Protege: Why is it more difficult for law students to secure employment?

The challenge of securing employment and opportunities within the legal profession has become increasingly formidable for the next generation of lawyers. However, it is essential to recognise that there are viable pathways to enter the legal field and establish a successful career. In this episode of The Protégé Podcast, host Grace Robbie speaks with Amelia Daou, a final-year law student at Deakin University, about how her initial aspiration to pursue a legal career was a means of financing her dream of owning a fashion company and what factors ignited her passion to pursue a legal career. She also shares her desire to enter the corporate legal sector upon graduating and addresses the specific challenges law students face as they seek to enter the legal profession.

Daou also shares her personal challenges in applying for entry-level jobs in the legal profession, discusses what motivated her to overcome these struggles and secure her first internship at a law firm, highlights the effects of experiencing setbacks and obstacles on law students’ confidence and motivation to continue pursuing opportunities, explains the benefits of gaining work experiencing outside the legal field, identified the skills that such experience foster that is transferable to the legal profession and offers supportive insights for law students facing similar challenges, reassuring them that they are not alone in their pursuits.

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