Tag: Students

Five things we wish we’d known before pupillage

Words of wisdom from two Hardwicke pupil barristers ahead of application deadline day

Apr 28 2016 1:22pm

UWE law grad is the fourth ‘coolest’ person in FinTech right now

Budding entrepreneur secured £200,000 in funding to produce student finance app

Apr 28 2016 12:12pm

Social mobility work experience scheme pledges to stay closer to students as chair passes from Allen & Overy to Hogan Lovells

PRIME seeks to move to next level after giving 4,000 kids City law placements in five years

Apr 28 2016 10:31am

Research: UK’s WORST law schools for ’employability’

How did your law school fare?

Apr 27 2016 1:17pm

Law school satisfaction survey — rate your GDL/LPC/BPTC

How good is your postgraduate legal training?

Apr 27 2016 9:05am

Top barrister says NUS’s no-platform policies could be unlawful

Student petitions to ban university campus talks not compatible with free speech law

Apr 26 2016 10:10am

Emotional triumph for Northern Irish state school in Bar National Mock Trial at the Old Bailey

Citizenship Foundation competition now in its 25th year, and is still fierce in its combat against the bar’s social mobility problem

Apr 25 2016 11:47pm

Number of training contracts registered jumps by nearly 500 in a year

Law students welcome first major increase since financial crash

Apr 25 2016 3:18pm

Kim is here. Are you?

As virtual paralegals start work, how long before others stop?

Apr 25 2016 2:41pm

DWF’s bid to clawback LPC fees from ex-trainee could be unenforceable restraint of trade

Questions arise over legal status of firm's lock-in clause

Apr 25 2016 9:18am

Prince hated contract law so much he once changed his name to an unpronounceable symbol

Hugely popular musician passed away yesterday aged 57

Apr 22 2016 10:22am

A pupil barrister did a PhD about social mobility at the bar — and it makes for uncomfortable reading

Elite reputation puts off potential future stars -- especially those who live outside the South East

Apr 22 2016 10:00am

11 reasons why you should avoid dating a lawyer at all costs

Your mum would be so proud, but it sounds better than it is

Apr 22 2016 9:03am

Lawyers embrace new online game that teaches litigants-in-person courtroom dos and don’ts

Online initiative is debuted in US, and gets a big thumbs up from UK lawyers

Apr 20 2016 3:44pm

Former Pussycat Doll tribute and beauty queen turns vlogger to give personal insight into life at law school

But will Tina Lee Robles’ YouTube channel help or hinder her barrister dreams?

Apr 20 2016 9:06am

Open thread: How do I get a pupillage?

Baby barristers advise

Apr 19 2016 4:08pm

Freshfields becomes first magic circle firm to launch apprenticeships

It could be set to offer training contracts in new Manchester office too

Apr 19 2016 12:04pm

Even Lord Neuberger thinks EU cases are boring

The hearings are “unexciting to the point of being soporifically leaden”

Apr 19 2016 9:10am