Research sources for legal professionals

This month our newsletter looked at a range of sources for current awareness and background research for the legal profession including professional associations, journals, directories, salary surveys and job vacancy sites .

I thought it would be useful to post these on the blog as well.

Professional associations

Bar Council - The professional and representative body for barristers in England and Wales. Provides detailed information about training to become a barrister.

Bar Standards Board - The independent regulatory board of the Bar Council, responsible for regulating barristers in England and Wales. Provides an online directory of barristers, searchable by name.

Faculty of Advocates - Professional body of lawyers practising as Advocates at the Scottish Bar. The website provides information about becoming an advocate and details of events and training. There is also a directory of advocates which can be searched by name, stable or area of specialism.

Institute of Barristers’ Clerks - Professional body for barristers’ clerks in the UK. The website has a small section of job vacancies plus information about careers, education, training and legal news. - Professional body for trainee and qualified legal executives. The website provides information about qualifications, study options and career paths.

Institute of Legal Executives – Professional body for trainee and qualified legal executives. The website provides information about qualifications, study options and career paths.

The Law Society of England and Wales - The representative professional body for solicitors in England and Wales. The website contains information about legal training and professional development, events, legal specialisms and publications. There is also a directory to find a local solicitor or firm by specialism or geographical area.

The Law Society of Northern Ireland - The governing and professional body for solicitors in Northern Ireland. The website includes information on training, events and publications and also has a small jobs section.

The Law Society of Scotland - The governing and representative professional body for solicitors in Scotland. The website provides information about becoming a solicitor and opportunities for professional training and development. There is a find a solicitor directory, searchable by specialism and postcode proximity.

Journals

Barrister Magazine - News magazine for barristers. The website includes news, features and archive content. There are very good links to UK and international legal journals.

Law Gazette - Online presence of the Law Society’s weekly gazette. There are sections for general legal news and updates, in business, in practice, blogs, editorial and more detailed feature articles.

Legal Week - Website of the Legal Week magazine for UK legal professionals. The site has a useful section where you can search for news by firm and a LegalWeekWiki.

The Lawyer - Online presence of The Lawyer weekly magazine. The website has detailed news sections, arranged by practice areas, region, in-house, public sector, practice management and education and training.

Directories

Chambers and Partners Directory - Chambers is a major publisher of researched legal directories for the UK and internationally. The UK directory can be searched on the site, and ranks solicitors and barristers in over 70 legal specialisms. You can search by name of firm or practice area and this takes you to a ranked list and detailed editorial comment. You can also click through to general profiles of the firm or set including contact details and full rankings.

Legal 500 - International series of surveys on the legal profession. The UK version includes directories of the top legal firms in the country, a Bar directory and a list of in-house legal professionals. The firms directory can be searched by region and by specialism or alphabetically. There are detailed profiles of each firm and their partners. Contact details are included. The Bar directory is searchable by London, regional circuits and Scotland. There is also a section on offshore legal firms (Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man).

Scottish Law Online - Online portal covering topics of interest to the Scottish legal community. The site includes links to courts, legislation, organisations, governments, professional bodies, societies, universities, journals and an A-Z of Scottish legal topics.

Salary surveys

Badenoch and Clark Legal Salary Survey - Recruitment company salary survey covering in house and private practice salaries.

Chambers Student Legal Salary Survey - Salary survey for student training year salaries and benefits covering the top law firms.

Hays Legal Salary Guides - Recruitment agency providing a wide range of national, regional and sector specific salary guides.

Michael Page Legal Salary Survey - Legal salary survey from recruiter Michael Page, covering private practice, in-house, temporary work and sector specialisms.

Taylor Root Salary Surveys - Legal recruitment company providing a range of different salary surveys for the legal profession in the UK and overseas.

Job vacancy websites

ABC Legal Jobs - Job search engine for the legal profession includes appointments sourced from job vacancy sites, employers and recruiters.

Chambers’ Student Guide - Detailed website providing information on all aspects of starting a career in law and as a barrister. There are detailed profiles of law firms and what they are like to work for, descriptions of the different types of law firm and sector specialisms and a law school search. The site has search facilities to find a training contract or a pupillage.

Law Gazette Jobs - Job vacancy site for the legal profession, covering appointments for private practice, in-house, legal HR, legal IT and legal secretaries. Alerts by email and RSS.

LawCareers.net - Website published by the Law Society and the Bar Council to provide information and guidance on becoming a lawyer or barrister. Includes vacancies for training roles and pupillages plus paralegal and support positions.

