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11 February
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Graduate Recruitment for
Law Firms (with masterclass option)
Collaborating to generate the best talent for the legal sector
“The recruitment of the best young lawyers is the
most important investment in long term profitability
that a law firm can make, and this is a key time
in the business cycle to take a fresh look at the
recruitment and selection processes that will drive
future results. This conference has an excellent
range of speakers and promises to be a significant
milestone for all who attend.”
Simon Nash, Carey Olsen
Key topics will include:
• Recruitment – Recruiting the
best talent for your law firm
• Training – Getting the most
from your talent
• Diversity – Commitment to
raising the profile of diversity
and increasing this through the
legal profession
• Social media – Interacting
with the graduates of tomorrow
through social media and where
to find them
Expert contributions including:
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Wednesday 11 February 2015, Central London
09:00Registration
10:50 Morning coffee break
09:30 Opening remarks from the chair
Simon Nash, Human Resources
Director, Carey Olsen
11:10 Preparing law students for a
professional future
• The changing landscape of higher education
• The modern curriculum
• Fostering skills and employability
• The Legal Education and Training Review
Professor François du Bois, Head of
the School of Law, The University of
Leicester
RECRUITMENT
10:00 AWARD WINNER: Recruiting talent for
a global law firm
• An overview of recruitment within the
legal sector followed by an honest
look at the methods that Norton
Rose Fulbright uses to attract talented graduates
• Areas that have been working well and those that haven’t
• Challenges faced by the firm and what partners expect in 2015
• Marketing channels and engaging with universities
Caroline Lindner, Trainee Recruitment
Manager, Norton Rose Fulbright,
voted top 10 law firm by students and
Graduates in The Guardian UK 300
2014/15
As a graduate recruiter with 13
years’ experience of recruiting
trainees for international law firms,
I look forward to discussing some
of the challenges we face at Norton
Rose Fulbright, and the changes
we have made to our attraction,
marketing and selection processes
in order to recruit the brightest and
the best talent.
Caroline Lindner,
Norton Rose Fulbright
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12:00 AWARD WINNER: Exploiting the
power of storytelling to attract and
engage students and graduates, and
build real diversity
• Telling your story to appeal to a diverse range of students
• Starting from the inside out, using
your trainees as advocates
• Tips on connecting with students
• Going beyond marketing, to real engagement
Henry Davies, Communications
Consultant and Founder, 106
Communications, winners of the
employee engagement category at
the RADS Awards 2014 and Jessica
Booker, Principal Consultant at Star
Potential, currently on assignment with
King & Wood Mallesons
12:50 Networking lunch break
DIVERSITY
13:50 Committing to increasing diversity in
the legal profession
• Inspiring the undergraduates and postgraduates of tomorrow
• The meaning of ‘diversity’ within the law profession
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Agenda (continued)
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Increasing the awareness of the importance of diversity within law
Providing academic and careers advice to aspiring solicitors
Chris White, Founder, Aspiring Solicitors
and Funke Abimbola, Managing
Counsel, Roche UK & Ireland
As a former corporate lawyer
who affiliates with a range of
underrepresented groups in the legal
profession, I recognise and value
the importance of diversity in the
legal profession. Aspiring Solicitors
is committed to increasing diversity
throughout the legal profession and I
look forward to discussing this topic
with you.
Chris White,
Aspiring Solicitors
TRAINING
14:40 Training the lawyers of tomorrow
• Examining the content of professional legal courses
• What do firms want from graduates? How can firms influence the content of legal courses?
• Establishing close contact between law firms and universities to ensure LPC relevance
• Encouraging diversity and organisations that support students to get training contracts
• Articled Apprenticeships – earn as you learn concept
Imogen Burton, Director of Business
Development and Alan Woods, Director
of Apprenticeships and Vocational
Education, The University of Law
15:30 Afternoon coffee break
PANEL DISCUSSION
15:50 Drawing the lessons together –
Key tasks for the next 12 months
Interactive discussion including;
• What will be the main changes
that will be seen within the graduate
recruitment market?
• What can we expect from the next
12 months?
• Which areas will you be focussing
on and why?
Moderated by:
Simon Nash, Human Resources Director,
Carey Olsen
Panellists include:
Professor Francois du Bois, Head of
the School of Law, The University of
Leicester
Caroline Lindner, Trainee Recruitment
Manager, Norton Rose Fulbright
Chris White, Founder, Aspiring
Solicitors
Funke Abimbola, Managing Counsel,
Roche UK & Ireland
SOCIAL MEDIA
16:30 AWARD WINNING CASE STUDY:
How to do graduate digital media on
a shoestring - and do it well
• How Shoosmiths is evolving with and using digital media for engagement and recruitment
• Interacting with graduates on Twitter,
Facebook and Linkedin
• How to utilise simple techniques to get the most out of your digital media campaign
• Enabling graduates to access information from the website instantly
Samantha Hope, Recruitment &
Development Manager for Trainee
Solicitors, Shoosmiths
17:10 Chairperson’s closing remarks
17:15 Close of conference
Designing a trainee solicitor development
programme - Tuesday 10 February
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Running in conjunction with this seminar is Designing a trainee solicitor
development programme, a one day masterclass taking place the day
before on 10 February. Designed to ensure you gain maximum impact
and ROI on your trainee solicitor development programme, it is the perfect pre cursor
to the Graduate Recruitment for Law Firms, for a comprehensive approach to graduate
recruitment and training.
One-day seminar with masterclass - £740 + VAT
If you are interested in more information, or wish to book a place simply contact us on
[email protected] or call +44 (0)20 7324 2365 to speak to a member of our
customer services team.
9.00 Registration and refreshments
9.30 Trainee development objectives and
the trainee development ‘mix’
What are we trying to get out of our
trainees and what competencies, knowledge, experience, attributes and
values do we need to develop to deliver
on that?
We will examine the critical importance of
effective supervision to a trainee’s development, what supervisors should
be doing as a regulatory minimum and
what they can bring to the L&D ‘party’.
13.50 Supervisors – the barriers they present
and how to get better ‘buy-in’
We will identify the key/common
problems, barriers and issues raised
by supervisors, and consider possible
solutions.
10.15 The L&D toolkit (and why it’s important
to choose the right tool for each job)
Which developmental tools and
interventions are most likely to deliver on 14.50 Coffee break
specific developmental objectives?
15.10 Tracking, measuring and supporting
a trainee’s development through a
11:00 Coffee break
performance review framework
• What are the key milestones and
11.20 Trainee development issues,
development benchmarks in the
challenges & problems
trainee development journey?
Common issues, challenges and
• How do we track and assess trainee
problems will be identified and new
development against competencies,
thinking, innovative approaches,
knowledge, experience, attributes
solutions and best practice will be
and values?
explored.
• What does a good performance
review framework look like?
12.20 Networking lunch
13.20 Supervisors – their importance within
the L&D agenda
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16.00 Wrap-up & questions
16.30 Close of masterclass
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