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Brexit is bringing new opportunities to Dublin, say top lawyers

Solicitors from global law firms Pinsent Masons, Dechert and Matheson join international bar qualification provider BARBRI to discuss the rise of Dublin as a legal centre

3 days ago
The Apprentice: Law grad gets off to a shaky start after breaking arm wrestling another contestant

Just a week after the former ULaw LLBer forgot a candidate’s name during a business pitch

3 days ago
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Law school offers Harry Potter LLB module

A degree in the dark arts?

3 days ago
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Exchange Chambers expands free pupillage application advice day for northern bar hopefuls

Revamped 2018 forum will focus on how candidates can make themselves stand out during the recruitment process

3 days ago
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Is the artificial intelligence emperor wearing any clothes?

An anonymous associate at a leading City of London law firm notes a disconnect between their experience on the ground and the tech marketing noise

6 days ago
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5 things that will inevitably happen to you during your first year of law school

From caffeine addiction to the horrors of R v Brown

6 days ago
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How my time at the CMS Academy led straight to a training contract

Future CMS trainee Inshaal Ahmad shares his insight into the global firm’s innovative internship programme

Oct 11 2018 3:22pm
To become a lawyer don’t study law, says Supreme Court’s Lord Sumption — do history, classics, economics or languages instead

Top judge backs law conversion route

Oct 10 2018 2:00pm
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Successful lawyers are good at the basics

Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC’s Dan Guilfoyle

Oct 10 2018 10:57am
The 2019 Chambers Most List goes live

Expanded careers guide now feature 50 sets — each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard rankings

Oct 9 2018 10:05am
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11 things law students need to know about legal design

Members from Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018

Oct 8 2018 3:21pm
UCL law lecturer shocks freshers with his ‘really bad’ first ever essay

They gave it a borderline 2:2/third

Oct 5 2018 11:10am
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner gives law students a taste of trainee life with virtual reality goggles

It’s not the first time a City law firm has embraced headset-style tech

Oct 5 2018 9:16am
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Should I do an LLM and sit the SQE — or do the LPC while I still can?

I want to become a City lawyer

Oct 4 2018 11:51am
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Law student dresses up as Spider-Man to accept his degree

Grad says superhero stunt was to show that not all aspiring lawyers are ‘square’

Oct 3 2018 9:51am
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The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer who lived it

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date

Oct 2 2018 2:15pm
Super-exam cost revealed before Christmas, says SRA

As Kaplan’s SQE director defends multiple choice format

Oct 2 2018 12:57pm
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The 2019 Firms Most List goes live

Expanded lists now feature 90 firms — each with a Legal Cheek View and Insider Scorecard ranking

Oct 2 2018 10:07am
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The life of a capital markets lawyer

White & Case’s Inigo Esteve tells us how he helps international companies list on the London Stock Exchange and shares his advice for students seeking to get into this branch of City law

Oct 1 2018 4:21pm
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What we learnt from Shearman & Sterling’s ‘Whiteboard Wednesday’

Video series for law students demystifies key commercial awareness concepts — and new season will run this autumn

Sep 26 2018 2:45pm
Bar Council ups Pupillage Gateway application limit from 12 to 20

Centralised system reopens on 28 November

Sep 26 2018 8:58am
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The Apprentice: ULaw grad and solicitor among this year’s contestants

Aspiring City lawyer Kurran Pooni and civil specialist Sarah Ann Magson to battle it out before Lord Sugar in this year’s series

Sep 25 2018 12:21pm
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Lincoln’s Inn reveals first images of new advocacy mega-bunker

Multi-million pound redevelopment nears completion

Sep 25 2018 10:31am
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Law, lager and lemonade: Is the legal sector over the limit?

We need to strike a healthy balance at legal events, says one future City trainee

Sep 25 2018 9:01am
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