Tag: Students

Latham & Watkins vac schemer in Wolf of Wall Street-style drugs and prostitutes binge

Wannabe lawyer splurged firm’s cash on first-class travel and took a call girl to formal work dinner -- quality performance!

Jul 1 2015 12:32pm

Oxford University law student guilty of serious assault on woman in local nightclub

Judge warns of possible jail time after vicious attack involving seven punches left victim with a broken nose

Jun 30 2015 12:22pm

York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message

Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss?

Jun 30 2015 10:30am

Cambridge law student seeks to track down Pride barrister so he can make work experience plea

Bar hopeful is offering cake in return for information

Jun 29 2015 11:39am

Law grad loses breach of contract case alleging Glasgow Caledonian Uni tuition not up to scratch

Former LLB student -- who refused to pay fees after claiming law lecturer was a "joker" -- sees overly ambitious case thrown out

Jun 26 2015 10:48am

Not Guilty: City University law student cleared of hit man murder of ex-boyfriend

Second year law student walks free from the Old Bailey after jury finds she was not complicit in murdering an ex that had threatened her with revenge porn

Jun 25 2015 12:43pm

How to fund your way through the BPTC

By bagging two scholarships and working part-time, University of Law bar graduate Sam Frost was able to keep costs down as he pursued his barrister ambitions

Jun 24 2015 2:25pm

Top white-collar crime QC entangled in online intern swap embarrassment

Lawyers are flocking to recently launched site in a bid to bag little Hugo and Henrietta pre-gap yah work experience. But is this just hi-tech nepotism?

Jun 24 2015 11:27am

A dozen law-related tunes to beat the training contract application blues

The Judge trawls through his -- and his mates’ -- old vinyl collections in search of a soundtrack to ease the stress

Jun 24 2015 9:31am

What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?

Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple

Jun 22 2015 1:35pm

‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’

As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills' Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going...

Jun 18 2015 11:16am

5 things career changers need to know about getting a training contract at a top firm

Shearman & Sterling's London open day for career changers debunked some popular myths

Jun 16 2015 2:46pm

Research: wannabe barristers are the biggest law student druggies

Legal Practice Course counterparts are the least keen, but when wannabe solicitors do take drugs they have penchant for cocaine

Jun 16 2015 10:04am

PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities

David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision

Jun 15 2015 3:58pm

Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?

Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything

Jun 15 2015 3:05pm

Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias

Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession

Jun 15 2015 11:53am

Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach

Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews

Jun 12 2015 1:28pm

Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience

"You will be charged for us providing you this opportunity"

Jun 12 2015 10:56am

Top HSBC in-house lawyer tells students to ditch gap years and work at JD Sports instead

Show us that you're not reliant on mummy and daddy, says bar graduate-turned-banking lawyer Sandie Okoro

Jun 11 2015 10:08am

7 pieces of advice I’d give to my junior barrister self

City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he's learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia

Jun 10 2015 3:45pm