Students Archives - Legal Cheek

Newcastle Uni teams up with social mobility charity to help aspiring lawyers from low-income families

Pathways to Law scheme triples chances of landing a uni place

2 days ago
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Bolton Uni looks to tackle lack of local legal support with new student-staffed pro bono clinic

Launches next month

3 days ago
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Law student sues university for £8 million after flunking three modules

Dylan Prider alleges Bond University in Queensland, Australia, discriminated against his autism and ADHD

4 days ago
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Canterbury Uni law grad who lived (and revised!) in her car after being made homeless during LPC battles odds to secure training contract

April Britton would park outside her law school and stick revision notes to her car windows

5 days ago
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‘I didn’t get the A-Levels I need to study law at my first choice uni — should I pick another course or retake and reapply next year?’

Any advice would be much appreciated

6 days ago
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Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly

Which City player won the summer’s wooing-war?

Aug 16 2019 9:18am
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Careers

What we learned from Secrets to Success Hong Kong

Lawyers from leading global law firms share their insights ahead of ULaw launch in city state

Aug 15 2019 1:53pm
Legal Twitterati unusually quiet on A-Level results day

But excitable teens take to social media to trumpet success

Aug 15 2019 12:38pm
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Law firms are run by ‘dinosaurs’ looking to exploit ‘desperate’ grads

‘I cannot wait to qualify and change professions’, says anonymous rookie solicitor Dejected Trainee

Aug 15 2019 8:55am
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Law school sweethearts land training contracts at same national firm where they both work as paralegals

Loved-up Irwin Mitchell duo met five years ago during a land law seminar

Aug 14 2019 9:00am
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Keeping up with the Kontracts! Kim Kardashian updates fans on law school studies

Snaps show social media sensation using IRAC method

Aug 13 2019 10:58am
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Epilepsy sufferer who left school with no qualifications launches LLM crowdfunder

Rhys Brown needs £24,000 to follow uni dream after winning spot at Birkbeck

Aug 13 2019 8:45am
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SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot

Cash and work placements up for grabs

Aug 12 2019 11:31am
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18 ‘social justice’ training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities

Applications open today

Aug 12 2019 9:13am
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Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad winner reveals he still wants to qualify as a solicitor

Pro rugby player Greg O’Shea stays true to himself and snubs post-Island influencer life

Aug 9 2019 11:14am
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‘I work for a Big Four accountancy firm but want to be a corporate lawyer’

Early career changer requires readers’ advice

Aug 9 2019 10:29am
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Bristol Uni law students to help bereaved families under new inquest service

Pro bono clinic hopes to ‘plug the gap’ left by legal aid

Aug 9 2019 8:55am
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Crown Prosecution Service more ‘attractive’ place to work than the magic circle, say law students

Aspiring lawyers value work/life balance over international career

Aug 8 2019 8:50am
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Incoming Exeter Law School chief: Super-exam pilot ‘obscures as much as it reveals’

SQE 1 performance reports lack technical detail, argues Professor Richard Moorhead — but regulator insists new exam will meet ‘high standards’

Aug 7 2019 11:08am
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Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reveals how to secure a vac scheme the ‘easy way’

Ali Obeid has interned at a number of top outfits

Aug 7 2019 8:58am
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Law students more likely to quit uni than their maths, languages and history-studying peers

Lack of value for money among reasons cited by unhappy undergrads

Aug 6 2019 8:53am
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