Legal Cheek Careers

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

We spoke to the Hogan Lovells junior solicitor who is helping the British Paralympic Association prepare for Rio

Newly qualified Lorn Joseph on the legal experience of a lifetime

Sep 6 2016 11:43am

Event: Brexit and the future — how global law firms deal with political uncertainty

Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers look ahead to a potentially eventful autumn; students ask the questions

Sep 5 2016 1:29pm

How to get a distinction on the LPC

BPP University Law School director of LPC programmes Jane Houston gives her ten top tips for success

Aug 11 2016 2:25pm

What it’s like to quit practising law aged 27 to do an LLM

City University Professor of International Economic Law David Collins has never looked back

Aug 9 2016 2:45pm

From professional footballer to lawyer

Legal Cheek Careers meets former Charlton and Leyton Orient midfielder Bradley Pritchard

Jul 28 2016 12:03pm

Experience: I have worked as a lawyer in Melbourne, Madrid and New York

Legal Cheek Careers meets Herbert Smith Freehills' well-travelled senior associate Marianna Schneider

Jul 27 2016 11:00am

Five things we wish we’d known when we were applying for training contracts

As numerous firms' deadlines for applications loom, two RPC trainees give the inside scoop on securing a TC

Jul 26 2016 9:19am

Open thread: How do I get a training contract?

Trainee solicitors advise

Jul 21 2016 12:46pm

Unconventional routes into the legal profession: from theatre set designer to planning lawyer

Burges Salmon partner Liz Dunn tells Legal Cheek Careers about her unlikely journey to the top of corporate law

Jul 20 2016 1:35pm

Video: How to make it as a City lawyer

Six top solicitors answer law students' questions about how they made it into the legal profession

Jul 11 2016 11:48am

Why ambitious junior lawyers need to create their own networks

King & Wood Mallesons partner Ajay Pathak shares what he has learned on his journey to the top

Jul 6 2016 11:11am

Being different makes you stronger: a newly qualified lawyer’s perspective

Diversity is a positive in the City, writes Hogan Lovells associate Amma Boakye

Jul 4 2016 2:08pm

9 things you need to know if you are applying for a training contract this summer

Norton Rose Fulbright's Andrew Roycroft shares what he has learned from participating in the graduate recruitment process

Jul 1 2016 11:23am

Why students don’t need to have it all figured out at law school

Amid the competing attractions of different areas of law, it's important to keep an open mind, writes BPP University's Kandice Horsey

Jun 29 2016 2:34pm

From a small town in one of India’s poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills

Siddhartha Shukla charts his incredible route to becoming a solicitor in London

Jun 28 2016 12:05pm

City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart

Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé on making the transition from university to practice

Jun 22 2016 1:35pm

London lawyers discuss merits of Leave vs Remain — without a politician in sight

The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate

Jun 21 2016 9:35am

Interview: ‘I have delayed doing the LPC because I got a paralegal job’

Nadine Shanahan found it easier to get a foothold on the career ladder than she had expected

Jun 17 2016 11:06am