One focus of the work of the Hub for Professional Practice is to support people early in their careers, sharing information and helping them to navigate an increasingly complex series of career options and pathways in the legal sector.
Specifically, we aim to help those still at Secondary School or in their early, post-School career phase to make the initial career path decisions, broadening their understanding of what different career paths in law look like, and also offering a series of resources and tips to help them to gain initial career positions.
One piece of our early work in this area since 2020 has been Re-Imagine Law, a podcast series which offers support in four areas:
Another current area of focus in the “Hub”, working with colleagues at Fractal Knowledge, is to consider the skill-set which future legal practitioners will need as the legal services market evolves rapidly in an increasingly digital world.
See our current thinking in this area of “future legal skill-sets” for law students and more senior practitioners.