Law Fairs
Virtual Diversity Law Fairs
Our diversity law fairs are carefully designed to encourage mutually useful conversations between our members and law firms and legal teams, with small groups of attendees meeting with lawyers, graduate recruitment teams and trainees.
Receive pre-event coaching
Choose which firms to meet with
Meet potential employers
Apply for mentoring and work experience
About our law fairs
Aspiring Solicitors will deliver the “market leading” virtual diversity law fairs again this Autumn, giving diverse candidates from around the UK the opportunity to speak to 35+ of the UK’s leading law firms who are committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession.
The Virtual Diversity Law Fair Series runs throughout Spring 2024 and Autumn 2024 and will be attended by lawyers, graduate recruitment teams, in-house legal teams and trainees. Each event is coordinated in a way that ensures a controlled flow of attendees to law firms, to maximise the quality of the experience for all participants.
If you’re a successful applicant, you will be:
- Invited to a coaching session in advance of the fair
- Able to select the type of firms you want to speak to in advance
- Placed in small groups to have meaningful conversations with firms
- Able to apply for unique mentoring schemes and legal work placement opportunities in 2024
As part of the coaching session, you will be able to create a strategy for maximising your time at the fair, using technology to your advantage and how to obtain information that gives your vacation scheme application the edge.
If you’re in your first year or a penultimate year non-law student, a separate coaching session will guide you on how to approach the law fair with a view to supporting you on the start of your journey to becoming a lawyer. You’ll be advised on how to prepare and how to interact with law firm representatives to get the information you need to decide your next career steps with confidence.
Participating law firms
Speak to the UK’s leading law firms who are committed to increasing diversity in the legal profession
How it works
Law firms are based in virtual breakout rooms, where they will speak to small groups of candidates throughout the virtual law fair.
Applicants submit preferences in advance which allows Aspiring Solicitors to align attendees with their preferred type of law firms.
This ensures consistently high-quality interactions between firms and attendees as well as a basis for follow up opportunities between firms and attendees.
Who can apply
This Virtual Diversity Law Fairs are your opportunity to acquire the insights and information that enable you to write a compelling vacation scheme application.
Meet and build relationships with lawyers, graduate recruitment teams, in-house legal teams and trainees at your preferred firms.
Complete the form below asap to give yourself the best chance of securing a place.
Apply for your relevant fair today
We look forward to receiving your application.
