Tag: lccareers
Unconventional routes into the legal profession: from theatre set designer to planning lawyer
Burges Salmon partner Liz Dunn tells Legal Cheek Careers about her unlikely journey to the top of corporate law
We are holding a training contract applications open thread on Thursday — with advice from two RPC trainees
Session to take place between 1-2pm on Thursday 21 July
Video: How to make it as a City lawyer
Six top solicitors answer law students' questions about how they made it into the legal profession
Why ambitious junior lawyers need to create their own networks
King & Wood Mallesons partner Ajay Pathak shares what he has learned on his journey to the top
Being different makes you stronger: a newly qualified lawyer’s perspective
Diversity is a positive in the City, writes Hogan Lovells associate Amma Boakye
9 things you need to know if you are applying for a training contract this summer
Norton Rose Fulbright's Andrew Roycroft shares what he has learned from participating in the graduate recruitment process
Why students don’t need to have it all figured out at law school
Amid the competing attractions of different areas of law, it's important to keep an open mind, writes BPP University's Kandice Horsey
From a small town in one of India’s poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills
Siddhartha Shukla charts his incredible route to becoming a solicitor in London
City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart
Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé on making the transition from university to practice
London lawyers discuss merits of Leave vs Remain — without a politician in sight
The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate
Interview: ‘I have delayed doing the LPC because I got a paralegal job’
Nadine Shanahan found it easier to get a foothold on the career ladder than she had expected
How I became a competition lawyer
Be ready when opportunity knocks, recommends Shearman & Sterling's James Webber
Practice areas: Who is drawn to what?
The people who thrive in different legal specialisms don't always conform to stereotype
Amanda Yip QC: ‘I started off as a criminal barrister and I’d do the same today’
Regional super chambers model still allows legal aid practitioners to thrive
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time: EU referendum special — with Shearman & Sterling
Top EU lawyers discuss vote implications; students ask the questions -- with 30 free places up for grabs
What it’s like to be a projects lawyer working to create huge new things
Legal Cheek Careers meets the award-winning Pinsent Masons pair who are helping to build a new £588m NHS hospital
‘A legal background is an excellent foundation for business leadership’
Incoming ULaw chief executive Dr Stelios Platis on how students can best position themselves in a changing legal market
Over 1,000 wannabe lawyers vlogged about how they went ‘Above and Beyond’ — six made the final: here are their videos
The top minute-long clips -- including winner -- revealed
Five things we wish we’d known before pupillage
Words of wisdom from two Hardwicke pupil barristers ahead of application deadline day
Open thread: How do I get a pupillage?
Baby barristers advise
9 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams
Trainee solicitors share their exam preparation wisdom