Legal Careers, Employability and Professional Development Hub

About the centre

The Legal Careers, Employability and Professional Development Hub supports law students in exploring a wide range of career pathways, both within the legal profession and beyond. It helps students to develop essential skills and attributes, gain confidence in their career choices, and connect with professionals across the varied careers our graduates pursue. The Hub facilitates a broad range of activities linked to legal practice, the wider profession, and the development of students’ professional skills and attributes. Many of these initiatives are shaped and led by the Centre for Legal Education and the Legal Profession (CLELP)'s Student Fellows and Student Employability Coordinators, who play a key role in ensuring the opportunities offered are relevant, engaging, and responsive to student needs.

Drawing on strong partnerships with the legal profession, external stakeholders, alumni, and business, the Hub delivers an annual programme that enables students to gain practical experience and valuable insights into professional working life. These connections also inform and enrich the research and scholarship undertaken within the Law School, generating applied, impactful research and scholarship that responds directly to the needs and challenges of legal and professional practice.

Programmes and opportunities

Explore the Hub’s flagship programmes and opportunities for law students and learn how we provide pioneering support for careers, employability, and professional development. This includes opportunities such as mooting competitions, being matched with a professional associate or recent alumni mentor, receiving specialist careers advice, and taking part in our In Conversation With series, which features experts from across the legal sector and beyond. Students can also gain valuable experience through work placements and volunteering opportunities, and develop their skills further through our international partnerships. To explore the full range, see the different opportunities below.

Careers Support from Professional Associates and Alumni

People

The Legal Careers, Employability and Professional Development Hub is supported by Westminster Law School’s Employability and Careers Committee, which brings together academic staff and our Student Employability Coordinators. Together, they ensure that the Hub’s activities remain relevant, responsive, and closely aligned with the needs of students and the profession.