Lawcareers.net Basic Training Event, and alot of women!
I recently attended the basic training event hosted by Lawcareers.net, it is a really good website for anyone who needs advice or a guiding hand when first adopting the path of becoming a lawyer. The event itself was a simple lecture based presentation by Lawcareers website representatives. Alot of law firms were also present, such as Denton Wilde Sapte, Mayer Brown and Sidley Austin, there were some others but they were the ones that stood out the most.
The presentation was held in the BPP College of Law just off Red Lion Street, right near Holborn underground station. There was a presentation by one of their representatives, and that was a fantastic speech, he was a barrister and his voice and body language commanded the respect of the room, it was quite fascinating to watch, he provided me with some good tidbits of information in deciding a law school to complete my LPC.
Overall it was an enjoyable experience, I had read or heard most of the information that was being provided before, and I couldn't help feel a little out of place compared to the multitude of young students.
Especially the large amount of females that attended the event, I had also noticed this on my Law degree course there was a dramatic inbalance of the female to male ratio. Don't misunderstand me, I wasn't intimidated nor concerned, I guess I was just a little overwhelmed as my belief was that law was traditionally a male dominated profession (I am assuming it still is) but here I was surrounded by hungry female lawyers.
I found it quite liberating as it emphasised to me a potential shift in the balance of male/females in the legal industry, not to mention the fact I would potentially have less males to compete with for training contracts
However I seemed to have digressed from the actual event, but it was something I felt needed to be blogged just to see if anyone else noticed a large amount of females on their courses.
Anyway, the presentations were quite informal, the most striking presentation was by the Sidley Austin trainee solicitors. It was a witty, funny and satisfying presentation which left an impression in my mind, especially the brief comment about having to stay in work till midnight to finish a deal. That seemed to draw a few gasps from the audience but it never really phased me, I didn't apply to be a lawyer expecting 4pm early finishes and crawling into work at 9:30am, my eyes were wide open actually expecting 14hr days, maybe I am just a weird one.
Well thats enough for today, I am going to go open some easter eggs and stuff my face with chocolate till I pass out, provide another update soon
