Your career

Information and resources to help you plan your career:

• Careers Conversation Forum

  UTS:Law will be holding four interactive careers seminars where students can hear from and talk to professionals from the Bar, the community and government sectors, professional services and mid-tier/boutique firms. Our aim is to invite UTS graduates - ranging from recently graduated to long-established in their career - who will speak about how they got started, the challenges they faced finding their place after university, paths they explored, what they like about their career and tips for newly-graduated students.
  
  The events themselves will be kept small and intimate to provide for a casual, conversational atmosphere and dialogue between the students and professionals. Registrations are essential so check out the Events listing on the UTS:Law website regularly for dates. 
   

• Graduate attributes

  Increasingly, what employers both local and international look for is strong knowledge of the foundations of the common law legal method, immersion in doctrines, an appreciation of the social and moral context in which law operates and a strong set of generic skills.
  
  In consultation with the legal profession and other community links, the UTS Bachelor of Laws is embedded with graduate attributes to get you work-ready and professionally skilled.
  
  Graduate attributes are embedded into all core law subjects, so not only will you learn the law, you’ll also learn and practise necessary professional skills such as oral presentations, teamwork and understanding ethical implications of different courses of action.
  Find out more about the UTS: Law graduate attributes.

  

  
   

• Law job alerts

  Law job alerts is a service to facilitate employment and work experience opportunities between our students and potential employers. Access: Law job alerts

• Careeropedia

  Careeropedia is an online resource where you can search for web based career information relating to your area of study. Access: Careeropedia

• Graduate employment program and summer clerkship scheme

  UTS: Law participates in the graduate employment program and summer clerkship scheme in conjunction with the major Sydney law firms and government departments.

  Penultimate and final year law students who are interested in working in one of the large law firms or government organisations are encouraged to participate in these schemes.

  Find out more about the:

  • graduate employment program, and
  • summer clerkship scheme.

• Practical experience

  An essential requirement of the UTS: Law practical legal training (PLT) program is the practical experience work placement. Find out more about practical experience.

• Become a Judge's Associate and Tipstaff

  Graduates who have attained strong grades and have some legal research experience may wish to work with a judge in chambers for a year or two after graduation and before embarking on the next phase in their careers. Find out more about applying to be be a Judge's associate or Tipstaff.

• Become a UTS:Law Research Assistant

  Becoming a research assistant to a member of Faculty is an excellent opportunity to polish your legal research skills and increase your exposure to a particular area of law. Find out more about becoming a Research Assistant.

• Postgraduate Study after UTS:Law

  Postgraduate study can give students a more sophisticated understanding of the law in its wider context to enhance their abilities in their intended area of practice, scholarship or policy-work. Find our more about postgraduate study options.

Need help?

The UTS Careers Service can assist you with services including:

• resume checking,

• careers counselling, and

• computerised career assessment.

Find out more about the careers service.