University of Law strikes training deal with RPC
International outfit finds new law school to develop its future legal talent
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RPC posts solid 82% autumn retention result
NQs will be based in London, Bristol and Hong Kong
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How approachable partners can make all the difference during your training contract
Open plan office, team nights out and annual ski trip set the tone, RPC rookie tells Legal Cheek Careers
RPC lawyer crowned British martial arts champion
Finance solicitor by day, Jiu-Jitsu pro by night
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Do expect big things from lawtech, don’t learn to code
Lawyers from RPC and Hardwicke consider the future of litigation
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Why the ascendence of AI can benefit young lawyers
RPC’s Daniel Wyatt on how the Pyrrho case is redefining what it means to be a litigation lawyer
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Event: The future of litigation — with RPC and Hardwicke
Top lawyers field students’ questions
The best use of social media that we’ve seen this year
Which solicitors, barristers and students have been wowing their peers?
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What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread
The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near
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Open thread: How do I get a vac scheme?
Trainee solicitors advise
RPC launches new Singapore secondment for London trainees
Opportunity is part of firm’s continued expansion into Asia
The law firms with the most approachable partners in Britain
They won’t quite drop everything just to see you smile, but they’re certainly very nice
RPC unveils 67% autumn retention score
While Watson Farley & Williams’ stands at 93%
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Five things we wish we’d known when we were applying for training contracts
As numerous firms’ deadlines for applications loom, two RPC trainees give the inside scoop on securing a TC
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Open thread: How do I get a training contract?
Trainee solicitors advise
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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
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Video: Litigation Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC
Top barristers and solicitors answer students’ questions about legal and finance stories in the news
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‘Our job as litigators is to create risk for the other side’
Ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Commercial Awareness Question Time’, RPC partner Simon Hart considers the skills needed to resolve City disputes
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Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC
Litigation-themed session with top barristers and solicitors
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10 insights into what it’s really like to be a City law firm trainee and how you can become one
RPC’s ‘Life in a law firm’ project lifts lid on the rookie lawyer experience
Two more City firms adopt Lord Neuberger-backed contextual graduate recruitment method
Withers and RPC the latest City firms to take into account economic background and personal circumstances of wannabe lawyers
City law firm RPC teams up with Jersey Boys star to release Slade Christmas classic cover
Solicitor choir gets into the festive spirit for charity
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‘Many young lawyers don’t realise that set-backs are actually great springboards’
The difficulties faced by RPC partner Parham Kouchikali — who arrived in Britain aged eight unable to speak English — have stayed with him in a positive way in his professional life
Ethnic minority City lawyers still under-represented at the top
Only a handful of internationalist firms reflect diversity of the general UK population
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Video: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently
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RPC unveils autumn retention figure of 79%
City of London firm will keep 15 of 19 UK trainees
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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
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Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’
RPC trainee Sarah Pearson on what it’s like to drop everything and head to St Petersburg for work
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People are poking fun at The Times after it described the Offences Against the Person Act as a ‘Victorian-era law’ 
City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis 
Paralegal who worked for two firms at the same time barred from legal profession 
Tieless at Travers: City law firm ditches corporate dress code in favour of new casual approach 
Strictly Come Dancing: Glasgow law graduate and ex-corporate lawyer Susan Calman announced as contestant
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‘I’ve got an offer from Slaughter and May AND Freshfields – who should I choose?’ (135)
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A reply to top lawyer David Greene, from the Cambridge students he called ‘arrogant’ (61)
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Mass exodus at Mansfield 1 Gray’s Inn Square as 20 barristers join Goldsmith Chambers (51)
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Future lawyer daughter of top QC in acid attack shame (41)
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City solicitor turned East End teacher set to send 95% of pupils to Russell Group unis (29)
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