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Start here. PDF guide, 12 pages Commercial Readiness Guide Six connected foundations: how a firm works, your responsibilities, the money, the client and the legal issue, plus client-building skills and SRA further reading.
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PDF takeaway, 5 pages Student Employability Handout The language, roles and responsibilities of a law firm on a few pages: fee earner, matter, supervision, billable time and where work comes from.
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PDF worksheet, 6 pages Employability Evidence Worksheet Record your starting point, practise a decision, then revise it after feedback. Turn what you have already done into evidence for applications.
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PDF, 4 pages Student FAQ Straight answers before you start: experience needed, what the programme covers, how it runs through your university and one-to-one coaching options.
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Template tasters
The tools fee earners The opening pages of three of the 23 templates in The Future Lawyer Programme. Students on the programme get every template in full, with worked examples, and build them into their own Client Manual.
Template taster First Contact Email to a New Referral Source How to write a first email to an accountant, adviser or charity that a firm wants to work with, within the SRA rules.
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Template taster Referral Source Relationship Meeting Agenda Run a first or review meeting with a referral source that builds trust by focusing on their clients, not your firm.
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Template taster BD Pipeline Tracker (weekly) Keep every relationship moving with one next action and one date, reviewed every week.
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The Future Lawyer Programme
These are the tasters. The programme is the whole journey. Ten weekly sessions on campus, real fieldwork with referral sources and networking events, all 23 templates in full, your own Client Manual, an Employability Statement and a Skills Record every session.
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Bring the programme Everything about The Future Lawyer Programme, open to read and download. No sign-up needed.
PDF, 3 pages The Future Lawyer Programme at a glance The ten-session programme on one card: outcomes, Skills Record, learning gain and fees for 2026/27.
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PDF brief, 6 pages The Future Lawyer Programme in full: details and FAQ The full institutional brief: programme design, OfS and TEF evidence, delivery boundaries, fees and frequently asked questions.
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