Before you get started on applying for jobs in law it is important that you research the different areas of the law sector to decide which career path would best suit you. Areas of law include employment, private equity, real estate, IP, immigration, family, criminal to name but a few.
- AllAboutLaw
Law careers information and advice, and legal graduate jobs and training contracts.
- American Bar Association
Professional association providing law school accreditation, continuing legal education, information about the law, programs to assist lawyers and judges in their work, and initiatives to improve the legal system for the public.
- Authors' Licensing and Collecting Society
Dedicated to protecting & promoting authors' rights.
- Brill - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Collections of Human Rights documents available to order as microfiche, including Amnesty International.
- British Design Innovation
Aimed as an information resource for designers, offering offer guidelines, practical briefing and evaluation templates, and IP information
- British Inventors Society
Improve the prospects of all inventors, individual or institutional by educating and accrediting them.
- Careers in Law
Law reviews, salaries, interview tips, jobs, the top law firms and more - based on thousands of reviews posted anonymously by trainees at magic circle, mid-sized and regional law firms.
- Chambers student guide
Contains details on practice areas with listings of key players plus information on the top 100 law firms (as employer profiles). Uses anecdotal information to provide an insider's view of different firms and sets. Also includes a search facility for firm
- College of Law
Basic pages taking you through the legal system and what the role of a solicitor and barrister entails.
- College of Law: employability
Useful resources on a career in law.
- College of Law: Future Lawyers Network
Contains lots of good resources for people thinking about career in law.
- Copyleft
Information about a free licensing system which enables people to learn, develop and exchange ideas without the restrictions normally imposed by copyright law and royalties.
- Counsel Magazine
The weekly published magazine published for barristers. Not available on-line
- Inside Buzz - Download Free Career Guides
Written by experts in the field, these guides are a resource for students and graduates interested in a career in either management consulting, law or investment banking.
- Intellectual Property Lawyers' Association
Represent the solicitors' profession in the Users' Committee of the Intellectual Property Court and the Patents County Court. They monitor the progress of relevant national and European legislation and participate in consultations.
- Junior lawyers society
Includes a step by step guide to becoming a solicitor.
- LawCareers.Net
This site has details of practice areas by specialisation and vacancies for training contracts, pupillages and paralegal positions. LCN Focus features specific firms and there are interviews with trainees. Copies of firms' brochures are also on this site.
Major legal website with some information on human rights issues.
- Legal Directories Worldwide
Global directories of law firms.
- Legal Ed Central
BarPlus New York Bar Review.
- Legal Services Commission
The public body responsible for developing and administering the Community Legal Service and the Criminal Defence Service. Contains details on developments within legal aid, legislation, arrangements, contracting and links to other useful web sites. Great
- LLM Study
Search for Master of Law programmes offered by institutions worldwide.
- Lloyds
Guidance and support for a range of issues from writing a business plan to trading online.
- Local government Jobs
The official recruitment site for local government, with information and searchable vacancy database for training contracts and legal assistant positions in local government.
The LG Careers website provides extensive information on careers within Local Government
- LPC Central Applications Board
- Own It
Intellectual property right advice for creative businesses.
- Solicitors Regulation Authority
The independent regulatory body of the Law Society in England and Wales. Includes a jobs and new section.
- Start Quest
Helping you start up in business successfully through signing up to informative daily emails.
- The Bar Council
The professional body for barristers in England and Wales. Introduction to a career as a barrister including what barristers do, practice areas, profiles of barristers, the institutions of the bar, training, funding and statistics.
- The Bar Standards Board
Regulates barristers in the UK. Plenty of useful information about starting a career in law.
- The Law Society
Represents solicitors in England and Wales. From negotiating with and lobbying the profession's regulators, government and others, to offering training and advice, they're here to help, protect and promote solicitors across England and Wales.
- The Law Society International Division
The Law Society International pages list the legal system by country and the requirements placed upon UK students who wish to practise there; some information for those who wish to practice in the UK. There is also a database of firms practicing in differ
- The Law Society/Junior Lawyers Division
The Society has 13 special interest groups. If you are interested in these areas it may be worth making contact to see if there are any events or services for students; it may give you an entry point to start talking to people working in a practice area.
- The Law Society: Junior Lawyers
Document outlining how to become a solicitor.
- Training Contract and Pupillage Handbook 2010
Copies also available in the Careers Service (first come first served). Guidance on the main areas of law, the type of work, skills need and careers options.
Copies also available in the LSE Careers resource centre (first come first served). Guidance on the main areas of law, the type of work, skills need and careers options.
- Working as a family mediator - the Independent
This article has some good information and advice, particularly on how to get started.