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Why I rejected a magic circle TC offer to pursue a career at the bar

Henderson Chambers’ Beatrice Graham reflects on her career journey while offering advice to aspiring barristers aiming to secure pupillage

24 hours ago
ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students

50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

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8 New Year goals law students have already given up on

New year, same me 💁‍♀️

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Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy

Aspiring lawyer used alias ‘Grapejuice’ in encrypted chats

5 days ago
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Meet the ULaw student sharing his hilarious law school struggles on TikTok

Jordon Goodman — aka ‘The Legal Northerner’ — takes light-hearted look at life on the LLB

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The best legal work and study set-ups from across social media

Cue multiple monitors, neatly stacked highlighters and ergonomic desk chairs

6 days ago
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GDL providers take different approaches to exams in response to Omicron spread

Some students given 24 hours to submit each exam, while others have just 2 hours

Jan 11 2022 10:28am
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Training and development: a tax lawyer’s experience

Travers Smith’s Sivanti Devakumar shares her career story and how high-quality work combined with the firm’s collaborative culture and supportive training environment is what made her join and stay

Jan 10 2022 11:51am
How aspiring lawyers can make the most of Instagram

Top tips courtesy of social media savvy solicitor Yasmin Khan-Gunns

Jan 10 2022 10:38am
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Travers boosts vac scheme pay by nearly 70% as it looks to get students back into the office this summer

£750 to cover week’s expenses

Jan 7 2022 12:33pm
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Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show

Exam deferrals more than doubled

Jan 6 2022 11:51am
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A law student’s 12 New Year’s resolutions

New year, new me 💁‍♀️

Jan 4 2022 10:27am
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Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2021

Crazy working hours, lockdown blues, uni rankings, NFTs — and of course the usual dose of lawyers behaving badly

Dec 30 2021 9:18am
Your ultimate guides to training contract and pupillage applications this festive period

Legal Cheek careers resources reveal inside line on over 100 law firms and 50 chambers, and contain key graduate recruitment deadlines

Dec 29 2021 11:03am
7 Christmas movie characters as the people you meet at law school

We all know and love these Christmas classics, but how many of these law students do you know and love?

Dec 24 2021 8:55am
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Careers

What went down at the Legal Cheek-ULaw Winter 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme

Lawyers share insights into practice areas including ESG, finance, legal tech, gaming and media law

Dec 23 2021 12:52pm
12 struggles law students will face this Christmas

🎵 All I want for Christmas is ~~you~~… a training contract 🎵

Dec 23 2021 9:28am
Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group returns with seasonal banger

Vocally gifted ensemble take on Elton John’s Step Into Christmas

Dec 21 2021 8:52am
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SQE Hub

Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’

Viktoria Dipla’s £3k award covers cost of BARBRI course

Dec 20 2021 10:30am
The Legal Cheek 2021 Xmas Gift Guide

What to buy the lawyer or law student in your life

Dec 17 2021 9:33am
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SQE Hub

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’

Tie-up with eight universities

Dec 15 2021 9:30am