Gallery | 2019
27.11.19 Explore the Law
On 27th November Explore the Law 2019 took place, a unique careers insight event, brought together bright ambitious students all of whom had a disability or health condition with 6 leading law firms: Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Slaughter and May and Norton Rose Fulbright.
































Being offered a law training contract is hard enough for anyone however for someone with a disability or health condition it can seem impossible. “Will firms see past my disability?” “What should I tell them?” and “What support will I be offered?” are just a few of the questions that arise.
Explore the law is a truly enlightening careers insight event which enables bright ambitious students who have a disability or health condition to meet with leading law firms, ask the questions they have, and allay their fears about the impact of them having a disability.
Explore the Law 2019 took place at the offices of Hogan Lovells in Central London on the 27th November. Participating firms were Baker McKenzie, DLA Piper, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Norton Rose Fulbright and Slaughter and May.
Delegates arrived for a buffet lunch which provided them with the opportunity to start networking with the representatives from the different law firms. The event was formally opened by Nicholas Cheffings who is a Senior Counsel and former Partner of Hogan Lovells, and its Chair for six years to 2018. Nicholas has long been committed to diversity and inclusion and spoke of the importance of having a diverse workforce if firms are to continue to be successful. Nicholas also provided an overview of the legal sector and where a career in law could take you.
Following Nicholas, delegates engaged in a series of sessions including:
-A panel session with trainees from the various firms which enabled them to find out more about life at the various firms
-A session with each firm about their application process
-An Interview Skills workshop lead by one of the graduate recruitment managers
-An interactive session on disclosing your disability and requesting adjustments
-And a disability panel with representatives from each of the participating firms, all of whom had first hand experience of disability, answered questions on topics such as the support they accessed in the workplace, flexible working and being open about their disability with colleagues.
For those who wished to stay, Explore the Law ended with another networking opportunity and the chance to speak to representatives from the firms including those from the recruitment teams, those who had been on the panel and representatives from the firms’ Disability Networks.




















Explore the law was thought provoking and insightful, and it gave me the confidence to apply for these firms.