BARBRI SQE Careers Clinic
Preparing you for success beyond the SQE
Supporting Your Journey to Legal Qualification + Beyond
As you begin on your journey to legal qualification, your exam success is just as important as your career prospects in the legal profession.
Career Clinic Services
Areas in which our career consultants can offer practical support and unbiased advice include:
- Industry insight to boost your understanding of the legal sector and current trends, enabling you to more accurately match employers with your unique skills and interests
- Assessing your options and helping you to devise a realistic job search plan
- Researching individual hiring organisations
- Reviewing CVs and cover letters
- Reviewing application forms
- Interview and assessment centre preparation
- Self-management tips to help you stay motivated and to bounce-back from potential setbacks
To manage your expectations
please note the following:
Your Career Consulant's Role is To:
- Listen and offer a ‘safe’ sounding board
- Respect confidentiality
- Share market insight
- Discuss your potential career-related options / dilemma
- Offer advice on job search techniques, CVs and interviews
- Ask questions that will encourage independence and resourcefulness, and where appropriate challenge unhelpful thinking and / or behaviour
- Offer constructive feedback and help with reality checking
- Share experiences and act as a positive role model
Your Career Consulant's Role is Not To:
- Judge
- Have ‘all' the answers or a ‘silver bullet’
- Be an expert on every area of law
- Tell you what to do
- Make decisions for you
How to Book an Appointment
FREE one-to-one appointments for current students & alumni at BARBRI, will last 30 minutes each and be hosted via Zoom, can be booked directly here: One-to-One Support.
