crown Presented by Alex Smith, Reed Smith LLP and How to Apply 13.00 - 14.00 in the Crown Court. Now as Forward-looking firms are applying service design Presented by Freshfields Pharmaceutical Sector Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) Deputy Director with the Government Legal thinking to improve the client experience and convert it Department based in the Home Office Legal Do you know 50-100% of training contracts at top Presented by Harry Hecht (Associate) Slaughter & May. Law Careers for Non-Law Advisers Division he is responsible for the into business value. The benefits of having clients who tier firms are awarded to their vacation scheme In this session, associate Harry Hecht will look at the team providing legal advice on policing, find it easy and pleasurable to interact with the firm participants? That is how important a ‘Vac Scheme’ pursuit, and eventual acquisition, of Swiss firm Actelion Students crime reduction and fire policy. 18.00 - 20.00 include more business referrals and less stress in the can be for your future as a . Attend this by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson and Presented by King’s alumnus and BA Philosophy client relationship. Alex Smith will introduce you to the session to learn the many benefits of joining a vacation the creation of Idorsia, a new force in drugs research. Meet the Trainees graduate, Matthew Gillam of Ashurst. different approaches firms are adopting, and what the scheme and pick up top tips for your applications from The talk will go behind the scenes to explore what life This is your chance to enjoy some drinks and nibbles Are you pursuing a non-law degree? If so, do you know Nari Armaly graduated from King’s with advantages conferred are. Freshfields. was like for lawyers working on the deal and their role in an informal environment while you chat with Trainee that law firms want to recruit you? Nearly half of all a law degree in 2007 and worked in a in delivering the best possible outcome for their client. Solicitors and Graduate Recruiters from firms such new trainees graduated with a non-law degree, and consultancy start-up for a year and a half Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre (King’s Building) as Davis Polk, Clyde & Co., Freehills, many barristers and judges also hold non-law degrees. as a Paralegal before securing her training Somerset House East Wing 1.18 (Moot Court) contract at in 2011. and Goodwin. Attend this session to find out why law firms want you She is now a Senior Associate in the firm’s and how you can train to be a lawyer. corporate team, working on a wide range of 18.00-19.30 The Old Bank of England, 194 Fleet Street, EC4A 2LT transactions with a focus on the renewable Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) energy sector and private equity. A Career at the Bar – Why Do It, How to Get In, and How to Thrive! Followed by social with pupils and alumni at El Vino’s, Katherine Lam Graduated from King’s with the LLB degree in 2014. In addition to Fleet Street. being the Social Secretary of the KCL Law Whether you are already considering a career as a Society, she was an active member of KCL barrister or simply curious about life at the Bar this All Legal Week events are listed on King’s Pro Bono Society, marketing committee and sign up for each event will open two for King’s Student Law Review, and KCL session is for you. Our panel of alumni barristers CareerConnect Mountaineering Club. Katherine did a includes Michael Bowmer of 4 New Square and Michael weeks in advance. vacation scheme at Simmons & Simmons Jennings of the Government Legal Department. All information in this brochure was correct at the time of prior to securing her training contract with the firm. Somerset House East Wing 1.17 (Moot Court Anteroom) printing and times may be subject to change.