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Law at work EMPLOYER BROCHURE
Contents
ABOUT KING’S AND SUPPORT 8
THE DICKSON POON SCHOOL OF LAW 3 • King’s connect
• Sponsorship opportunities
PROMOTION 4
• Law careers fair • Student societies
• Bespoke promotions REMOTE 10
• Employer presentations • Remote engagement
• Appointment with... You!
CONTACT 11
• Practice interviews
EMPLOYABILITY 6
• Legal week
• Law at work
• King’s leadership & professional skills award
• Group exercises and case studies
• Internships & placements
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INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED LEGAL STUDIES
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KING’S AND THE DICKSON POON SCHOOL OF LAW UOL
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LAW SOCIETY
OPERA LYCEUM
The Dickson Poon School of Law at King’s College London is one HOUSE THEATRE
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THE OLD
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THE ROYAL
of the oldest law schools in England and recognised globally as one LEICESTER
SQUARE COVENT K1
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JUSTICE ALDGATE
of the best law schools in the world – ranking in the top 10 in the UK GARDEN
THE CITY WHITECHAPEL
TRAFALGAR FLEET STREET
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NATIONAL GALLERY STRAND
and top 16th worldwide.
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The School was established in 1831, and has played an integral role in
the life of King’s since the College was formed almost 200 years ago. BOROUGH
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The School was renamed after the £20m donation from Mr Dickson
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in Somerset House East Wing, which was opened by her Majesty
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When you join us at King’s, you will find yourself at the centre of the
British and international legal profession. Our enviable location on
KEY TO KING’S CAMPUS
the banks of the River Thames is within minutes’ walk of the Houses
K1 Strand Campus
of Parliament, the Royal Courts of Justice and the offices of major
global law firms. K2 Waterloo Campus
K3 Guy’s Campus
K4 St Thomas’ Campus
www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline • 3
Promotion
LAW CAREERS FAIR
Our Law Fair is focussed on recruitment into the legal profession
and is open to all students, both Law (LLB & LLM) and non-law,
looking to launch their career or further their education in Law.
• Over 1300 King’s students attended our 2013 Fair, approximately
435 on each day
•Price includes stand space with table, chairs, power and entry into
the Law Fair brochure
• Lunch and light refreshments provided for exhibitors
BESPOKE PROMOTIONS
King’s is an excellent venue for holding on-campus promotions with
great spaces available in high-footfall areas. We can cater for all
kinds of engagement ranging from stands in the Great Hall foyer area
to more bespoke displays.
Benefits of bespoke promotional activities:
• Promotion of your brand to hundreds of students
• The freedom to wander around campus and chat to students
• Costs tailored to your event
4•
EMPLOYER PRESENTATIONS APPOINTMENT WITH... YOU!
Promote your company and its graduate opportunities to our Your chance to meet and talk to King’s students on a one-to-one
students on a date of your choice. basis. Students pre-book an individual appointment to talk with
you. 20-minute appointments are the norm, but can be arranged
• Raise awareness of your company’s profile and opportunities
otherwise to suit. Popular topics include recruitment procedures,
• Meet and greet services from our Careers Events team CVs, interview advice or general queries about your firm.
• Assistance with audio visual set-up
• Half day or full day (3 hours per half day) bookings available
• We’ll provide you with water and any other assistance you may
• We handle the student bookings
require for the duration of the event
• Meeting room in the Careers Library provided
• We can organise the student sign-up procedure if requested
• Catering can be booked in advance via King’s Venues
PRACTICE INTERVIEWS
Employer presentations are widely promoted around King’s via: Firms and our students value the opportunity to take part in practice
interviews.
• Facebook
• Twitter There are two options:
• Posters around campus • Face to face
• Online web calendar and careers events listing • Telephone
• TV screens in Reception and the careers library
• King’s student societies
• E-mails to all relevant students who have registered with
‘King’s Alert’
www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline • 5
Employability
LEGAL WEEK
Legal week is our biggest law careers event of the year. Hundreds
of law and non-law students attend daily events with employers,
alumni, law schools, and Bar and SRA representatives who come to
talk about opportunities in the legal profession.
Held each year in the early autumn, the week’s events are designed
to outline the wide array of employment opportunities and support
available to students who are interested in a career in Law. In Legal
Week you will work closely with out Law Careers Consultants
to deliver sessions around hot topics within the legal field such as
globalisation, specialisation, and commercial awareness. Some are
panel events, others informal networking and drinks occasions.
Opportunities during the week include:
• Participating in a skills workshop, information session, or panel
discussions
• Sponsorship of the Networking event
6•
LAW AT WORK GROUP EXERCISES AND CASE STUDIES
Law At Work is a pilot scheme consisting of a huge network of These are a great way to engage with our students and help raise
events and advice here at King’s, which are designed to enrich Law their awareness of life in the legal industry, along with the profile
students outside of their academic study. of your firm and the work you do.
Career Development Programme INTERNSHIPS & PLACEMENTS
The scheme includes a career development programme with
workshops which are tailored to address students’ employability King’s Internships:
concerns in a timely and relevant manner. For example, sessions in Building on the success of the established Step internship scheme
the autumn term are focussed on topics such as researching law firms we have created an internship programme where employers pay
and writing quality applications, whereas the spring programme an intern allowance. The intern will be on our payroll and we will
turns its attention to interview skills. Many of these sessions are manage the whole recruitment process from advertising, sifting, and
hosted by employers, or co-hosted by employers and our own pre-screening to arranging interviews and creating contracts.
