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The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.

The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future

LexisNexis director, Dani McCormick, talks about her path from a career in advertising to law to legal tech, and how different law might be in the future

May 9 2019 3:40pm

What a transatlantic tie-up means for trainees and junior lawyers

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Tara Newell reveals the benefits of a mega-merger ahead of the firm’s Meet Your Future social media competition

May 7 2019 9:53am

The SQE and the challenges ahead

ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam

May 1 2019 10:00am

How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation

Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

Apr 23 2019 1:37pm

Survey: Which legal research tools do you use?

Complete to win an iPad and £50 Amazon gift vouchers

Apr 15 2019 10:22am

Win a return flight to New York: ‘My US Legal Icon’ Vlogging Prize

From the Obamas to The Notorious R.B.G -- tell us about your American hero to win a return transatlantic flight to New York City

Apr 4 2019 12:35pm
Barristers, Solicitors, students

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice

A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Apr 3 2019 2:48pm

Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’

Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination

Mar 29 2019 12:57pm
Law, Student, solicitor, training contract, youtuber, vlogger, Law and Broader

Aspiring lawyers should embrace social media

Instagram Live interview: Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘Secrets to Success -- Birmingham’, solicitor and vlogger Chrissie Wolfe explains why an online presence can have its advantages

Mar 25 2019 2:05pm

Event: Secrets to Success Birmingham — with Irwin Mitchell, VWV, Kings Chambers and ULaw

Wednesday 27 March in Birmingham; open to all students

Mar 22 2019 6:55pm

Why Generation Z will revolutionise the law firm of the future

Lawyers and innovation experts give students a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that await

Mar 21 2019 1:53pm
Student, law, training contract, lawtech

Why AI may be less disruptive than email

Artificial intelligence is saving lawyers time, but it is also generating work

Mar 20 2019 3:49pm

Unique opportunities lie ahead for today’s future trainees

Ahead of tomorrow's ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event in London, we spoke to Jeremy Coleman, innovation manager at Norton Rose Fulbright

Mar 12 2019 1:56pm

Aspiring solicitors should seek the skills robots can’t replace

A sneak peek of some of the hints and tips BPP innovation chief Adam Curphey will share at Wednesday’s ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event

Mar 11 2019 3:30pm

Bristol’s legal scene and the rise of agile working

A panel of South West lawyers discuss the departure from the London-centric vision of yesterday

Mar 8 2019 12:52pm

This is how lawyers of the future should be thinking about tech

Embrace the change but don’t get distracted by it, say a panel of top City lawyers

Feb 25 2019 1:58pm

Why this law firm partner won’t be leaving Bristol any time soon

Burges Salmon's James Sutherland reveals the benefits of practising in the South West

Feb 20 2019 2:45pm

Lawyers cut through the tech hype to give students a glimpse of the challenges and opportunities that await

Womble Bond Dickinson trio consider how future lawyers should be thinking about technology

Feb 19 2019 3:10pm