Legal Cheek Careers
Why blockchain is here to stay as a force for good
And lawyers have a central role to play, says Norton Rose Fulbright fintech partner Victoria Birch
Alex Wade
Alex Wade is a media lawyer, author and freelance journalist
Legal Cheek Careers
Alternative careers for law graduates: financial crime
Former Royal Canadian Mounted Police officer Garry Clement — who has seen it all — is consistently impressed by the qualities that those from a legal background bring to his specialism of financial crime
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From King’s College London law student to Ashurst partner
As Ashurst’s training contract deadline looms, we talk to banking law specialist Nick Wong about his career to date
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Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City training contract
Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client
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Law, politics and the City
Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane
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From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a prestigious City training contract
Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis
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The army’s loss is the law’s gain
Marisa Hornabrook is looking forward to her legal life with Burges Salmon — and it all began with an Insight Day more than three years ago
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How to use the law to make a difference
Fletchers’ Mark Tempest looks back on some of his most memorable cases
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How I became a City law firm partner at just 36
Hogan Lovells’ Richard Goss shares his tips for aspiring lawyers
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From vacation scheme to NQ solicitor
Rob Hobson made a late decision to go into law, but he’s just about to start life as a Mayer Brown lawyer
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The Pinsent Masons solicitor who’s giving back as a school governor
Bilal Mohammad wants to help more people like him into the legal profession
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From trainee solicitor to pro bono manager
Becca Naylor’s passion for human rights has led her to a dream job with Reed Smith
Courtrooms around the world are things of beauty
Here are some of the best
Weird laws of sport
Whatever you do, keep your hat on
Boris to sue for slander (and libel)?
The new Foreign Secretary might just have the law on his side
Lily Allen tweets about Farage & Co at a mysterious garden party
But did she over-step the mark in terms of privacy law?
Not coming to the UK anytime soon: Brexit
Lawyers are set to be busy working out how the UK’s departure from the EU will happen — if, that is, it ever does
Law Rocks
In need of a musical study break?
A sleepless Prince
Google’s algorithms throw up an interesting comment on (some) lawyers’ lives
Kim is here. Are you?
As virtual paralegals start work, how long before others stop?
Trump turnaround on legal fees pledge
The Donald proves as contradictory as ever
Once they were lawyers… Marcel Proust
The great French writer had a law degree — and that’s not all
Iconic blond person says First Amendment must go
As The Donald says he’ll change laws he doesn’t like, we wonder which other world leaders have done likewise
Comment is free — but it can be costly
As The Telegraph announces the suspension of online reader comments, a media lawyer explains the law below the line
Proudman v Delilah?
Zero tolerance for Welsh rugby songs
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Jones Day junior lawyer runs marathon in a three-piece suit
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Chemsex junior barrister opens up about boyfriend’s death and his suspension from legal profession
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9am lectures should be scrapped
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Commissioner ‘confident’ Labour-backed legal aid report, launched 100 days after Grenfell fire, will make it to the statute books
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