Careers Consultants. All sessions are open to any Law student,
however some are aimed at undergraduate, whilst others are aimed Internship Programme:
at PGT students. We have developed an accredited internship module for the MA
Global Ethics & Human Values programme. This enables students
KING’S LEADERSHIP & PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AWARD to undertake an assessed internship placement for academic credit
In addition to these law-specific sessions, we also run the as part of their degree.
King’s Leadership & Professional Skills Award (KLPSA). This
employability programme is open to all students regardless of their
degree programme and can help you engage with our non-law
students. The KLPSA aims to give students an edge for when they
graduate, so that they may stand out in the crowded talent pool.
www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline • 7Support
KING’S CONNECT
The Alumni Mentoring Programme here at King’s uses a cutting
edge online system, King’s Connect, to match current King’s
students who aspire to have a career in the legal world with alumni
employed in the sector.
The programme runs from October to April each year and currently
attracts around 100 students - and this number is growing. The
programme is open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students.
There are also opportunities to host events as part of the programme
– the launch event takes place during Legal Week and there are
mid-way and final events organised by the Alumni Office. These
are usually hosted by a law firm or chambers and all students on the
programme are invited to attend.
SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Scholarships:
Scholarships enable the brightest students to attend King’s, regardless
of financial means, and can provide a cost effective way for employers
to recruit highly employable students with niche skill sets into their
businesses. As an example this might be attracting Mandarin speaking
LLM graduates or students with science or finance qualifications.
8•Prizes: STUDENT SOCIETIES
Prizes reward outstanding performance across programmes of study We work collaboratively with law-related student societies here at
or for specific pieces of research. By supporting either of these areas, King’s. There are law and bar societies for both undergraduate and
you will encourage aspiring lawyers to excel, not only throughout postgraduate students as well as a range of specialist societies. We
their degree but throughout their professional careers. can signpost you to relevant societies you may wish to work with,
or work together with you and the society on collaborative projects.
Mooting:
Our students participate in national and international mooting King’s legal societies:
competitions each year and King’s has performed exceptionally well • Mooting Society
against other leading Law Schools worldwide. Sponsoring the King’s • Bar Society
team will enable you to support the highest calibre students, giving
career enhancing opportunities, and will directly associate your firm • Law Society
with King’s global reputation. • Pro Bono Society
• Postgraduate Law Society
Career development: • Legal Research Society
Sponsorship of our Law At Work skills programmes, Legal Week
• Association des Juristes de Paris de Panthéon-Sorbonne et de
or Assessment Centre Series events allows you to increase your
King’s College London (AJPK)
company visibility with our students and shows you care about their
development. • The Anglo-German Law Society
www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline • 9Remote
REMOTE ENGAGEMENT
Promoting your off-campus events
We can promote your off-campus careers events via Facebook,
Twitter, a dedicated display screen in the Careers Library, our
online Careers Events calendar and King’s student societies’ social
networking pages.
Promote your vacancies and events:
• Advertise your jobs, work placements, internship schemes and
events
• Send a targeted email to current students and recent graduates
of King’s
• Choose your target group (from over 23,000 registered students
and graduates) by course, year of graduation, employment areas
of interest or languages spoken
Advertise vacancies
Use JobOnline, the College’s online Jobs Board, to advertise your
vacancies to our students.
10 •Contact
BOOK A PLACE Employers’ Newsletter:
To book a place at most of our events, visit us online at King’s Careers & Employability send out a termly employers’
kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline and click ‘On Campus Activity’ newsletter. The newsletter includes event reviews, commentary
articles, news from across King’s and information on upcoming events.
EMAIL Do let us know if you aren’t currently receiving this but would like to.
To get involved, email the Employer Liaison and Events team The Dickson Poon School of Law @kcl_law
directly at careers-events@kcl.ac.uk
Events Newsletter
To contact The Dickson Poon School of Law,
email Professor Eva Lomnicka (Director of Professional and The Dickson Poon School of Law sends out a weekly events
Alumni Relations) at eva.lomnicka@kcl.ac.uk newsletter. The newsletter includes news from the School and
information on upcoming events including lectures, seminars and
conferences. If you would like to receive this please contact Miss
TELEPHONE Gemma Noyce (gemma.noyce@kcl.ac.uk).
Call the King’s Careers & Employability Employer Liaison team on:
020 7848 7131 Recruiters’ Club
The Internships team can be reached on: 020 7848 7131 We are excited to launch our new Recruiters’ Club for the 2015/2016
academic year. As well as strengthening relationships with our
SOCIAL MEDIA partner employers, this club will also be a great opportunity to share
knowledge, generate useful and practical ideas to engage more
Join our LinkedIn group, ‘King’s Careers and Employability Employers
students with employers, and provide a chance for valuable feedback
Group’ to keep up to date with the latest news from the team.
on both sides.
@kingscareers
facebook.com/kingscareers
www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline • 11King’s Careers & Employability King’s College London The Bridge, Level 1, Macadam Building Strand London WC2R 2LS www.kcl.ac.uk/recruitonline
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