Tag: Students

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

Legal Cheek’s top 10 creative revision tips

Forget colour coding and revision timetables, these are the exam tricks you need to know

Apr 12 2017 9:15am

From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a prestigious City training contract

Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis

Apr 11 2017 12:31pm

Competition: The Cyber Crime Blogging Prize

2017 Legal Cheek Journal competition opens -- with return transatlantic flights for the winner

Apr 6 2017 3:42pm

City Uni law students victorious in Luxembourg Court of Justice moot

They beat fellow finalists from the Netherlands, Latvia and Sweden

Apr 5 2017 12:15pm

BPP unveils two new LLM programmes tailored to practice as a solicitor or barrister

And both are eligible for government student loans

Apr 5 2017 9:20am

The best things about representing a law firm on campus

Brian Ramamoorthy on what he has learned from being Norton Rose Fulbright's university manager at King’s College London

Apr 3 2017 2:57pm

Aspiring barrister who documented her BPTC struggles in new BBC programme is appealing Inner Temple’s decision to deny her a scholarship

Leila Taleb is from a working class family in Bradford and is trying to raise £14,500 for her fees

Apr 3 2017 12:58pm