Application form trainee solicitors

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1 Application form trainee solicitors for training contracts commencing in 2018 PERSONAL DETAILS Title: Name (in full): Telephone number(s): address: Home address (including postcode): Please give dates expected to be at home address: Term address (including postcode): Please give dates expected to be at term address: EDUCATION Secondary education GCSE level or equivalent Name of school: Years attended Year taken: Qualification: Grade: 1

2 Further education A/AS level or equivalent Name of school or college: Years attended Year taken: Qualification: Grade: Higher education Name of university: Years attended Degree subject: Final degree awarded (if known): First year subjects and results Exam result (please give as percentage): 2

3 Second year subjects and results Exam result (please give as percentage): Third year subjects and results Exam Result (please give as percentage): Fourth year subjects and results Exam Result (please give as percentage): If your degree is a non-law degree, when and where will you take the GDL? 3

4 If you have already completed the GDL, please complete the following (if applicable): GDL results Grade: Overall grade: When and where will you take the LPC? If you have already completed the LPC, please complete the following: LPC results Grade: Overall grade: WORK EXPERIENCE Legal work experience Employer: Duties: Dates: 4

5 Non-legal work experience Employer: Duties: Dates: Personal statement Please write about yourself in no more than 650 words. You may wish to mention any positions of responsibility held at school or subsequently, any regular employment or other work experience, any sporting or other achievements and any particular interests and personal qualities which are relevant. Please also state briefly why you are making this application. You can type/write your statement directly in the box below or set it out in a separate document (which you should attach to this form). Criminal Record Have you ever been convicted of any offence in any court of the UK or elsewhere (other than a motoring offence not resulting in disqualification)? You are entitled to ignore any spent convictions in answering this question, although you may wish to note that prior to your admission to the profession the SRA will make enquiries of you with respect to any criminal convictions whether spent or unspent. If yes, please give details: Disability Prospective employers have a duty to help disabled applicants. Disabled in this sense means physical or mental impairment which has a substantial or long-term adverse effect on his/her ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Do you consider yourself to have a disability Yes No If yes, please let us know whether there is any assistance that you would like us to provide for you if invited for an interview or if you are offered a training contract. Eligibility to work in the United Kingdom Are you entitled to work in the United Kingdom? If yes, are you subject to any immigration restrictions? If yes, please give details: 5

6 References Name of academic referee: Position: Company/Organisation: Address: Tel: Name of most recent or current employer: Position: Company/Organisation: Address: Tel: Declaration To the best of my knowledge and belief, the information I have given above is correct. I understand that my application may be disqualified or, if I take up an offer of a training contract, disciplinary action up to and including dismissal may be taken if I have given any false information. I agree that Field Seymour Parkes may hold and use the information about me, contained in this application and the diversity monitoring form, including any information which falls within the definition of sensitive personal data under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 and the Employment Practices Data Protection Code for the purposes of processing this application, equal opportunities monitoring and for personnel purposes if an offer of employment is made. If you have printed this form and are typing/handwriting it please sign and date it below. If you will be ing this form to us your will be your consent to this declaration. Signed: Dated: Diversity monitoring Field Seymour Parkes supports diversity and equality for all. We endeavour to recruit the best candidate for the particular position. Our decisions are not affected by gender, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age or disability (except to the extent that an applicant s disability requires us to provide assistance when we are able to do so). The Solicitors Regulatory Authority (SRA) requires us to monitor our applicants as a means of checking that we have a diverse workforce. We have set out the following questions to assist us in this process. The questions are taken from the SRA s model Diversity Questionnaire. Completion is entirely optional and your answers do not form part of your application. They will be used only to monitor the effectiveness of our equality and diversity policy. 6

7 Ethnic origin/nationality Please tick the box which best describes the ethnic group to which you belong. Asian or Asian British Bangladeshi Chinese Indian Pakistani Any other Asian background Black or Black British African Caribbean Any other Black background Mixed/Multiple Ethnic Groups White and Asian White and Black African White and Black Caribbean White and Chinese Any other mixed/multiple ethnic background White British/English/Welsh/Northern Irish/Scottish Irish Gypsy or Irish Traveller Any other White background Other ethnic group Arab Any other ethnic group Prefer not to say Gender Male Female Prefer not to say Marital status Married/registered as civil partner Single Prefer not to say Sexual orientation Bisexual Gay man Gay woman/lesbian Heterosexual/Straight Other Prefer not to say 7

8 Religion or belief Atheist Buddhist Hindu Muslim Any other religion Agnostic Christian Jewish Sikh Prefer not to say Disability As explained above, a disability means a physical or mental impairment which has a substantial and long term adverse effect on your ability to carry out normal day to day activities. Do you consider that you have a disability? Yes No Don t know Used to have disability but now recovered Prefer not to say Are your day-to-day activities limited because of a health problem or disability which has lasted, or is expected to last, at least twelve months? Yes, limited a lot Yes, limited a little No Prefer not to say Age (please indicate your age category) Prefer not to say Socio-economic background and caring responsibilities Did you mainly attend a state or fee paying school between the ages of 11 to 18? UK state school Attended school outside UK UK independent/fee paying school Prefer not to say NB. If you changed your type of school during your education or were educated partly in the UK and partly outside, please select the category that applies to your main place of education during the last two years of your education. If you went to University (to study a BA, BSc, LLB or higher) were you part of the first generation of your family to do so? Yes No Did not attend University Prefer not to say Are you a primary carer for a child or children under 18? Yes No Prefer not to say Do you look after or give any help or support to family members, friends, neighbours or others because of either: long term physical or mental ill health/disability problems related to old age? (excluding anything you do as part of paid employment) 8

9 Yes, 1-19 hours a week Yes, hours a week Yes, 50 or more hours a week No Prefer not to say NB. If you care for more than one person select the answer which reflects the total number of hours you care for all individuals. Thank you for completing this questionnaire. Please return your form to: Lisa Cross Field Seymour Parkes 1 London Street Reading RG1 4QW Tel: lisa.cross@fsp-law.com 9