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‘Failed SQE1 and lost my training contract — what now?’

SQE student seeks advice

Mar 14 2025 7:31am
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‘Should I work as a paralegal, or self-fund the SQE?’

Tough choice for soon-to-be law graduate

Feb 21 2025 8:52am
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‘How did everyone find the SQE?’  

One solicitor hopeful says they feel 'pretty deflated'

Feb 8 2024 8:45am
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‘Should I mention my TC offers in pupillage applications?’ 

Former aspiring solicitor now seeks career at the bar

Jan 4 2024 8:50am
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Swapping London for the Louvre: life on an international secondment at a global law firm

A&O's Gabriella Masding discusses her move to Paris

Sep 15 2023 1:35pm

Criminal solicitor to share comical tales of the justice system at Edinburgh Fringe

Shit Lawyer is 'a manifesto for change', says Abigail Rolling

Jun 21 2022 11:33am
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From trainee to private equity partner at a magic circle law firm

Allen & Overy’s Peter Banks talks to Legal Cheek’s Sky Martle about his career journey

Sep 14 2021 12:02pm

Linklaters adopts code to protect employees with afro hair

‘Hair discrimination remains a source of racial injustice for black people in the UK’, says magic circle firm

Mar 11 2021 11:27am

‘It’s virtually impossible to reach the top of City firms without straight hair’

Is black hair and professionalism an oxymoron? An aspiring lawyer looks at the research

Apr 10 2018 9:12am

Low grades caused by health problems, what will law firms think?

I'm back on track now but worried the damage has already been done

Dec 19 2016 11:19am

I did a BTEC instead of A-levels — can I still get a training contract?

One aspiring lawyer harbours concerns that a lack of A-Levels will hinder his legal career

Nov 22 2016 10:41am

Do I stand a better chance of getting a training contract if I look like Kim Kardashian?

I won’t fit in if the legal profession is that superficial

Nov 1 2016 10:27am

Are my plans for securing a training contract too cheeky for the legal profession?

Unacceptable brashness or praiseworthy initiative?

Oct 19 2016 11:44am

I have a learning difficulty and am gay – will I succeed at the bar?

The legal profession and its true approach to diversity

Oct 7 2016 10:58am

Was I wrong to accept my legal assistant role?

Maybe I should've headed straight for a training contract

Sep 13 2016 12:37pm

To weave or not to weave that is the question

I can’t afford a new weave but my natural hair may be too much

Sep 7 2016 11:21am