Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
‘The way we do business will inevitably change — but we will always need lawyers’
ULTRA Project Director and The University of Law (ULaw) senior tutor, Patrick Grant, on the rise of technology in the legal profession and what it means for future lawyers
SQE offers chance to create high quality courses where technology enhances learning, says Nottingham Law School head of department
Matthew J. Homewood sketches out vision for Solicitors Qualifying Exam preparation course that draws on university’s strength in teaching and research
Hotshot solicitor apprentices are starting to give law graduates a serious run for their money
BPP head of legal apprenticeships Bruce Humphrey detects a 'cultural change' taking place
Lawyer event: How to follow your dreams outside law while still working as a lawyer — with A&O Peerpoint
Thursday 13 February at Allen & Overy, London -- open to lawyers from 2QE and up
The case for solicitor apprenticeships
Ceri Evans, National Programme Director for Apprenticeships at The University of Law, discusses the benefits of the training contract alternative
From India’s biggest law school to Kirkland & Ellis private equity partner in London
Aprajita Dhundia shares her career story
From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years
Travers Smith’s Stephanie Lee reflects on her path to partnership and the high-stakes litigation that she’s worked on along the way
How to become a clinical negligence QC
Two Serjeants’ Inn barristers, who made it to the top via strikingly different routes, share their advice and reflections
The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s
Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future
Top barristers reveal what students need to know as they make pupillage applications
Practitioners from no less than 13 leading London sets share their insights as the Pupillage Gateway re-opens
From US law firm debt finance lawyer to artist and A&O Peerpoint legal consultant
'I could see the relentless long hours would never stop and I wanted to focus more on my interests outside of work'
Climate change and the law podcast: Clyde & Co lawyers share their views on fast-growing new area of practice
Ahead of the firm's vacation scheme application deadline on Sunday, solicitors provide key commercial awareness insights
Junior lawyer event: How to build a career at a US law firm in London — with BARBRI and lawyers from Cleary Gottlieb, Kirkland & Ellis, Shearman & Sterling and Skadden
Thursday 16 January 2020; open to all trainees and junior lawyers
Top commercial awareness talking points for aspiring lawyers
Courtesy of experts from ULaw, Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers and Womble Bond Dickinson
Legal technology: What does the next decade hold for law firms?
Three CMS lawyers share their thoughts
Five reasons to do your training contract with a global law firm outside London
Lawyers from Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds office make the case for starting your career in the North
Why I wanted to become a lawyer
Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys
Five hot commercial awareness issues that future lawyers need to be thinking about
Lawyers from BARBRI, BCLP, Gowling WLG, Ropes & Gray and Squire Patton Boggs share their wisdom
Four fintech predictions from four seriously clued-up lawyers
Practice area insight from experts at Linklaters
How technology is changing the business of law
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm
Lawtech and what it means for future lawyers
Experts from across the City share their insights