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Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law

For the past two years I have been leading a double life – part music…

Aug 21 2012 1:47pm
How To Land a PAID Paralegal Position And Qualify As a Solicitor Without Drowning In Debt

Paralegal Tony, a part-time LPC student and paralegal at a City law firm, says that…

Aug 16 2012 12:16pm
Jobless Graduates Left At Whim Of Law Firms’ Make-It-Up-As-You-Go-Along Recruitment Procedures

Last month Kearns Solicitors placed an advert in Counsel magazine seeking LPC and BPTC graduates…

Jul 24 2012 10:07am
‘If The Firm Was a Person, How Would You Describe Them?

Now that he’s finished the GDL, David Woodall finally has some time to sample the…

Jun 25 2012 11:02am
Another Facebook ‘Reverse Auction’ For An LPC Place Ends Instantly – With Minimal Savings For Winning Bidder

The National College of Legal Training (NCLT)’s first Facebook ‘reverse auction’, which took place last…

Jun 12 2012 10:10am
Going, Gone: Bemusement As Law School’s Facebook LPC Place ‘Reverse Auction’ Is Over In Seconds

Earlier this month, the National College of Legal Training (NCLT) announced, to much fanfare, that…

May 28 2012 9:29am

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate LPC Student Places ‘Come And Get Me’ Advert in Law Society Magazine

Training contract numbers may be on the increase again, but times are still hard for…

May 11 2012 10:02am
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
BREAKING NEWS: Fire Alarm LPC Students WON’T Be Required To Re-Sit Exam

Good news for LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University whose business law and practice…

Mar 2 2012 10:33am
Should Law Schools Refund Students if They Can’t Get a Job?

In a move that may interest jobless British law graduates and the bigwigs on the…

Feb 28 2012 2:50pm
Does Studying Law Destroy Your Soul?

Until recently LPC student Cat Pond was an empathetic, liberal type, but the law has…

Feb 27 2012 1:00pm
LPC Student In ‘I HATE COLLEGE OF LAW’ Facebook Rant

The College of Law’s Facebook page is usually a happy place, where wannabe lawyers post…

Feb 24 2012 10:22am

A Letter To My 18 Year-Old Oxbridge-Hating Self

Sarah Gillbe, who skipped uni to work as a legal secretary before becoming a solicitor,…

Feb 8 2012 1:48pm
What Are Law Recruitment Fairs For?

The trauma of the City law milkround drove law graduate Jade Ferguson to explore other…

Jan 25 2012 5:00pm
Why Law Graduates Can be Choosers

GDL graduate Cathryn Kozlowski on why she turned down a paralegal job With more and…

Jan 13 2012 9:30am
MORE TO LIFE THAN LAW

Follow @pondcat Law graduates’ transferable skills give them an advantage in the non-legal job market,…

Dec 13 2011 9:33am
TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with…

Dec 12 2011 2:45pm
MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?

Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good…

Dec 12 2011 9:29am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: TAKING A GAP YEAR TO SECURE A TRAINING CONTRACT

Law graduates Flora Duguid and Cathryn Kozlowski have both opted to take gap years before…

Dec 9 2011 11:31am
OCCUPY THE LAW SOCIETY! (in a nice way)

Follow @pondcat Other than a short-lived campaign to occupy the Inns of Court, there are…

Dec 6 2011 3:22pm
‘IT’S TIME TO OCCUPY THE INNS OF COURT’

Follow @OccupyTheInns Jobless law graduates should follow the St Paul’s protesters’ example, argues OccupyTheInns As…

Nov 16 2011 3:49pm

Leap To The Other Side: Camden New Journal Music Editor On How She’s Juggling Journalism And Law