Tag: Students

New female law students outnumber males two to one for first time ever
Exclusive: 17,565 women compared to 8,510 men

Event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds
Apply to attend Legal Cheek's latest free student event

City Law School in BPTC exam row over laptop policy that ‘favours wealthy students’
Exclusive: Computers must meet university's specifications

Tech is changing law firms but they will always need grounded, intelligent people who give meaning to things through language
Travers Smith’s Emily Clark tells Alex Wade about what she has learned on her path from Oxford history graduate to City law firm partner via a stint working in the charity sector

Hertfordshire University relaunches LPC following super-exam suspension
Law school had pressed pause over concerns course would soon be redundant

How working as a paralegal helped me secure a training contract
Curiosity to really understand the firm, and longstanding interest in business, propelled Nick Little to TC success at Irwin Mitchell

How to give yourself the best chance of securing pupillage
Applications are coming

Technology: Disrupting the law and lawyers — with Travers Smith
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Bar student multiple choice fears prove unfounded
A slight dip on last year, but disaster exam produces far-from-disaster results

LPC pass rate among non-white students falls yet again
GDL success rate also dropping for ethnic minorities

Number of BPTC students soars unexpectedly
Up by 14% after years of decline

Warwick University law careers adviser cleared of intentional racism after student allegations
But she was found to have ‘exercised poor judgement’
‘A social mobility programme helped me secure a training contract with Hogan Lovells’
Megan Stewart went from vac schemer to future trainee and now she wants to help others realise their lawyer dreams
A year in the world of Legal Cheek: The top 15 stories of 2017
From law student porn stars to Harry Potter-style exam cheats, but can you guess which article was our most viewed?
The first year of a law degree is pivotal: Here’s how to spend it well
Ahead of the 7 January application deadline for Ahead with Ashurst, Kelley McPherson explains how she's now reaping the rewards of seeds she sewed in first year
My journey from Manchester Uni law student to Clifford Chance banking & finance associate
Nikhita Suria looks back on her journey with the firm to date, which has been enriched by the firm’s support in developing her interest in fintech
How my vac scheme led straight to a training contract
Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks back on his route into the firm
Clifford Chance trainee blogging as The Lean Lawyer goes viral with anti-diet Instagram post
Future corporate lawyer has 61,000 followers
Advice for aspiring lawyers from RPC, Google and Uber
These are the skills that law students need to start developing for the new digital age
The University of Law unveils ‘what kind of lawyer should I be?’ Facebook quiz
Your dream career has a lot to do with your personality
Revealed: The firms that offer the most client secondments
As a trainee you could get the chance to do a stint at Goldman Sachs, Google or Gillingham Council