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The perfect law grad is a ‘team player’ with ‘excellent communication skills’, according to research

Data bods use job ads to identify key qualities employers seek from legally-minded uni leavers

Oct 8 2020 9:16am
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Majority of legal workers expect a pay rise within next year, study finds

One fifth feel confident in securing a promotion despite coronavirus effect on economy

Aug 26 2020 9:09am
Over half of legal workers stressed about job hunting amid coronavirus

One in four have put their search on hold

Jun 17 2020 9:13am
Law graduate paralegal positions going at top City firms — deadlines near

Bumper load of roles at Hogan Lovells, Norton Rose Fulbright and Pinsent Masons on Legal Cheek Jobs this week

Dec 5 2014 1:46pm
Lord Neuberger’s Judicial Assistant Lifts The Lid On Supreme Court Life

Amid the glow of the UK Supreme Court’s psychedelic carpets (the work of Sgt Pepper’s…

Jan 30 2013 1:17pm
JOB ALERT: Russian-Speaking Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a leading London-based international law firm seeks a paralegal who speaks fluent…

Nov 28 2012 4:18pm

Why Law Students’ Cluelessness About The Legal Market Could Consign Them To Paralegal Purgatory

The other day I had a coffee with the guy who many of the top…

Nov 20 2012 2:19pm
JOB ALERT: Immigration Paralegal

From Baby Barristers: a well-regarded London law firm seeks a law graduate to join its…

Nov 16 2012 12:55pm
Why Unemployed Law Graduates Should Ignore The Trend To Go Out On The Street And Hustle For a Job

Earlier this week, a City lawyer told me that his firm had experienced a “surge”…

Nov 1 2012 10:37am
Law Grad’s Hip Hop Video About Securing Job At Top Firm

Mike Lickver (pictured) has crowned his journey from law school to landing a job at…

Oct 25 2012 2:21pm
What’s Going On At 36 Bedford Row?

News has reached us that several senior members of 36 Bedford Row’s clerking team are…

Oct 3 2012 9:00am
Fleein’ To The…Aegean? Graduate Job Strategy Of The Week

Spotted over the weekend on thestudentroom.co.uk… “Hi, I was just wondering if anyone knows how…

Oct 1 2012 12:09pm

Might Even Graduates Of ‘Reputable’ Unis Struggle To Write Decent Essays When They’re Paid Just £43 Per 1,000 Words?

Last week, an essay-writing company posted an ad seeking law graduates with “a minimum Undergraduate…

Aug 29 2012 2:49pm
Law Graduate Sought For Barristers Chambers Job That Is ‘Not a Step Into Legal Work’

Amid falling training contract and pupillage numbers, these are bleak times for law graduates. Still,…

Aug 23 2012 9:20am
‘I Would Like To Extend You a Counter-Offer To Suck My Dick’: Law School Dropout’s Job Chances Scotched As Email Goes Viral

We haven’t had a legal profession viral email story since the ‘spitroast trainee’ Daniel England…

Aug 14 2012 9:10am
ADVICE: ‘Which Training Contract Offer Should I Accept?!’

UPDATE 4pm: XXX chose the London firm LPC graduate XXX XXXX (name removed) is facing…

Jun 29 2012 1:27pm
Jobless Law Graduate Releases YouTube Ballad

How tragic unemployment is. And what terrible things it can do to people, especially the…

Mar 29 2012 8:15am
The GDL: Too Much Whine, Not Enough Time

Wannabe lawyers need to be more Margaret Thatcher and less Nick Clegg if they are…

Mar 14 2012 10:58am

An LLM Can ‘Count Against’ Training Contract Hunters

LLMs are intellectually tough, time-consuming and not all law firms like them, warns LegalAware Students…

Mar 12 2012 1:31pm
Bar Should Be Restricted To Russell Group Graduates

Why incur the cost and hassle of an aptitude test to limit entry onto the…

Mar 9 2012 11:00am
Has Training Contract Gloom Become Self-Reinforcing?

The atmosphere of negativity in the legal profession towards graduate recruitment is getting out of…

Mar 1 2012 2:28pm

The perfect law grad is a ‘team player’ with ‘excellent communication skills’, according to research