Bright Network Diverse Legal Leaders 2024
Begin your legal journey at Diverse Legal Leaders this October 👩🏻⚖️👨🏾⚖️🧑🏽⚖️
**Please note in-person spaces are now closed, virtual spaces are still available.
Discover your next steps at Diverse Legal Leaders - the premier networking event connecting aspiring legal professionals with inclusive employers who champion diversity in the law sector. Whether you're a first-year student exploring future career options, a second-year student seeking vacation scheme application advice or a final-year student planning your next move, this event is your gateway to understanding how to enter the legal field without a law degree.
Date: 25th October 2024
Location: etc.venues St Paul's, London
Nearest tube station: Barbican
🗓️ Agenda | 📸 What to expect | 🤝 DEI&B and accessibility
Why attend?
- Discover how you can break into the legal sector from senior leaders and trainees alike
- Network with inclusive employers such as A&O Shearman, Latham & Watkins,Slaughter and May and more to discover career paths that align with your goals
- Identify key traits for success within the sector through insight panels and skill-building sessions
The event is running in a hybrid format, so you can attend virtually or in-person. However, virtual attendees will not have the opportunity to network with the employers. Instead, we will run employer interviews to help our virtual attendees gain more insights.
*Sponsorship opportunities with participating employers may be limited for attendees without the permanent right to work in the UK
Why attend
Connect with trainees, partners and early careers experts at top law firms
As well as other like-minded students, to create a professional network you can draw upon throughout your career
Ask questions and learn from personal experiences
Get a sense of the industry and firms from employer representatives to decide if law is the right career path for you
Learn how to ace your applications
Secure sought-after vacation schemes or training contracts through tips and advice shared at the event
Who can attend
UK university students graduating in 2025, 2026 or 2027 (or 2028 if already at university and on a four-year course)
Undergraduate students at UK universities who identify with an underrepresented group
A strong interest in Commercial Law
Best suited to entry level candidates currently studying for their first undergraduate Bachelors degree or integrated Masters
Additional skills gained from extracurricular activities/work experience will be viewed favourably, especially those related to law
Employers joining us
Schedule
25 Oct 2024
Registration and networking activity
For in-person attendees, this involves chatting to other members in the main exhibition room (standing and walking).
Welcome and keynote talk by Latham & Watkins
For in-person attendees, this is a seated session in the main presentation room.
Panel: Diversity in Law
With representatives from A&O Shearman, Arnold & Porter, Clyde & Co and Herbert Smith Freehills. For in-person attendees, this is a seated session in the main presentation room.
Open networking
A chance for our in-person attendees to network with 18 attending law firms. This part of the event involves talking to other members & employers at their exhibition stands (standing and walking).
Skills session
By Latham & Watkins - Inside the hiring process - application & CV skills. For in-person attendees, this is a seated session in the main presentation room.
Panel: Getting into Law
With representatives from Bristows, Hill Dickinson, Mischon de Reya, Osborne Clarke, RPC and Slaughter and May. For in-person attendees, this is a seated session in the main presentation room.
Wrap up & next steps
For in-person attendees, this is a seated session in the main presentation room.
Gallery
Location
Virtual or in person - 200 Aldersgate St, Barbican, EC1A 4HD
Frequently asked questions
Please note all timings on the agenda for Bright Network Diverse Legal Leaders correspond with GMT.
If you have any questions about attending Bright Network Diverse Legal Leaders, we have gathered all the most frequently asked questions here.
For information on inclusivity measures at the event, take a look at the Diverse Legal Leaders 2024 DEIB and accessibility page.
You can also take a look at our Support Hub for further questions. If you require anything else, please get in touch with our Events Team - events@brightnetwork.co.uk.
To confirm your place at the event, you may be contacted by call or text by the Bright Network team. Please make sure your details are all correct and up-to-date on your profile.
Photography and videography will be taken at the event.
Travel reimbursement:
We would really like all our students to be able to have the opportunity to attend our events and we want to support where possible. Because of this, we are offering to support our members who would otherwise be unable to attend with a travel reimbursement of up to £30 towards their travel (public transport only). To request a reimbursement, complete and submit this application form. You will then be sent a form to complete reimbursement payment details and upload your travel receipts. Full instructions will be given on the forms.
You need to attend the event in full to receive the reimbursement. Reimbursements will be sent out after the event you are attending. You need to have submitted the application form by 24/10/24, 11:59pm, and the payment details form by 01/11/24 11:59pm, in order to be eligible.
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