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 international firm to the bar: law remains about dealing with people
Hardwicke barrister Charles Raffin on what he has learned on his journey from the City to the bar
How being a City law firm campus ambassador can get you to the front of the training contract queue
As the Friday application deadline to become a Hogan Lovells 2015-16 campus ambassador nears, Alex Aldridge meets one of the students who's held the role this year
Event: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will they train?
Free Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students and junior lawyers
How being an NQ differs from life as a trainee
Mayer Brown newly qualified associate Harriet Hainsworth on the step up from trainee to solicitor
How first year students can get ahead in the race for training contracts
Alex Aldridge meets the Manchester University trio who won the Norton Rose Fulbright GP Challenge
How to get a law school scholarship
The students who bagged scholarships from BPP Law School and the Inns of Court reveal how they did it
6 ways candidates who don’t fit the mould can boost their chances of landing a training contract or pupillage
Advice for rough diamonds from Norton Rose Fulbright, Hardwicke and BPP Law School
We are holding a myth-busting Facebook Q&A about getting a training contract or pupillage today at 1pm
Advice from Norton Rose Fulbright, Hardwicke and BPP Law School in hour-long session that is open to all
Demystifying the City: 11 things that corporate lawyers do
Alex Aldridge distils the key points from Hogan Lovells' Oxford University 'Demystifying law in the City' lecture
How to nail an application to a non-Pupillage Gateway chambers
There are eight top 30 chambers' pupillage application deadlines in the next month
8 vac scheme application form hacks
Warwick history graduate Harrison Hutchinson, who starts a training contract at Shearman & Sterling next year, explains how to nail a vac scheme application
Winter vac schemes are coming — so relax and get stuck in
Norton Rose Fulbright trainee-to-be Constantine Markides shares the wisdom he gleaned from doing a December placement last year
Lawyers help out London start-ups with free advice session at the Google Campus
Alex Aldridge takes notes as Hogan Lovells, Hardwicke and the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives assist young entrepreneurs at Legal Cheek‘s pro bono clinic
How a new generation of LGBT lawyers are helping students get into the City
Where issues of sexuality are relevant in the training contract application process wannabe lawyers should feel confident to be open, advises Hogan Lovells solicitor Charlotte Cartwright
How baby barristers can bag a Pegasus Scholarship — and escape the British winter
With the Pegagus Scholarship deadline coming up at the end of the month, Hardwicke barrister Laura Tweedy recalls her experience working for three months in New Zealand through the scheme
10 City law firms that are offering vac schemes this winter — for which it’s not too late to apply
But you'll need to get moving ...
5 features of a changing legal market that wannabe lawyers will have to deal with in their careers
Top solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives reveal what lies ahead for the profession
8 things you need to know before applying for an Inns of Court scholarship
“Inner Temple for the rich, Middle Temple for the poor; Lincoln’s Inn for the gentlemen, And Gray’s Inn for a whore.” Spoiler: this rhyme is very misleading.
Video: Legal Cheek Careers at Gray’s Inn
The full video of Tuesday's 'How to survive (and even thrive) in a changing legal market' free careers advice event
Become a lawyer because you’re passionate about it — not to please your parents
Your career may take a different direction to what you expect, but if your heart's in it you'll be fine
‘I wish I had known how to be a good boss’
Barrister and City University law lecturer Andrew Worthley would have banned his younger self from pulling caffeine-fuelled all-nighters