Legal Cheek Careers

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

How law students can survive Christmas

Advice from someone who made it to the other side

Dec 23 2015 1:04pm

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

Not being yourself wastes valuable energy

After having children, Hogan Lovells partner Elaine Penrose decided to be completely open about her sexuality at work -- including with clients

Nov 30 2015 3:09pm

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

‘Traditionally mentoring has been associated with the straight white male world’

Getting advice from experienced LGBT lawyers helped Miles Tonkin secure a training contract at Herbert Smith Freehills

Nov 13 2015 11:18am

Event: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer

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

Nov 12 2015 11:51am

‘Many young lawyers don’t realise that set-backs are actually great springboards’

The difficulties faced by RPC partner Parham Kouchikali -- who arrived in Britain aged eight unable to speak English -- have stayed with him in a positive way in his professional life

Nov 10 2015 2:18pm

Training contract interview horror stories

Students share howlers to mark Halloween

Oct 30 2015 2:38pm

The law student A to Z

The definitive wannabe lawyer alphabet

Oct 21 2015 4:57pm

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

Why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t feel they have to come across as from a certain socio-economic background

"Your differences can become your strength," says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle

Oct 15 2015 12:06pm

How waitressing helped me succeed as an international competition lawyer

Herbert Smith Freehills' Veronica Roberts on her journey from the local comprehensive to global law firm partner

Oct 12 2015 2:21pm

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

A motorbike accident transformed me from junior lawyer coaster to driven CEO

Fletchers chief Ed Fletcher recalls how a spinal cord injury gave him a clarity that would change the course of his career

Oct 6 2015 9:51am

How wannabe lawyers can become employable

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

Oct 2 2015 11:39am