Tag: lccareers
Why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t feel they have to come across as from a certain socio-economic background
"Your differences can become your strength," says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle
How waitressing helped me succeed as an international competition lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills' Veronica Roberts on her journey from the local comprehensive to global law firm partner
A motorbike accident transformed me from junior lawyer coaster to driven CEO
Fletchers chief Ed Fletcher recalls how a spinal cord injury gave him a clarity that would change the course of his career
How wannabe lawyers can become employable
ULaw employability chief John Watkins believes students overestimate some of their soft-skills
How to survive the pupillage Hunger Games
Hardwicke's two new tenants reveal how they made it to fully-fledged barrister status
Event: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently
Lord Neuberger and a panel of top solicitors and barristers offer students who don't fit the mould tips on how to get ahead in law
Norton Rose Fulbright lawyers field financial and legal news questions from 40 students
Inaugural Commercial Awareness Question Time takes place at London office of global firm
10 secrets to Graduate Diploma in Law success
"It's not a marathon or a sprint, it's the 10,000 metres"
What ‘commercial awareness’ means when you’re a trainee
Norton Rose Fulbright newly qualified solicitor Tom Capel on how the hard-to-define concept beloved of law firms manifests itself in real life
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time at Norton Rose Fulbright
Get to the front of the training contract queue, with free places for 25 students up for grabs
What you learn during a vac scheme at a medical negligence law firm
There's plenty of law summer placement life beyond the City of London
Fewer students apply for law school scholarships than you think
Leicester Uni law grad Hannah Blake used her Kaplan Law School LLM LPC scholarship as a springboard to a City training contract
How studying a language with a law degree can set you apart from the crowd
Cara Goldthorpe talks to Legal Cheek Careers about being crowned "Law Undergraduate of the Year"
The bar’s battle against elitism
Baby boomers wake up to urgent need to help millennials
From Legal Cheek blogger to RPC trainee: how doing something a bit different can help you land a TC
Flora Duguid wasn't afraid to take some chances to bolster her CV
7 things we learned from our Twitter discussion about securing a training contract
The best bits from yesterday’s #TCapps Q&A
What it was like to act on a bust-up between naturists that reached the Court of Appeal
Hardwicke barrister Andy Creer discusses acting for Hertfordshire naturist village Spielplatz Estate in a tenancy dispute with a member couple
We are holding a Twitter Q&A about how to ace a training contract application on Wednesday at 1pm
Experts on hand to advise in hour-long session open to all
9 essentials that successful training contract applicants grasp
It's often the subtle things that mark out candidates taken on by leading firms
How to fund your way through the BPTC
By bagging two scholarships and working part-time, University of Law bar graduate Sam Frost was able to keep costs down as he pursued his barrister ambitions
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple