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That's why University of Wollongong Law Students' Society careers vice-president Madeleine Joseph is ecstatic the Sydney Law Careers Fair is still going ahead.
But due to COVID-19 restrictions, the Law Society of NSW will run the event on Friday as a 'virtual' careers fair this year.
Each year, the Sydney Law Careers Fair brings together law students from across the state, all seeking career guidance from those well established in the legal profession.
More than 1000 students and graduates were expected to attend this year's event at the International Convention Centre.
However, when COVID-19 restrictions banned the holding of all large-scale events, the Law Society of NSW moved quickly to re-develop the Sydney Law Careers Fair as a virtual event.
The careers fair, which is free to all exhibitors and students, will now be held online on April 3 from 11am - 2pm.
This pleased Miss Joseph immensely.
"By going online the fair is becoming much more accessible for law students to have that networking opportunity and to get a chance to talk to some of the people who work at law firms and part of their HR," she said.
"This virtual careers fair is actually a really good opportunity for all UOW law students."
More than 35 exhibitors from Australia's leading firms, government departments and educational institutions will be online to answer student's questions about clerkships, graduate roles and offer career guidance.
Law Society of NSW president, Richard Harvey, urged law students and graduates wishing to take part in the virtual careers fair to sign in at 11am sharp on April 3 to ensure they can ask all the questions they have lined up for the exhibitors.
"With universities and tertiary providers around Australia moving to online classes in a bid to minimise the spread of COVID-19, it made perfect sense for the Law Society to move the Sydney Law Careers Fair online," Mr Harvey said.
"These are unprecedented and uncertain times and we all need to adapt and adjust to the challenges of COVID-19, in ways we would not have imagined even a month ago."
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