Last night saw me head off to the University of Law for a careers clinic. After the initial awkwardness of walking into a room full of strangers I soon got chatting to fellow students before the event started proper. It was good to hear from people at various points in their studies about how they were coping, what they were planning for the future and what they hoped to get out of the evening.
The evening itself afforded us the opportunity to talk to members of the Government Legal Service, A Junior Criminal Barrister at Dyers Chambers and associates from Rouse legal and Mayer Brown. I've been thinking a lot recently about I go from here, to there so the chance to talk to these people was really invaluable. They gave lots of helpful advice, ranging from when to look at vacation schemes to how to start differentiating myself from the crowd.
I liked how the Government Legal Service people said that basically every C.V has the same combination of words. They said the people they look for don't say "I'm a team player" they show it: " I managed x number of staff, I played these sports..." that was interesting advice, something I'll take with me I think.
I left feeling like I was definitely on the right track, that I need to keep finding events and seminars to go to and that maybe I should try and set aside some time to spend in court. I should look at voluntary work also. I still need to be sensible with my health but I feel like I need to keep moving forward at the moment. I feel like if I'm busy I'm doing O.K but when I stop things get a bit harder, everything is still chasing at my heels I guess. I know it will take time, I've never been very patient with myself though!
I'm off to another event tomorrow evening this time at the UCL for a lecture on Habeas Corpus and the Rule of Law, So I'll probably have a longer write up of that in a few days. For now, I'll keep it short and sweet.
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