Tag: Students

BPTC student raises bias and privacy concerns over exam proctoring

BSB says online exams aren't 'discriminatory' but union have come out in support of students wanting to pursue potential legal action

Jul 23 2020 12:12pm

A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’

'All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,' says law school in response

Jul 22 2020 4:35pm

BPP students aren’t happy about having to do without hard copy course materials

Delay sending out textbooks caused by printer being closed due to COVID-19, says law school, which has moved all materials online

Jul 16 2020 1:13pm

Leeds Beckett music grad goes viral after sneaking into hungover mate’s Nottingham law lecture

'I was watching Suits at the time', Bradley Green tells Legal Cheek

Jul 16 2020 10:16am

‘Working at a music festival, in the army and as a teacher made me a better lawyer’

Baker McKenzie’s Jonathan Tham highlights the importance of non-legal work experience

Jul 15 2020 2:29pm

Regulator apologises to BPTC students following exam booking chaos

Some spent several hours on the line only to be hung up on or told to call back later

Jul 15 2020 1:22pm

Elite firms could ignore solicitor super-exam results and stick with old boys’ networks, diversity experts warn

SQE 'could help' with diversity but not if firms keep recruiting directly from top unis

Jul 14 2020 10:40am

5 predictions for the post-COVID corporate law world

ULaw’s director of employability outlines what would-be City lawyers can expect

Jul 13 2020 3:35pm

Top UK law schools require higher A-Level grades from poorer students, research finds

Also half as likely to attend high-ranking unis

Jul 13 2020 2:40pm

Final seat trainee: ‘I didn’t get my dream NQ role in tech — should I look elsewhere?’

I will instead be qualifying into commercial litigation

Jul 10 2020 10:16am

University of London delays LLB exams after students encounter ‘bandwidth difficulties’

Exclusive: 'Small minority' of undergraduates affected, says uni

Jul 10 2020 9:13am

Ban for legal assistant who lied about passing exams

‘Altered’ letter to show CILEx assessment success

Jul 9 2020 11:24am

A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme

Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme

Jul 7 2020 1:32pm

Clifford Chance launches year-round global virtual work experience programme

Exclusive: New approach means there'll be no summer 2021 vacation scheme -- but magic circle firm will continue to offer some in-office internships

Jul 7 2020 9:00am

Exam proctoring: a law student’s experience

As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was 'mostly positive'

Jul 6 2020 1:38pm

Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reflects on magic circle vac scheme rejection

Ali Obeid has since secured a TC with a top US law firm

Jul 3 2020 9:12am

‘Can I do a UK training contract if I’m based overseas?’

We put one reader's question to the regulator

Jul 1 2020 11:12am

Aspiring barrister raises £65,000 to realise Cambridge Uni law course dream

‘I'm absolutely over the moon!’ Dylan Kawende tells Legal Cheek

Jul 1 2020 9:13am

ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn

Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place

Jun 30 2020 2:07pm