Alex Wade

‘It’s nerve-wracking, and you shouldn’t take the decision lightly,’ says Shearman & Sterling rookie Jessica Stanion

The University of Law’s Russell Binch counsels against a single, definitive notion of how your career will pan out

Jacqui Timmins, head of Pinsent Masons’ Leeds office, on how to forge a successful career in the law

From uni DJ to online sales consultant to gangland pro bono — Womble Bond Dickinson’s Sam Dixon sampled it all en route to becoming a restructuring lawyer

Travers Smith’s Emily Clark tells Alex Wade about what she has learned on her path from Oxford history graduate to City law firm partner via a stint working in the charity sector

Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks back on his route into the firm

Dentons’ pioneering Nextlaw Labs venture is having a radical effect — and creating opportunities for future lawyers

When you act for some of the world’s leading life sciences and technology companies, it helps to speak their language, says Bristows’ Gemma Barrett

But don’t underestimate human skills like being able to listen to and empathise with clients, says Osborne Clarke managing partner Ray Berg

Legal Cheek Careers meets Hogan Lovells’ legendary pro bono chief Yasmin Waljee

And lawyers have a central role to play, says Norton Rose Fulbright fintech partner Victoria Birch

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

As Ashurst’s training contract deadline looms, we talk to banking law specialist Nick Wong about his career to date

Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client

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