Tag: lccareers

Get out there and meet lawyers, there is no better preparation

Hogan Lovells partner Chris Hutton recalls how a teacher who "pushed us to apply to places we had never dreamed of applying to" helped put him on the right track

Jun 23 2017 12:05pm

From King’s College London law student to Ashurst partner

As Ashurst's training contract deadline looms, we talk to banking law specialist Nick Wong about his career to date

Jun 21 2017 2:03pm

Why lawyers need to be good listeners

Ahead of Legal Cheek and Macfarlanes' deal-themed Commercial Awareness Question Time next week, partner Nicholas Barclay offers future solicitors some advice

Jun 16 2017 11:44am

Event: How to make it as a City lawyer

Solicitors from Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown join experts from BPP University Law School, NOTICED and PRIME to help prep students -- for free -- ahead of the training contract application deadline

Jun 15 2017 10:51am

Experience: I did a secondment at a global media company during my City training contract

Reed Smith trainee Roch Glowacki reflects on what he learned during six-months at firm’s client

Jun 12 2017 2:06pm

Shearman & Sterling lawyers look beyond General Election to the main event: Brexit

The real challenges will come once May v Corbyn battle is over

Jun 8 2017 9:50am

How the Norton Rose Fulbright energy law LLM scholarship is helping to take a young lawyer’s career to the next level

Legal Cheek Careers meets Rodica Procop, a student at Queen Mary University of London’s energy and natural resources law institute

Jun 5 2017 12:44pm

Law, politics and the City

Ahead of the Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate on Monday, Tim Waterson explains how an early interest in politics set him up for life in the corporate finance fast lane

Jun 1 2017 9:02am

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — Inside the acquisition of Visa Europe, with Macfarlanes

The lawyers who handled one of the biggest M&A deals of last year share their experiences with 50 students

May 30 2017 4:50pm

Birmingham University vlogger beats 1,000 students to win trip to HSF’s Hong Kong and Australia offices

Watch Laura Kendrick's video -- and those of the five other extremely impressive finalists -- below

May 11 2017 11:31am

Event: The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate

Commercial Awareness Question Time summer season commences

May 9 2017 12:51pm

Five ways law students can engage with tech to best prepare for legal practice

Consider the bigger picture, says BPP University Law School head of LPC programmes Jane Houston

Apr 25 2017 3:16pm

From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a prestigious City training contract

Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis

Apr 11 2017 12:31pm

A law firm survival guide for millennials

How young lawyers can overcome the negative stereotypes associated with their generation

Apr 5 2017 4:37pm

The best things about representing a law firm on campus

Brian Ramamoorthy on what he has learned from being Norton Rose Fulbright's university manager at King’s College London

Apr 3 2017 2:57pm

Do expect big things from lawtech, don’t learn to code

Lawyers from RPC and Hardwicke consider the future of litigation

Mar 30 2017 11:57am

Interview: 2010 non-law grads who worked in the City after graduating explain why they are becoming lawyers

Duo will begin training contracts at Shearman & Sterling next year

Mar 27 2017 1:21pm

The army’s loss is the law’s gain

Marisa Hornabrook is looking forward to her legal life with Burges Salmon -- and it all began with an Insight Day more than three years ago

Mar 10 2017 11:01am

Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’

Panel of serious injury and medical negligence solicitors and barristers shares its pearls of wisdom

Mar 8 2017 4:04pm