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How my vac scheme led straight to a training contract

Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks back on his route into the firm

Dec 22 2017 11:29am

Advice for aspiring lawyers from RPC, Google and Uber

These are the skills that law students need to start developing for the new digital age

Dec 20 2017 1:57pm

Revealed: The firms that offer the most client secondments

As a trainee you could get the chance to do a stint at Goldman Sachs, Google or Gillingham Council

Dec 19 2017 9:07am

On secondment during my TC in San Francisco

Clyde & Co’s Madeleine Shanks on legal life in the world’s tech capital

Dec 18 2017 2:33pm

Dogs descend on Eversheds Sutherland in new wellbeing initiative

Think of it as a canine-friendly vac scheme

Dec 18 2017 10:28am

Battle of the baubles: The official Legal Cheek law Xmas tree round-up ?

Everything from a grand grotto scene to an upcycled milk carton tree

Dec 18 2017 8:54am

SRA will not have to pay Leigh Day’s multi-million pound legal bill, tribunal rules

Two partners and a junior solicitor were cleared of wrongdoing earlier this year

Dec 15 2017 11:10am

Five good things about US law firms that don’t involve money

We all know they pay well, but what else do they offer?

Dec 14 2017 2:44pm

Four valuable skills that STEM students bring to the legal profession

Experts from LexisNexis, Bristows, Reed Smith and Allen & Overy share their views

Dec 12 2017 3:42pm

‘Unfailingly courteous’: Top lawyers highlight human decency on the bench

Barristers take to Twitter to swap stories of their judicial faves

Dec 12 2017 2:39pm

What it’s like to do a secondment with Google as a junior lawyer

Legal Cheek Careers meets RPC’s Stuart Harris

Dec 11 2017 3:10pm

Slater & Gordon: The tale of the battered and bruised personal injury giant

Stock market first to major recapitalisation deal -- and everything in between

Dec 7 2017 3:50pm

How competing in the Grand Prix Challenge can be a speedier route to a training contract

Applications for Norton Rose Fulbright’s competition are now open

Dec 7 2017 2:46pm

Westminster law graduate set to make a million after choosing celebrity jungle over corporate law

Twenty-five times more than she would have earned as a trainee

Dec 7 2017 10:45am

The lawyers at the frontline of AI, fintech and drones

Look beyond the hype and there is potential for real change, say Osborne Clarke experts

Dec 6 2017 2:54pm

Prove you’re taking steps to end sexual harassment at work or risk legal action, magic circle firms told

Warning comes in wake of Hollywood and Westminster scandals

Dec 5 2017 11:20am