Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
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
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
London lawyers discuss merits of Leave vs Remain — without a politician in sight
The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate
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
Event: How to make it as a City lawyer — with the Black Solicitors Network
Top BME lawyers share their wisdom with students looking to pursue careers in corporate law
How I became a competition lawyer
Be ready when opportunity knocks, recommends Shearman & Sterling's James Webber
Practice areas: Who is drawn to what?
The people who thrive in different legal specialisms don't always conform to stereotype
Amanda Yip QC: ‘I started off as a criminal barrister and I’d do the same today’
Regional super chambers model still allows legal aid practitioners to thrive
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time: EU referendum special — with Shearman & Sterling
Top EU lawyers discuss vote implications; students ask the questions -- with 30 free places up for grabs
What it’s like to be a projects lawyer working to create huge new things
Legal Cheek Careers meets the award-winning Pinsent Masons pair who are helping to build a new £588m NHS hospital
‘A legal background is an excellent foundation for business leadership’
Incoming ULaw chief executive Dr Stelios Platis on how students can best position themselves in a changing legal market
Over 1,000 wannabe lawyers vlogged about how they went ‘Above and Beyond’ — six made the final: here are their videos
The top minute-long clips -- including winner -- revealed
Five things we wish we’d known before pupillage
Words of wisdom from two Hardwicke pupil barristers ahead of application deadline day
Open thread: How do I get a pupillage?
Baby barristers advise
9 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams
Trainee solicitors share their exam preparation wisdom
We are holding a pupillage applications open thread — with advice from two Hardwicke rookie barristers
Session to take place between 6-7pm on Tuesday 19 April
Why the challenge to create more female partners starts at trainee level
Millennials hold the key to boosting gender diversity in law
Video: How to become a serious injury lawyer
There's plenty of legal life beyond the City
How to turn pupillage interview failure into success
Daring to be honest can be a turning point
The life of a law student campus ambassador
York Uni second year Lee Turner used his position with King & Wood Mallesons to bag a vac scheme
Video: Litigation Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC
Top barristers and solicitors answer students' questions about legal and finance stories in the news