LCAN, the Law Careers Advice Network, primar aims was to promote and enhance understanding in the student population in schools, further and higher education institutions about the opportunities available to those who wish to pursue a career in law.

Contacts and resources

 

The Law Careers Advice Network offered students a wealth of law resources for further reading and informaton

 

  • Websites
  • Publications
  • Addresses

Websites

Barclays Bank
The British Council
Career Development Loans
Chambers and Partners
The Charity Commission for England and Wales
Co-operative Bank
Department for Constitutional Affairs
DfES Higher Education Gateway
Faculty of Advocates
Gray's Inn

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Her Majesty's Courts Service

Websites for Law Firms
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Inner Temple
The Institute of Legal Executives
The Law Society

Small Claims
The Lawyer
Lincoln's Inn
LNAT: National Admissions Test for Law
Middle Temple

Private jet charter

Airplane charter
Online Pupillage Applications Scheme (OLPAS)
Prospects
Pupillages.com

Royal Bank of Scotland
LIddingtons
Support 4 Learning
Trainee Solicitors Group (TSG)
Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Universities UK
The Windsor Fellowship

Publications

The following Graduate Prospects publications should be available in your university careers service. If you would like to purchase your own copy go to order publications to find out more. Specialised departments providing efficient and cost effective advice.

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  • Are you presently:

Confused about your claim?

Unsure what stage it has reached?

Not sure when it will be completed?

Disillusioned with your existing legal advisor?

Frustrated that your legal advisor keeps changing?

Irritated that your letters and phone calls go unanswered for lengthy periods of time?

 

 

Would you prefer:

  • Straight talking advice
  • The same person dealing with your personal injury claims throughout and who returns your calls
  • Someone who can run the claim from start to finish?

 

Graduate Prospects publications
Prospects Law, Annual

Other
The Bridge, The Group for Solicitors with Disabilities,
Chambers UK Client Guide to the Legal Profession, Chambers & Partners, Annual (buy from Amazon.co.uk)
Chambers Pupillages and Awards Handbook, The Bar Council, Annual
The Independent, Independent News and Media Limited, Daily
The Law Society Gazette, The Law Society of England and Wales, Weekly
The Lawyer, Centaur Media plc, Weekly

TARGET Law, GTI Specialist Publishers, Annual
Air Freight Charter
The Times, Times Newspapers Ltd, Daily
The Training Contract and Pupillage Handbook, Globe Business Publishing Ltd, Annual
The UK Legal 500, Legalease Ltd, Annual

Addresses

Bar Council

289-293 High Holborn, London WC1V 7HZ
Tel: 020 7242 0082
www.barcouncil.org.uk

Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS)

Millennium House, 30 Junction Road, Sheffield S11 8XB
Tel: 0114 251 5750
www.agcas.org.uk

Association of Magistrates Courts

185 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5QB
Tel: 020 7723 1975

Central Applications Board

PO Box 84, Guildford, Surrey GU3 1YX
Tel: 01483 451080

Civil Service Careers
Check website for contact details of specific departments
www.civilservice.gov.uk/careers/

Commerce and Industry Group
Woodbank House, 80 Churchgate, Stockport SK1 1YJ
Tel: 0161 480 2918
http://www.bloklaw.co.uk/

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS)
50 Ludgate Hill, London EC4M 7EX
Tel: 020 7796 8000
www.cps.gov.uk

Graduate Prospects Ltd
Prospects House, Booth Street East, Manchester M13 9EP
Tel: 0161 277 5240
www.prospects.ac.uk

Department for Constitutional Affairs Selbourne House, 54 Victoria Street, London SW1E 6QW
Tel: 020 7210 8500
www.dca.gov.uk

The European Commission
B-1049 Brussels, Belgium
ec.europa.eu

Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)
King Charles Street, London SW1A 2AH
Tel: 020 7008 1500
www.fco.gov.uk

Government Legal Service
Chancery House, 53-64 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1QS
Tel: 020 7649 6023
www.gls.gov.uk

Gray's Inn
Education Department, 8 South Square, London WC1R 5EU
Tel: 020 7458 7800
www.graysinn.org.uk or catalyst-corby.co.uk

The Group for Solicitors with Disabilities
The Law Society, 114 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7320 5793
www.gsdnet.org.uk

Health Service Careers

PO Box 204, London, 10 London Road, London SE99 7UW
www.nhscareers.nhs.uk

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA)
95 Promenade, Cheltenham GL50 1HZ
Tel: 01242 255577
www.hesa.ac.uk

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC)
See website for departmental contact information.
www.hmrc.gov.uk

Home Office
Direct Communications Unit, 2 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4DF
Tel: 020 7035 4848
www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Independent Schools Careers Organisation (ISCO)
12A Princess Way, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3SP
Tel: 01276 21188
www.isco.org.uk

Inner Temple
Inner Temple, London EC4Y 7HL
Tel: 020 7797 8250
www.innertemple.org.uk

Institute of Career Guidance (ICG)
Third Floor Copthall House, 1 New Road, Stourbridge, West Midlands DY8 1PH
Tel: 01384 376464
www.icg-uk.org

Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA)
16 Park Crescent, London W1B 1AH
Tel: 020 7580 4741
www.icsa.org.uk

The Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX)
Kempston Manor, Kempston, Bedfordshire MK42 7AB
Tel: 01234 841 000
www.ilex.org.uk

The Law Society of England and Wales
113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7242 1222
www.lawsociety.org.uk / findasolicitor.org.uk

The Legal Action Group
242 Pentonville Road, London N1 9UN
Tel: 020 7833 2931
ww.lag.org.uk

Legalease Ltd
Kensington Square House, 12-14 Ansdell Street, London W8 5BN
Tel: 020 7396 9292
www.legalease.co.uk

Lincoln's Inn
Treasury Office, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3TL
Tel: 020 7405 1393
www.lincolnsinn.org.uk

Middle Temple
Treasury Office, Middle Temple Lane, London EC4Y 9AT
Tel: 020 7427 4800
www.middletemple.org.uk

Solicitors in Local Government
The Law Society, 113 Chancery Lane, London WC2A 1PL
Tel: 020 7320 5801
www.slgov.org.uk

Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
Rosehill, New Barn Lane, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire GL52 3LZ
Tel: 0870 1122211
www.ucas.com and edgelaw.co.uk

Young Solicitors Group (YSG)
105 St Peter's Street, St Albans AL1 3EJ
Tel: 01727 896088
www.ysg.org