LawScotJobs - Legal job vacancy website of the Law Society of Scotland’s Journal publication. Search by job type, PQE and legal specialism. Alerts by email.

Lawyers in Private Practice - Job vacancy site featuring only direct job advertisements from law firms. All levels of appointments are covered. Alerts by email.

Legal Executive Recruitment - Job vacancy site of the Legal Executive Journal. Search by sector, practice area, job type and geographic area. Alerts by email.

Legal Prospects - Job vacancy site for legal roles and supporting roles in law firms. Search by keyword, location, practice area, employer type and experience level or browse sectors for support roles. Alerts by email.

Legal Week Jobs - Job vacancy website for the legal profession. Alerts by email and RSS.

Pupillage Portal - Vacancy site run by the Bar Council for pupillage vacancies. Pupillages can be searched by provider, location, term, type and many detailed criteria. This scheme runs on an annual basis – check the site for details of the current timetable.

Simply Law Jobs - Job vacancy website covering roles at all levels in the legal profession including lawyer, legal secretary, paralegal and law student appointments. Search by professional level, sector, location and keyword. Alerts by email.

The Lawyer Jobs - Job vacancy site of the Lawyer magazine containing appointments for all types of legal role. Alerts by email and RSS.

The Times Jobs - Job vacancy site covering all sectors but particularly strong for public sector, administration, education, legal, sales and marketing, engineering, construction and manufacturing and senior-level roles. Search by keyword, industry (eg consultancy, education, energy), location (region and county) and salary band. Each industry also has detailed sub categories. Alerts by email and RSS.

Totally Legal - Legal job vacancy site for lawyer appointments in private practice or in-house plus legal executive, paralegal and legal secretary roles. Also includes HR, finance, IT and marketing within law firms. Search by sector and then by contextual further options. Alerts by email.

Other formats and further information

We have made this information available as a PDF, free to download from our website.  Registered users can also download the lists of Legal Recruiters and Top UK Law Firms.

 

Glassdoor adds new section for interviews

Glassdoor is an online community where people can post reviews and share salaries at companies they are working for, or have previously worked for. It was founded in 2008 to “bring transparency to the workplace so that everyone has the information needed to make better career decisions”. 

The site has three sections: salaries, reviews and interviews.  The interview section is new this month and currently has about 2000 questions from 1000 companies. 

a) Salaries

There are currently 126,000 salaries listed in the GlassDoor database.  Of these, 3,500 are in the UK and the majority of the others are in the United States.  You can search by location (eg US or international) then by all UK or UK city.  You can also search the database by occupation, industry or company.  For instance, searching on IBM in the UK brings back 95 individual salaries for 32 job titles.

b) Reviews

Search by company and location to find what present and past employees think of a company.  For each company there is an overall employer rating and a localised CEO approval statistic.  Each individual review includes pros, cons and advice to senior management.  Reviews are moderated to ensure that each one is objective and not highly biased or retaliatory.

c)  Interviews

This is the most recent section and includes search options for job title, company and a tag cloud of topics (eg ethics, behavioural).  So for instance, a search on Accenture brings up 42 interview reviews which have been posted by people who have interviewed at Accenture.  You can view all reviews or further refine the search by location.  The details of each “interview” include questions asked, techniques, duration, style and feedback.  Many people leave very detailed reviews which can be very helpful for preparation for a specific company or role.  However, it’s also useful simply to browse the questions or tags to test yourself with live questions.

Glassdoor is free to access but to view all the content you need to contribute. For salaries you simply need to share a salary (current or historic) and for interviews and reviews you need to submit a review.  These are completely anonymous and you do not need to give enough information to be personally identified.

Job search sources for the marketing profession

Last month we looked at research sources for the charity sector and it was very, very popular, so we’re following the same theme again and looking at resources for the marketing profession.

The areas we looked at were general sources, trade associations and professional bodies, professional journals, job vacancy sites, league tables and salary surveys.  The links are below, in an alphabetical list.  If you want them in a nice organised format, you can view them in the newsletter. Alternatively download the list as a PDF.

ABC Marketing Jobs – Job search engine focusing on vacancies in marketing, sales, advertising, direct marketing and PR. Browse by keywords and refine with location, keyword and similar jobs. Alerts by email and RSS.

Brand Republic Jobs – Job vacancy site for the advertising, marketing, media and communications industries. Search by discipline, sector, salary and location (region). Alerts by email and RSS.

Campaign – Campaign is a weekly news-led journal for creative, advertising, media and marketing communications. It has news, features, jobs and regular league tables.

