The City Solicitors Horizons (CSH) programme has been developed to help switched-on students gain access and an in-depth understanding of a range of legal careers.
Students on this programme get access to training, mentoring and work experience.
City Solicitors Horizons is supported by the City of London Solicitors’ Company, the City Solicitors’ Educational Trust (CSET), The Legal Education Foundation (TLEF) and over 20 leading City and regional law firms, the FSCS and corporates including Amazon, Vesuvius Plc amongst others.
WHAT DOES THE CSH PROGRAMME OFFER?
Classroom and one-to-one training sessions
- Annual training from industry experts will cover the full spectrum of legal career paths and will help develop the skills needed to excel in interviews and on vacation schemes.
- One to one coaching will focus on your personal development needs including help with applications, mock interviews etc.
Personal mentoring by lawyers at participating leading law firms
- Mentors are experienced lawyers matched to you based on both your career interests and also background.
Annual work experience placements
- We will provide you with prestigious work experience placements with the firms and legal sectors you are most interested in. Over the course of the scheme this can include CSH sponsor City law firms, in-house legal departments, the public sector and various high profile legal organisations.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
To be eligible for the City Solicitors Horizons Programme applicants must have attended a state/non-fee paying school for secondary school.
They will also need to prove one or more of the following:
- received Free School Meals in the UK/any other financial assistance;
- have been in local authority care;
- are a parent or carer;
- are a refugee or asylum seeker;
- are the first to go to university in your immediate family.
For more information, contact Julie Quist-Therson using the following email: julie.quist-therson@seo-london.org