Author: The Careers Team

Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers

We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project

Feb 11 2016 2:36pm

From trainee to partner — at the same international firm

Two young City partners who only finished their training contracts in 2005-06 talk about how they made it to the top

Feb 10 2016 1:36pm

Event: What will the proposed solicitor super-exam mean for law students and trainees?

International law firm King & Wood Mallesons hosts debate about impact of proposed changes that could revolutionise legal education and training

Feb 9 2016 10:14am

10 insights into what it’s really like to be a City law firm trainee and how you can become one

RPC's 'Life in a law firm' project lifts lid on the rookie lawyer experience

Jan 27 2016 1:34pm

#LifeInALawFirm: We’re running an online Q&A with RPC’s trainee-controlled Twitter account on Monday at 1pm

Tweet your questions to rookie City lawyers ahead of the vac scheme application deadline

Jan 22 2016 4:45pm

Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day

Nothing beats going somewhere in person

Jan 6 2016 3:03pm

How to nail a vac scheme application form

Advice from a King & Wood Mallesons expert

Dec 17 2015 3:20pm

Why law students who understand technology have an advantage that will grow and grow

ULaw Visiting Professor Colin Ettinger, a partner at Irwin Mitchell, thinks an Uber-style revolution could be around the corner

Dec 10 2015 2:30pm

Video: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer

How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract -- the full discussion

Dec 7 2015 3:38pm

‘Seeking a job outside law ironically put me on the path to qualifying as a lawyer’

Unable to secure a training contract during the financial crisis, LPC graduate Priya Krishan landed an associate role at JP Morgan in London -- and qualified as a New York lawyer

Dec 1 2015 4:12pm

From Durham to Bristol: the advantages of being a future lawyer outside London

Burges Salmon trainee Sarah Carter has found high quality work and a really nice lifestyle in the South West

Nov 26 2015 2:42pm

How to secure work experience through networking

Be confident -- and then follow through

Nov 24 2015 2:16pm

How do you retain the best lawyers and allow them to have a life?

Shearman & Sterling’s Women in Law conference in London explored ways to boost gender diversity at the top

Nov 16 2015 3:05pm

Training contract interview horror stories

Students share howlers to mark Halloween

Oct 30 2015 2:38pm

Video: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently

Watch 'Legal Cheek Live, with Lord Neuberger' below

Oct 19 2015 5:34pm

Lawyers wanted to stem rise of crime in schools

Engaging students in society is key, says project manager of Citizenship Foundation's Lawyers in Schools programme

Oct 8 2015 4:00pm

How wannabe lawyers can become employable

ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills

Oct 2 2015 11:39am

How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games

Hardwicke's two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status

Sep 30 2015 12:33pm

Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers field financial and legal news questions from 40 students

Inaugural Commercial Awareness Question Time takes place at London office of global firm

Sep 24 2015 12:15pm