Tag: Students

Ropes & Gray combines contextual recruitment and CV blind in revamped trainee hiring process
US player will now recruit rookies exclusively from its vac scheme

The lawyer tasked with re-imagining Norton Rose Fulbright for the AI age
It all began when a partner asked David Carter to write a report on potential innovations to improve efficiency

London law firm advertises ‘voluntary’ three-month internship
It's unclear whether the role is paid or not

How do I fund my Oxbridge law dream?
Any advice is greatly appreciated

Meet the law grad Instagram star who looks just like Ryan Gosling
Who needs a training contract when you have a face like a Hollywood superstar

8 things all non-law students should be doing if they want to become lawyers
Imperial biology undergrad Maddy Ebbrell shares her hints and tips

5 Essex Court launches first junior barrister-run Instagram account
London chambers hopes to demystify the profession

Open University law student fails in bid to sue six classmates over ‘defamatory’ forum comments
Samantha Exley handed £8,000 costs bill

Law grad who hopes to become ‘first Romani female barrister in England’ launches crowdfunding appeal to help cover BPTC fees
Brigitta Balogh is looking to raise £1,800 to cover registration costs

Kim Kardashian is a law student, says Kanye West
But reality star’s representatives have since clarified that she isn't actually in law school

Law grad-backed Oxford University a cappella group jet to the US to shoot new Justin Timberlake cover track
The musical troupe includes a future Clifford Chance trainee

What commercial awareness is and what it should not be
Legal commentator and solicitor David Allen Green considers what this law firm buzzword actually means

I was rejected for a training contract by my ‘dream’ US firm — should I reapply?
I reached the final interview stage

Mayer Brown boosts junior lawyer pay to £78,000
Trainee salaries and LPC maintenance grant also up

Sidley Austin tops market by hiking LPC maintenance grant to £11,000
An uplift of nearly 60%

ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor
He stepped down from the UK's top bench last year

How two years as a county court advocate helped me secure pupillage
Luke Blease appeared in more than 70 courtrooms across the country, including before High Court judges in the Royal Courts of Justice

Huddersfield law student aspires to be first Miss England to wear hijab
She follows a long line of legally-minded beauty queens

Law student receives absolutely brutal vac scheme rejection email
Was it justified?

Event: Re-imagining global law firms through legal design — with Norton Rose Fulbright
Top lawyers share their thoughts on integrating lawtech, innovation hubs and more; students ask the questions

White & Case boosts LPC grant by 40% to £10,500
Surpasses recent uplifts by a host of top City firms