Marriott Harrison, a leading transactional and advisory law firm based in the heart of the City, is offering 24 aspiring solicitors the chance to gain work experience for one week during June – August 2023 as part of its Summer Vacation Scheme.

Their Summer Vacation Scheme is an excellent way to discover whether working for a specialist business law firm is for you. The firm have previously had impressive candidates from City University on their Summer Vacation Scheme and are keen to continue this link.

Successful applicants will be involved in real project work with our 70+ multi-disciplinary team of internationally minded professionals and get to see what it is like to make a genuine contribution to live transactions and advisory work. 

If you are currently in the final year of a qualifying law degree or studying for the GDL or the LPC, have a good academic record and would like to taste life in a City law firm with a strong sector bias towards corporate and commercial work, you should apply here by 23 March 2023. 

You can also find further information online (external link).

Judicial assistants (JAs) in the High Court of England and Wales are assigned to judges of the High Court across the three Divisions. They assist the judges(s) to whom they are allocated, for example by carrying out legal research, summarising documents and providing general support for the judge(s) in the organisation of their work and hearings.

This recruitment is for the equivalent of 13 full-time appointments for the 2023/2024 legal year. The exact number of appointments will depend on the preferences of the candidates for a placement lasting two or four terms (for example, if all successful candidates request a placement of two terms, there will be capacity for 26 individual appointments during the course of the year.)

Interviews will be held during the week beginning 24th April 2023.

Suitability, skills, and qualifications:

Typically, the candidate will have graduated with an excellent degree (2:1 or above, subject not specified) and have practical experience in legal research and writing, and familiarity with civil procedure (for example, it is expected that candidates will be familiar with and capable of dealing with issues arising out of CPR). We would therefore also accept applications from qualified trademark and patent attorneys. Experience gained in the early years of practice – from either arm of the legal profession – is also desirable, though candidates with comparable early years’ experience (for example in academia) are also eligible to apply.

See their website (link below) to find the full job description, criteria and salary. There are two separate submission dates: 

Application submission opening date: 13 February 2023 at 9am

Application submission closing date: 24 March 2023, 11.55pm

You can also find further information online (external link).

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom invites applications for Judicial Assistants to support the work of the Justices.

Fixed term contracts will start on Monday 11 September 2023 and finish on Friday 2 August 2024 

Applications are invited for up to eleven temporary posts, assisting the Justices of the Supreme Court (who also sit in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council) by carrying out research in connection with appeals and summarising applications for permission to appeal.

Candidates must be qualified in one of the UK jurisdictions as a solicitor, barrister or advocate, and have completed their training contract or pupillage by 1 October 2023. Candidates should demonstrate a high intellectual and analytical ability, incisiveness and work well under pressure.

Salary will be £37,230 per annum plus an annual leave entitlement of 23 days encouraged to be taken outside of term time.

Closing date for applications is midnight on Thursday 30 March 2023.

You can also find further information online (external link).

Join us at the 2023 London Legal Walk. Back for the 19th year, this mass participation event is the largest fundraiser in the legal calendar. Led by the Lord Chief Justice, 10,000 legal professionals will walk 10k in support of over 100 free legal advice charities.

We believe that people should be able to equally access legal support, advice, and representation if they need, irrespective of their financial position. The London Legal Walk raises much-needed funds for charities that will provide that life changing legal advice and representation.

As a marshal you will help us prepare the day, set up the street party and registration desks, and/or later be positioned along the route where it will be your role to direct walkers and offer support and encouragement as they go past. Afterwards, you are invited to join in the fun at the street party on Carey Street.

We need volunteers who are available on Tuesday 13 June 2023 and able to commit to the below time:

Set up volunteers – 9:30am – 3pm (30 needed)

Route marshal – 2:30pm – 9pm (200 needed)

The finer details will be provided to you in advance and at the briefing meeting on the day of the walk. At this meeting, you will collect your marshalling pack and learn which particular group you have been assigned to.

Volunteers will have a great time, first helping blow up lots of balloons and helping set up the street party, and then positioned on the route to cheer and guide the walkers. You will finish your evening by attending the brilliant street party at the finish line of the walk.

You can also find further information online (external link).

The Diversity Access Scheme (DAS) is a unique scholarship programme, designed to address key barriers to the solicitors’ profession faced by those from less advantaged backgrounds.

Through the DAS, we're able to support talented, aspiring solicitors to pursue their legal education and careers through:

• Legal Practice Course (LPC) or Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) scholarships
• mentoring
• work experience

As part of the scheme, we offer you the chance to be matched with a professional mentor and to get work experience during your studies.

We’ll help find a placement in a practice area that interests you. 

We'll also build formal soft skill support sessions into the DAS next year. 

Find out how to apply here.

You can also find further information online (external link).

Following the tragic death of young barrister Inderpal Rahal, a charitable trust has been established in her memory, to enable women experiencing financial hardship to further their legal education. The trust applies to women who are from an immigrant or refugee background and who intend to practice or teach law in the UK.

Each summer The Trust makes one, or occasionally two, awards of £2,000 towards undertaking or pursuing Bar or solicitors' exams, pupillage, solicitors' training, or other legal placement or research in the UK or abroad.

Please note that no awards will be made towards the taking of a first degree in law.

If you feel that you might be eligible for consideration for an award, please email irmt@gclaw.co.uk to obtain an application form.