Tag: Students

Survey: Which version of Brexit do you support?

Have your say in Legal Cheek’s survey

Oct 29 2018 11:04am

New two-part BPTC approved by regulator

Spilt vocational offering could reduce risks and costs associated with pursuing a career at the bar

Oct 29 2018 9:13am

Student event: How will the law adapt to electric cars, self-driving vehicles and drones?

Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Bristol on Thursday evening, for a discussion with Burges Salmon’s commercial, technology, data protection and projects lawyers, who will also be sharing their training contract application advice

Oct 27 2018 12:28pm

‘It’ll leave you dead inside!’ New pop song warns students not to become lawyers

Catchy careers advice courtesy of US musical comedy Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

Oct 26 2018 10:20am

Future lawyers need role models to show them it’s possible

Black History Month: Ademola Bamgbose on his journey from Lagos to London -- and a training contract at Hogan Lovells

Oct 25 2018 2:01pm

Be yourself, be passionate about what you do and be resilient enough to overcome setbacks

White & Case lawyers share their advice with students and give key commercial awareness insights

Oct 24 2018 3:41pm

How I became a lawyer who advises self-driving car start-ups and other innovative companies

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest student commercial awareness event, with Burges Salmon in Bristol next week, we spoke to projects and transport lawyer Ed Barratt

Oct 23 2018 3:43pm

Ten minutes with Osborne Clarke’s digital revolution knowledge lawyer Catherine Hammon

Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain sat down with Catherine Hammon to discuss cross-industry disruption

Oct 22 2018 4:48pm
SQE super-exam students solicitors

City law firms could offer super-exam prep courses

Training proposal raised in new SQE toolkit

Oct 22 2018 11:17am

£5 million in BPTC funding available as Inns of Court scholarship deadline looms

Wannabe barristers have until Friday 2 November to apply

Oct 22 2018 9:05am

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

Oct 18 2018 2:41pm

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

Oct 18 2018 1:53pm

Law school offers Harry Potter LLB module

A degree in the dark arts?

Oct 18 2018 11:14am
Manchester

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

Oct 18 2018 8:56am

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

Oct 15 2018 10:16am

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

Oct 15 2018 9:04am

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

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
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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

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