Monday
12 March
2012
12 – 4pm
Brisbane
Convention
& Exhibition
Centre

Student registration

Queensland's premier legal careers expo puts you face-to-face with future employers and equips you with all you need to know to launch your legal career. Chat to industry representatives, find out about graduate placements, vacation clerkships and career options. Hear about the daily working life of a solicitor and mobilise yourself with application and interview tips.

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Program line-up

	Getting started – the application and interview	Your legal career opportunities	A day in the life of…
12:00pm	Registration opens
12:30pm – 1:00pm	Networking 101	Life of a global practitioner DLA Piper	A day in the life of a family lawyer Cooper Grace Ward
1:15pm – 1:45pm	Tips for legal practice – things you won't learn on Facebook Blake Dawson	Options in law McCullough Robertson Dibbs Barker	A day in the life of a corporate lawyer ClaytonUtz
2:00pm – 2:30pm	Applying for jobs? Resume writing and interview skills Freehills	Be a pro bono volunteer Minter Ellison	A day in the life of a litigator Dibbs Barker
2:45pm – 3.15pm	PLT core competencies Bond University College of Law Queensland Law Society	What do employers expect from graduates? Corrs Chambers Westgarth	A day in the life of an intellectual property lawyer Mallesons Stephen Jaques
4.00pm	Event close

Find employment with one of Queensland's top law firms in 2012

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Student membership

If you're a university law student, a recent law graduate or undertaking practical legal training, Queensland Law Society can assist in your transition from law student to fully-fledged solicitor. Queensland Law Society student membership is free; learn more about the benefits of being a student member and how to apply.