Competition For Law Training Contracts Among Trainee Solicitors Hots Up
The outlook for many law students who are seeking to get a training contract in the coming years is a bleak one. The reality is there are many more law students graduating from the legal practice course than there are training contract vacancies and therefore many end up being disappointed when they apply to get a job on the first rung of the ladder in the legal profession.
The situation has been made even worse by the recent recession which has caused many law firms to defer some of their training contract start dates and reduce the numbers of training contracts they are offering in the coming years.
This has meant increased competition for training contracts and the numbers of people applying increasing each year as the next wave of new applicants joins the existing applicants who have yet to secure a training contract.
The situation is therefore difficult for many law students who often have large student debts but who are unable to then get a job. The situation isn’t helped by the fact that there is a lack of knowledge and advice available to law students about how best to write an application to give them the best chance of success.
One ex-solicitor became acutely aware of this situation when he was part of the recruitment process for his firm’s future trainee solicitors. Matt Oliver has since set up a website to give careers advice and information on how to improve applications for training contracts. The website is called Trainee Solicitor Surgery and is designed to give much needed careers advice to those people who are seeking to secure a training contract.
Given Matt’s background he is able to give specific, targeted advice rather than generic careers advice and application help, which is often all law students are able to get from their university careers offices. The process needed to produce successful applications for training contracts is unique in many ways. Not only do the applications need to be prepared in a certain way, but there is an important and necessary research element that needs to be undertaken before any applications are produced.
Matt also offers one to one assistance to students who are seeking to improve their chances of succeeding with their training contract applications.
For more information about succeeding with your law training contract applications click here: Trainee Solicitors.