Tag: Students

Eversheds Sutherland keeps all 12 spring NQs

As international outfit unveils post-merger partner promotions

Apr 28 2017 2:18pm

Sussex University law grad with a ‘passion for pro bono’ becomes BPP’s first ever trainee solicitor

News revealed in same week as annual student pro bono awards

Apr 28 2017 11:04am

Burges Salmon posts perfect 100% retention score

All 28 newbies have committed their future to the Bristol-based outfit

Apr 28 2017 9:08am

Open thread: What are your best law revision tips?

As exam season draws ever closer, share your advice below the line

Apr 27 2017 11:09am

Legal Cheek talks… how will the new solicitor super-exam affect you?

Your questions answered, as we wave goodbye to the LPC and GDL

Apr 26 2017 3:07pm

Cambridge law student launches Lord Denning-inspired search engine

It seeks to draw on spirit of great judge through artificial intelligence

Apr 26 2017 8:59am

Five ways law students can engage with tech to best prepare for legal practice

Consider the bigger picture, says BPP University Law School head of LPC programmes Jane Houston

Apr 25 2017 3:16pm

It’s official: The LPC and GDL are being scrapped

Solicitor super-exam will replace traditional routes to qualification as soon as September 2020

Apr 25 2017 11:30am

Clifford Chance to fund community law graduate scheme likened to Teach First

Youth advocates will help protect the legal rights of vulnerable children

Apr 24 2017 10:23am

ULaw to launch ‘MA Law’ alternative to the GDL

Because it's a masters UK students will qualify for a £10,000 government loan

Apr 21 2017 12:07pm

Snap election: government bill that would make it easier for individuals to set up unis could be scrapped

The Prisons and Courts Bill has already been abandoned, now maybe May's announcement will save us from a Trump University in Britain

Apr 21 2017 10:46am

Soon-to-be Aberdeen LLM student writes to the Prime Minister to tell her why Article 50 notification is illegal

He thinks Brexit should be ‘terminated’, at least until the UK and EU courts consider his letter

Apr 20 2017 12:14pm

Fact or Fiction? The truth behind life in a City law firm

An anonymous lawyer offers some myth-busting advice on what he wishes he’d known when trying to break into the profession

Apr 19 2017 9:11am

Law students and rookie lawyers set to vote Lib Dem on 8 June

Legal Cheek snap election survey reveals Labour are out of favour

Apr 18 2017 5:12pm

Legal Cheek talks… crowdfunding law school fees

One bar hopeful bagged £12,500 from a mystery donor to help pursue her legal dream

Apr 13 2017 3:37pm

Debate about Bristol law school’s name continues as two opposing petitions race to 1,000 signatures

More than 600 supporters want building’s links with slave trade erased, more than 600 do not

Apr 13 2017 9:06am

Southampton law student found guilty of Valentine’s Day manslaughter

He’s been sentenced to six years for killing father-of-ten Gary Stacey

Apr 12 2017 4:39pm

Edinburgh Napier LLB-er petitions Scottish parliament to end ‘extreme discrimination’ against English students

Rebecca Jeynes wants to train to be a lawyer in Scotland, but she can’t get any funding because she’s from North Yorkshire

Apr 12 2017 1:51pm