Tag: Students
How to juggle life with the SQE
BARBRI’s Shashagay McIntosh shares her top tips for balancing work, study, and that all-important downtime
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Mystery donor pledges £100k reward in hunt for missing BPP student
Aspiring lawyer Jack O’Sullivan was last seen 18 months ago
10 top tips to securing a training contract
Advice from a future Magic Circle trainee
Meet the lawyer defending lawyers
Legal Cheek Careers speaks with Clyde & Co’s Tom Bedford about his work in professional negligence and regulatory defence, and what it’s like to represent solicitors accused of wrongdoing
Crafting your stand-out story: Insights from a future City trainee solicitor
ULaw SQE student Layla Qazi on her journey from history graduate and tax consultant to training contract holder
The dealmakers: A look into the life of a private equity lawyer
Taylor Wessing’s Emma Danks discusses the evolution of private equity, the firm’s ambitious culture, and her advice for aspiring solicitors
Navigating uncertainty: What it takes to be a global disputes lawyer
Clifford Chance lawyer Alex Panayides reflects on his career journey and the exciting work he has undertaken along the way
AI, innovation and life as a ‘hybrid lawyer’
A&O Shearman’s Francesca Bennetts discusses her exciting work at the cutting edge of legal tech and her advice for young lawyers navigating a changing legal landscape
SQE2 pass rate hits record 82%
2,753 students sat latest assessment
Law students aren’t as sleep-deprived as you might think
Well-reseted compared to future doctors and nurses
In-house lawyers turn on SQE
Loughborough Uni general counsel and AstraZeneca senior lawyer among those to publicly criticise new assessment regime
One in three law school websites give ‘inaccurate’ or ‘confusing’ information on becoming a solicitor, study finds
One conflated LPC and SQE routes
Is soaring NQ pay impacting trainee retention rates?
The Legal Cheek team discuss NQ salaries, retention rates, financial results and a petition to reform the SQE — listen now 🎙️
College of Legal Practice secures SQE training deal with Pinsent Masons flexi-lawyer arm
Support paralegals to qualify as solicitors
‘I’m not a wet lettuce’: Trainee solicitor behind SQE petition hits back at Braverman’s ‘snowflake’ jibe
Former Home Sec slammed students calling for exam overhaul
Disadvantaged SQE students to benefit from £360k in grants funded by Kaplan fines
Benefit up to 190 aspiring solicitors
Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman slams ‘snowflake’ aspiring lawyers over SQE petition
Student call to reform ‘disproportionately challenging’ exams draws criticism from MP
Bar student numbers continue to rise as pass rates vary widely between law schools
From 96% success to less than 50%