CVs, applications, and interviews

Recruitment

https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/analysis/comment-and-opinion/later-start-to-lawyering/5037040.article
Article in The Law Society Gazette on the amount of experience that law firms look for in trainees.

http://www.nortonrosefulbrightgraduates.com/en/united-kingdom/application-process/essential-advice
Contains links and advice from Norton Rose Fulbright about applications both generally and to the firm specifically.

Personal well-being

https://www.survivelaw.com/
The Survive Law blog regularly provides tips on maintaining well-being whilst studying, from staying motivated to beating pre-exam stress.

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/about-anxiety/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/self-care-for-anxiety/

https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/types-of-mental-health-problems/anxiety-and-panic-attacks/anxiety-treatments/
From the organization, Mind, on the causes of anxiety, its effects, and how to manage it.

Preparing a CV

http://www.kent.ac.uk/careers/cv.htm
This site by the University of Kent provides guidance on how to write a successful CV. Your own university is likely to provide similar guidance which you can find and read; find a format which works for you.

http://www.prospects.ac.uk/careers.htm
This is just one of many sites which provide careers advice and job and course opportunities to students and graduates, and again it provides free advice on preparing a CV.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2011/jul/17/graduate-jobs-advice-experts
This short article in The Guardian contains tips on how to write a CV as well as advice from experts on how to obtain a graduate job.

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