Employability

A law degree helps you acquire a unique set of skills from quickly analysing and synthesising vast amounts of written documents, caselaw and journal articles, as well as being able to critically analyse them and reduce them down to key points which you can explain to a non expert.

Many law graduates go on to become lawyers. Being a lawyer is wider than just Solicitor, Barrister, paralegal or CILEx. There are many exciting roles developing within the legal industry using legal knowledge and skills, such as legal technologist or professional support lawyer. Many businesses recruit law graduates as well as law firms.

Your education at Keele gives you opportunities to explore the different skills and knowledge areas within a safe environment. This can be through our Skills Competitions, (both internal and external) as well as through debates in class, presentations of research or CLOCK or Legal Advice Clinic work. Although the activities below are tailored towards the legal profession they are very valuable in other sectors too and enhance your understanding of the subjects you are studying.

Annual legal dining event

We introduce you to professionals through unique events such as the Legal Dining event run by our student law society jointly with the Law School.

Law Fair

Our law fair is different and exclusive to Keele students. We run simultaneous talks so that you can listen to advice from recruiters and professionals about their practice areas as well as gaining tips on applications.

Skills competitions

We run a number of student competitions as well as providing the opportunity to try a skill without competing. We offer training in Client Interviewing, Negotiating as well as Mooting and Advocacy.

Employability and legal services

Our students are able to provide service to community while gaining valuable legal experience under supervision of professionals.

Legal advice clinics

Available by application to all students in their second and third years of study. Put your legal skills into practice by helping clients locally and nationally. Our students are able to acquire legal work experience advising clients within a safe and supervised environment. The work providing legal services within the Keele Legal Advice Clinics may count towards Qualifying Work Experience required under the new Solicitors Qualifying Examination. You will meet and advise clients, undertake legal research, writing and drafting a variety of emails and documents (including court forms) supervised by our experienced Solicitors. You will gain experience of explaining the law to non legal clients and using our online case management system in the delivery of legal services.

CLOCK

The Community Legal Outreach Collaboration Keele (CLOCK) is a unique and innovative project bringing together universities, law firms, barristers chambers, mediation, charitable and court services to educate, assist, monitor and promote access to justice for disadvantaged communities. As a law student, you will be trained by court staff, solicitors, barristers, mediators and domestic abuse and sexual abuse support services to understand the complex needs of litigants in person, in a variety of civil legal issues. If you apply to train as a Community Legal Companion, you will be joining the 400 Community Legal Companions to date, many of whom have since become Citizen Advice legal advisers, Domestic Abuse support workers, legal aid solicitors and barristers and UN advocates for access to justice.

School of Law
Keele University
Staffordshire
ST5 5BG
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733218
Fax: +44 (0)1782 733228
Email: School of Law Office

Admissions enquiries:
Tel: +44(0)1782 733218
Email: law.admissions@keele.ac.uk

Postgraduate enquiries:
Tel: +44 (0) 1782 733218
Email: law.office@keele.ac.uk