Tag: Students

Law firm teams up with Liverpool Uni in bid to create clinical negligence robot lawyer

Litigation giant bringing in PhD students to realise AI dream

Dec 7 2016 12:57pm

BPP’s firefighting BPTC student stars in Boots festive advert

Lucy Masoud is hoping to swap the yellow helmet for a horsehair wig

Dec 7 2016 9:53am

CMS breaks silence on training contract deferrals… two weeks after Legal Cheek broke the story

Firm denies it has upped compensation payments in wake of online backlash

Dec 7 2016 9:02am

Master of the Rolls wants jobless law grads to represent litigants in person

Let aspiring lawyers gain vital experience in the courts, says Sir Terence Etherton

Dec 6 2016 2:21pm

University of Law unveils BPTC LLM as it slashes cost of standard barrister course

Those taking masters can apply for £10,000 of postgraduate funding

Dec 5 2016 4:06pm

My 2:1 stopped me from becoming a top barrister, argues solicitor as he sues Oxford University

Faiz Siddiqui wants £1 million in damages for lost bar dream

Dec 5 2016 10:25am

Legal Cheek talks… law firms’ commitment to diversity

Genuine enthusiasm, or buying appearance?

Dec 2 2016 3:31pm

What’s it like to work internationally?

Ashurst lawyers of different levels of seniority share their experiences

Dec 2 2016 11:29am

Cambridge University law student wins ‘best bum’ competition

Exposure is already improving grades, apparently

Dec 2 2016 10:43am

Bar Council wants to split the BPTC in two and make law school attendance OPTIONAL

The Council of the Inns of Court has also thrown its weight behind the radical new plan

Dec 1 2016 1:48pm

Some advice for aspiring litigators from a history graduate

Herbert Smith Freehills litigator Alex Thomson looks back on what she has learnt so far

Dec 1 2016 1:04pm

Research: the firms that offer the most international secondments

...and the ones that offer the least

Dec 1 2016 9:02am

How I got a training contract at a top medical negligence law firm

Trainee solicitor Sam Wignall recalls how he secured a place on his second attempt

Nov 30 2016 1:27pm

Bar Council charges students £24 a year to ‘feel closer to the action’

Wannabe barristers can help support key initiatives such as making the "profession more accessible"

Nov 29 2016 8:58am

New solicitor super-exam to be ‘substantially cheaper’ than LPC

Exclusive: Cost of law school set to plunge, but concerns about "dumbing down" persist

Nov 28 2016 9:03am

Warwick Law Soc takes on the ‘Mannequin Challenge’

Russell Group law school gets in on latest social media trend

Nov 25 2016 11:58am

CMS offers future trainees cash to defer training contracts for 12 months

Exclusive: Firm to fund gap years as fallout from three-way merger with Nabarro and Olswang hits

Nov 24 2016 8:51am

7 advantages of starting the LPC in January rather than September

Taking the less travelled route can be a smart move

Nov 23 2016 10:32am