Tag: Students

City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart

Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé on making the transition from university to practice

Jun 22 2016 1:35pm

Simmons & Simmons ditches MBA for future trainees

Bespoke legal masters introduced in 2009 to be replaced by new "Trainee Skills Academy"

Jun 22 2016 11:31am

Law revision battle scars

Conclusive proof law revision is bad for your health

Jun 22 2016 10:21am

BSB mulls new ‘super bar exam’ that could allow non-graduates to become barristers

Bar regulator to host debate next month discussing three new proposed routes to qualification

Jun 21 2016 2:15pm

London lawyers discuss merits of Leave vs Remain — without a politician in sight

The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate

Jun 21 2016 9:35am

Visually-impaired Essex Uni law student stunned after taxi driver demanded guide dog travel in the boot

Aspiring lawyer is now a backing a charity-led campaign to bolster discrimination laws

Jun 21 2016 8:57am

Allen & Overy ups London-based US NQ lawyer pay packets to £124,000

MoneyLaw reaches the City's magic circle

Jun 20 2016 12:33pm

MoneyLaw could be the new Magic Circle

£124,000 newly qualified rate may prove a London game-changer

Jun 20 2016 9:36am

School girl’s relationship contract to prevent boyfriend talking to ‘hoes’ goes viral

A fruitful career in contract law awaits unnamed eighth grader

Jun 17 2016 3:38pm

Lord Neuberger’s ‘plea’ for a university law syllabus shake up

“Greater prominence for ethics” proposals get the thumbs up from professors

Jun 17 2016 2:01pm

Interview: ‘I have delayed doing the LPC because I got a paralegal job’

Nadine Shanahan found it easier to get a foothold on the career ladder than she had expected

Jun 17 2016 11:06am

Aspiring barristers anger as Pupillage Gateway glitch means applications are missing GDL and BPTC grades

Exclusive: Gateway's copy-and-paste feature reproduces everything BUT vital grades on pupillage applications

Jun 17 2016 9:01am

US outfit Cadwalader ups London NQ pay to coveted £124,000 level

New York stalwart is the latest firm to jump aboard the "MoneyLaw" bandwagon

Jun 16 2016 10:45am

5 Essex Court invites wannabe barristers to pupillage interview by ‘mistake’

Exclusive: Technical glitch leaves bar hopefuls "gutted"

Jun 16 2016 9:03am

ULaw students petition government to fund aspiring lawyers’ LPCs

Second years push for university loan shake up

Jun 15 2016 9:07am

Is the Supreme Court about to change the law of homicide?

Student syllabuses set to change YET again

Jun 14 2016 12:48pm

Akin Gump London office latest to up NQ pay to £127k and beyond

City lawyers at Washington-based giant beneficiaries of US salary war and Brexit fears

Jun 14 2016 11:39am

Arts students STILL work harder than law students, latest stats suggest

Leading education think tank sparked outrage among wannabe lawyers last year after claiming they don't work as hard as their counterparts in other disciplines

Jun 14 2016 9:02am