Tag: Students

Event series: Secrets to Success — in London, Manchester, Leeds and Birmingham

Legal Cheek Live joins forces with The University of Law and a host of leading law firms to take our commercial awareness series on the road

Feb 5 2018 4:31pm

BPP launches legal tech module for LPC students

Law school giant in digital skills push

Feb 5 2018 12:44pm

Should I tell law firms I have Asperger’s syndrome when applying for vac schemes?

I don’t want them to think I can’t cope with the stress

Feb 2 2018 1:12pm

KFC partners with Eversheds Sutherland to offer first-ever training contract

Fast-food chain joins likes of The Body Shop and Tesco

Jan 30 2018 1:41pm

Five pupillage application form essentials

Three pupil barristers at Hardwicke reveal how they made it over the line

Jan 29 2018 1:26pm

All the annoying people you’ll have the displeasure of meeting at university law careers events

From the flirts to the narcissists, don’t be these people

Jan 25 2018 9:07am

Revealed: The best barristers’ chambers for training

The results of the Legal Cheek Pupil and Junior Barrister Survey are in

Jan 23 2018 12:07pm

All experience is good experience for training contract hunters

From uni DJ to online sales consultant to gangland pro bono -- Womble Bond Dickinson's Sam Dixon sampled it all en route to becoming a restructuring lawyer

Jan 22 2018 3:54pm

Final year becomes third Bristol law student in 14 months to die in suspected suicide

University encourages students and staff affected by news to contact support services

Jan 22 2018 12:52pm

‘I’m a future magic circle trainee, yet I’ll be living in an Airbnb during my LPC because I can’t afford London rent’

One Legal Cheek commenter shares their take on law firm maintenance grants

Jan 19 2018 10:17am

What I’ve learned as a lawyer in the magic circle, a US firm and now at PwC

Keily Blair looks back on a high-flying career to date -- that began unconventionally with moving country to study a law degree aged 17 at a non-Russell Group University

Jan 17 2018 1:57pm

Solicitor super-exam proposals submitted for formal approval

Regulator’s plan to scrap GDL and LPC moves one step closer to reality

Jan 17 2018 12:42pm

London law student handed suspended sentence over part in £750,000 fraud

‘Severe question mark’ over her legal career

Jan 17 2018 11:45am

Number of new law students up by one fifth since tuition fee hike

Exclusive: Law bucks the trend as overall student numbers fall

Jan 17 2018 8:59am

Clifford Chance and Freshfields boost LPC grants by 43%

Exclusive: £3,000 more than Allen & Overy, Linklaters and Slaughter and May

Jan 16 2018 3:29pm

What we learned about fintech from some of the biggest brains at Clifford Chance

Technology presents both risks and opportunities to traditional financial institutions -- and their lawyers need to help them stay ahead of the curve

Jan 16 2018 2:36pm

I run my own business and I’m worried it will impact my training contract chances

I don't want firms to think I won't accept authority

Jan 16 2018 1:32pm

My life as a commercial barrister in Manchester

It’s worth considering the advantages of joining a set in a major city outside London as opposed to doing pupillage in the capital, says Exchange Chambers' David Williams

Jan 12 2018 3:29pm