Secrets to Success Nottingham — with Travers Smith, Gateley, Shoosmiths and ULaw

Monday 10 July, 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place IN-PERSON at ULaw Nottingham

Legal Cheek is coming to Nottingham for the latest in its series of IN-PERSON Secrets to Success events – in association with The University of Law (ULaw) – to help students boost their commercial awareness ahead of vacation schemes and training contract interviews.

The event takes place on Monday 10 July at ULaw’s Nottingham campus, and features a panel of lawyers from Gateley, Shoosmiths and Travers Smith, alongside a careers expert from ULaw.

Date: Monday 10 July 2023
Time: 4pm to 6:30pm
Location: The University of Law, Nottingham
Level: Students, Graduates

The speakers will share the secrets to their own success, telling the stories of their career journeys, while advising students on how they can best position themselves to obtain training contracts with leading law firms. They will also discuss the key commercial awareness topics of the moment and what changes we can expect in the legal market in the future.

Speakers

Stephanie Lee, dispute resolution partner at Travers Smith
Helen Webster, legal director in the employment team at Gateley and training principal for the firm’s Nottingham office
Matthew Kenwood, real estate partner in Shoosmiths’ Nottingham office
Eloise Dobson, ULaw tutor who was previously an associate and training supervisor at Geldards LLP

After the Question Time-style discussion, which will be chaired by a Legal Cheek journalist, there will be networking over drinks and snacks with the speakers, trainees from the firms and members of their graduate recruitment teams.

Apply to attend. You’ll be asked to submit two questions for the speakers.