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News archive Careers in Law Week 2015
Careers in Law Week 2015
Careers in Law Week 2015 takes place on the week commencing Monday 28th September 2015. This is an initiative by the School of Law in conjunction with the Career Development Centre. Students are strongly encouraged to to attend as many of these events as possible and while they are open to all law students, it is especially important that those nearing the completion of their degrees attend in large numbers.The Careers in Law Week is an invaluable opportunity for students to begin to understand the environment in which they will compete with graduates from this and other institutions.
Law Week begins with Monday's Law Firms’ Fair in the Bailey Allen Hall for which afternoon lectures have been cancelled. The format for the Law Firms Fair is as follows:
Venue: The View
12:30 – 1:30pm: Arthur Cox Presentation: 'How to Build Your Own Personal Brand' (light lunch provided by Arthur Cox)
Venue: Bailey Allen Hall
2:00pm – 5:00pm: Law Firms Fair
Meet Ireland’s top law firms, network and learn about job opportunities. Includes panel discussions with partners and trainees from Arthur Cox, William Fry, A&L Goodbody, Matheson, McCann Fitzgerald, RDJ, Eversheds, Keating Connolly Sellors, Mason Hayes and Curran and Maples and Calder followed by networking and refreshments kindly supported by William Fry. In association with the School of Law and the NUIG Law Society.
In addition to the Law Firms’ Fair there will be a number of other events:
On Tuesday 29th September there will be a seminar on qualifying as a Barrister in Ireland from 5-6p.m. in THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room (Hardiman Building).
On Wednesday 30th September there will be a seminar on qualifying in the U.K./U.S. from 5-6p.m. in the Careers Seminar Room, Arts Building.
On Thursday 1st October there will a seminar on ‘Alternative Careers with a Law Degree’ from 1-2p.m. in THB-G010 Moore Institute Seminar Room (Hardiman Building).
You can download a flyer for Law Week for easy referral: Careers in Law Week 2016