Chartered Institute of Marketing – The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) is the professional body for marketers in the UK, and sets professional standards and encourages best practice.

CIM Jobs – Job vacancy site of the Marketer (journal of the Chartered Institute of Marketing). Covers roles in marketing, branding, communications, creative and design, digital, direct marketing, event management, product marketing, market research and media. Alerts by email or RSS.

Creative Match – Job vacancy site covering roles in design, advertising, marketing, PR, film, illustration, photography, packaging and new media. Search by category, location (region) and keyword.

Data Strategy – Data Strategy is a monthly journal which covers all aspects of data management and direct marketing with emphasis on the commercial, legal and technical aspects.

Direct Marketing Association – The Direct Marketing Association is a trade association representing companies operating in the marketing and communications sectors.

Guardian Jobs – Job vacancy site for a wide range of sectors, particularly strong for marketing, media, PR, creative, education, public sector, charity, housing, regeneration, arts, environment and health. Search by keyword, detailed industry categories (eg within a category there are further functional specialisms), location (proximity to postcode or region and county), salary range and job type (eg full time, contract). Alerts by email and RSS.

Institute of Direct Marketing – The Institute of Direct Marketing is an organisation for the professional development of people in the data, digital and direct marketing sectors. They publish a quarterly journal, the Journal of Direct, Data and Digital Marketing Practice, which is available to members or on a pay-as-you-go basis via their website.

Institute of Sales Promotion – The Institute of Sales Promotion is a trade association for marketing promotions companies and a professional body for individual promotional marketers.

International Journal of Market Research – Professional journal covering all aspects of research including applications, methodologies, new technologies, technology transfer from related areas, solutions, strategic and management issues.

Just Sales and Marketing – Job vacancy site for sales and marketing appointments. Search by sector, location, keyword and title. Alerts by email and RSS.

Mad.co.uk Jobs – MAD covers jobs in advertising, new media, media, design, digital, creative, PR and direct marketing. Search by function, sector, job type, location (region), salary range, employer type and keyword. Alerts by email and RSS.

Market Research Society – Professional body for researchers working in market, social and opinion research, and in business intelligence, market analysis, customer insight and consultancy.

Marketing – Marketing is a weekly publication aimed at marketing professionals containing news articles on company and industry developments, product launches, pitches, campaigns and business news.

Marketing Communications Consultants Association – Trade association for marketing communications companies.

Marketing Direct – Marketing Direct is a monthly journal containing news, features, analysis and reports for direct marketers. It covers all aspects of direct marketing including email and mobile marketing, customer relationship management and database management.

Marketing Week – A weekly journal for the industry including company and industry news, product news, new campaigns, people news, special reports, profiles and trends.

Marketing Week / Ball and Hoolahan Marketing Salary Survey – Annual marketing salary survey. Tables cover average salaries by gender, job title, marketing spend and industry sector, mean salary rises and expected rises and average bonuses.

Marketing Week Jobs – Job vacancy site containing roles in advertising, PR, new media and online marketing, CRM and direct marketing and market research. Search by job type (title), sector, salary, region and keyword. Alerts by email and RSS.

Media Week – Media Week is a weekly journal for all aspects of the media industry and covers company news, industry developments, contracts, launches, profiles, analysis, in depth articles and a careers/jobs section.

New Media Age – New Media Age is a weekly printed publication for the interactive media, advertising, internet, social media and marketing sectors. It covers news, features, campaigns and company information.

New Media Age Jobs – The NMA website provides details of jobs in the new media sector, including design, technical, content, sales and account management roles. There are good search options, including function, sector, position type, location, salary band and keyword. Alerts by email and RSS.

Research – Research is a monthly journal for market research professionals covering news and analysis for practitioners and buyers. The website includes a jobs database.

Research Jobs – Job vacancy site specialising in market research appointments. Search by keyword, region, salary, sector and level. Alerts by email.

Revolution – Monthly magazine focusing on digital marketing and containing news, features, showcases and opinion.

Simply Marketing Jobs – Job vacancy website covering roles in direct marketing, research, analysis, communications, branding and field marketing. Search by discipline, sector, location and keyword. Alerts by email.

The Marketer – Monthly journal of the Chartered Institute of Marketing containing news, case studies, interviews and reports for marketing professionals.

What have we missed?

Do you work in marketing?  Is there a source that we missed or which you think we should include?  Please let us know via the website – we offer prizes and your odds of winning are high because we rarely get any suggestions.