Tag: lccareers

My journey from trainee to partner

Baker McKenzie’s Jeremy Levy looks back at his path to partnership

Jul 4 2019 2:14pm

Inside Norton Rose Fulbright’s new lawtech module with York University

Those behind the first-of-its-kind, jointly-taught programme reveal the thinking behind the move

Jul 3 2019 12:37pm

How I leveraged my foreign language skills to secure a City training contract

Lewis Fairfax, corporate litigator at Hogan Lovells, chats to Legal Cheek's Aishah Hussain ahead of his appearance at next Wednesday’s ‘Inside Track: How to become a City lawyer' event

Jul 1 2019 1:45pm

What I’ve learned so far

Experts from Dechert, Ropes & Gray, Wiggin and The University of Law share their tips for TC hunters

Jun 27 2019 12:47pm

The tech revolution through the eyes of a data privacy lawyer

Pinsent Masons senior associate Rif Kapadi reflects on the far-reaching implications of GDPR

Jun 26 2019 12:50pm
Technology tech trainee solicitor

How tech is changing the way trainees work

Four lawyers cut through the hype at our latest student event in Reading

Jun 25 2019 1:35pm

A day in the life of a corporate lawyer

Solicitors from Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and DWF tell us what their jobs are really like

Jun 20 2019 2:03pm

The diary of an employment lawyer

Legal Cheek Careers meets employment solicitor-turned ULaw Bloomsbury campus dean, Sandie Gaines, to discuss her career journey to date and application tips for summer training contract success

Jun 19 2019 2:53pm

6 essentials for summer training contract hunters

What we learned from an hour listening to five top lawyers

Jun 13 2019 2:13pm

Midlands to the Middle East: What I learned during my international secondment

Pinsent Masons associate Ian Morgan reflects on his time in Dubai and Doha

Jun 11 2019 1:18pm

Life as a junior lawyer during the financial crash

ULaw campus dean, Matthew Tomlinson, reveals why Leeds is on the up-and-up ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in the northern city

Jun 3 2019 1:38pm

Telling lawyers to ‘toughen up’ isn’t the answer

PJ Kirby QC, joint head of Hardwicke, speaks to Legal Cheek ahead of his appearance this afternoon at The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019

May 22 2019 12:07pm

What it’s like to lead one of the UK’s first teaching law firms

Laura Pinkney, head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre, chats to Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain

May 21 2019 11:05am

Why leaping into law as a career changer takes confidence

ULaw’s John Watkins talks transferrable skills and reveals how career changers can show risk-averse employers that they’re a safe option

May 17 2019 1:16pm

‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’

Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract

May 16 2019 11:42am

‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’

Cornerstones Barristers’ Andrew Lane reflects on his career to date and how barrister training should evolve to adequately prepare the next generation of advocates

May 13 2019 2:50pm

The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future

LexisNexis director, Dani McCormick, talks about her path from a career in advertising to law to legal tech, and how different law might be in the future

May 9 2019 3:40pm

The SQE and the challenges ahead

ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam

May 1 2019 10:00am

How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation

Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

Apr 23 2019 1:37pm
Barristers, Solicitors, students

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice

A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Apr 3 2019 2:48pm

Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’

Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination

Mar 29 2019 12:57pm