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Places at A&O Shearman's Smart Choices 2025 are filling up fast - so if you are in 12, don't miss out !

Spaces are filling up fast for Smart Choices, running in partnership with international law firm A&O Shearman.

Places are A&O Shearman's Smart Choices 2025 are filling up fast - don't let your Year 12s miss out!


Smart Choices kickstarts The Smart Start Experience 2025, which is an amazing opportunity for your Year 12 students to gain an insight into careers at an international law firm.
 
By attending this Smart Choices event, students will be invited to apply the Smart Start Week or Smart Applications programmes - only Smart Choices attendees will be able to apply for these prestigious programmes.
 

  1. Smart Start Week: a unique work experience week hosted at A&O Shearman’s offices in July 2025
  2. Smart Applications: a virtual work-related learning programme running across eight webinars in Summer 2025 – the programmes will be incredible opportunities for all participants, and we’d love for your students to take part.

Students can sign up for Smart Choices here - also included is a link below with a  QR code . Places are offered on a first-come first-served basis, and we expect places to be oversubscribed so highly recommend signing up sooner rather than later to secure a place – applications may close early once the programme hits capacity.

Students can register for Smart Choices here: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=5y2ryeK4x0qHtEHU8A2E9-NQThetNLtFoceXhUJTJPpUNzZWWTFUSFpIWlVQUjBBSEpPUUMwSzlIRS4u&route=shorturl 

Valuing Careers

  • Individuals: Career development can support individuals throughout their education and career; facilitating positive transitions, building career management skills and fostering career wellbeing.
  • The economy: Career development can support the economy by improving the efficiency of the labour market and promoting effective skills/knowledge development. 
  • Society: Career development can benefit society by promoting social justice and equity in education and work for all members of the community.

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Please do not hesitate to contact me if you would like to arrange a careers interview or require further information. Mrs S Beeton, Head of Careers sbeeton@sphs.uk.com