Legal Recruitment

The legal sector has been experiencing good opportunities for its young law graduates even amidst the economic slowdown. The global financial crisis has done little to adversely affect the job opportunities available to the law graduates. Instead, it has resulted into new avenues for them.

Economic slowdown has its worst effect on property; extensive redundancies are made in this specific sector. The residential property market is almost closed. But in commercial property, new sales and acquisitions and finance and development have kept the market alive. Solicitors could find jobs in commercial property sector.

Caseload of general insolvencies has created a huge demand for solicitors having experience in insolvency and contentious property litigation. However, the demand is much higher for solicitors, who have commercial insolvency or corporate recovery experience rather than personal insolvency. According to recruitment agencies and legal firms, there are a number of jobs available for contentious construction solicitors. A candidate with arbitration experience is especially sought after these days.

Another area offering legal jobs in these turbulent times is employment law. As commercial firms are continuously making redundancies and new employment legislation is being considered by the government, job opportunities in the field of employment law service are surging. It is certainly difficult to believe that current demand in employment legal service is so high that a single recruitment agency can never fulfill it on its own.

Personal injury sector has also remained steady throughout the economic downturn. This particular sector has moved ahead to take advantage of those law and LPC graduates, who are looking for training contracts. These graduates can work like case handlers for the small and fast track work. Areas such as wills and probate, family and crime seek paralegal graduates.