Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
Legal education reform proposals are an opportunity as well as a risk — and students must have a voice
King & Wood Mallesons' David Ball and Caroline Sarson want to safeguard quality and boost diversity while improving the scope of assessment
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC
Litigation-themed session with top barristers and solicitors
Five things you need to know before applying for a first year work experience scheme
If you are rejected, life is not over
Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer
Legal Cheek and Fletchers team up to hold careers advice session for students with leading solicitors and barristers
What it’s like to work at a global law firm while also studying for an LLB
The hardest part is managing your time
Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers
We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project
From trainee to partner — at the same international firm
Two young City partners who only finished their training contracts in 2005-06 talk about how they made it to the top
Event: What will the proposed solicitor super-exam mean for law students and trainees?
International law firm King & Wood Mallesons hosts debate about impact of proposed changes that could revolutionise legal education and training
Six ways to maximise your chances of landing a pupillage
Becoming-a-barrister hacks
10 insights into what it’s really like to be a City law firm trainee and how you can become one
RPC's 'Life in a law firm' project lifts lid on the rookie lawyer experience
#LifeInALawFirm: We’re running an online Q&A with RPC’s trainee-controlled Twitter account on Monday at 1pm
Tweet your questions to rookie City lawyers ahead of the vac scheme application deadline
Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day
Nothing beats going somewhere in person
This is what you do on a London vacation scheme at a US-based international firm
It's more hands-on than the magic circle
How law students can survive Christmas
Advice from someone who made it to the other side
How to nail a vac scheme application form
Advice from a King & Wood Mallesons expert
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
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
‘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
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
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
How to secure work experience through networking
Be confident -- and then follow through