Tag: Students

The lessons of legal sat nav

What if you combined lawyers with the latest in satellite navigation technology?

Sep 9 2014 9:14am

Training contract turbulence — some firms boost numbers, others slash

EXCLUSIVE: The latest training contract rises at CMS Cameron McKenna and Irwin Mitchell contrast with drops at magic circle duo and other City outfits as targets are announced for 2014-15 recruitment round

Sep 5 2014 9:00am

What should we do with the Inns of Court’s empty law libraries?

Middle Temple's library alone costs £725,000-a-year to maintain -- and is quieter than ever now all those books are available online

Sep 3 2014 9:34am

Clifford Chance shifts LPC student deal to BPP

In a move that leaves the University of Law with only one magic circle firm on its books, Clifford Chance joins Allen & Overy in defecting to rival

Sep 2 2014 4:09pm

Drugs conviction puts student’s legal career in peril

Legal profession regulatory bodies take a dim view of class-A convictions, but cases are assessed individually

Sep 2 2014 11:58am

University of Law to bring in aptitude test for its BPTC

Test will be introduced next year, along with minimum 2:1 entry requirement

Sep 1 2014 12:11pm

Social mobility report’s shallow analysis of legal profession

Headline figures slam judiciary for being public school-educated toffs, but provides little insight demographics of wider sectors

Aug 29 2014 9:46am

Baker & McKenzie cuts training contract numbers by 12% as new Belfast support centre announced

EXCLUSIVE: Outsourcing stifles training contract growth at City law firms -- reductions in London graduate intake at Baker & McKenzie and Allen & Overy following Northern Ireland support office ventures

Aug 29 2014 8:57am

Legal executive chief leads lawyers in ice bucket challenge

Jury still out on whether Justice Secretary Grayling as well as Law Society and Bar...

Aug 28 2014 2:01pm

Legal aid slasher Grayling nominated for the ice bucket challenge

Shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan nominates the bête noir of much of the legal profession to take a drenching -- while other luminaries are also in the spotlight

Aug 27 2014 4:26pm

Top junior lawyer calls on Law Society to fight for return of trainee minimum salaries

As a new team arrives at beleaguered Chancery Lane, Legal Cheek sets out the issues the solicitors’ profession leadership should be addressing for law students and young lawyers

Aug 27 2014 1:20pm

Legal pic of the day

What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers

Aug 26 2014 11:33am

Will vlawging catch on?

Some students are making decent money out of vlogging, so why are only a handful of wannabe lawyers dabbling in the medium?

Aug 26 2014 9:34am

6 things you can buy with 18 grand that are much more fun than law school

With the cost of the LPC and BPTC approaching the eye-watering respective sums of £15,000 and £18,000, it is not unreasonable to consider how else that money could be spent

Aug 22 2014 9:04am

Law firm faces Twitter accusation of plagiarising newspaper articles

Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words

Aug 20 2014 12:38pm

Official survey: bar students are rubbish at ethics

Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause

Aug 19 2014 2:53pm

Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain’s newest reality TV star

2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy

Aug 15 2014 9:08am

An 8 step Pinterest guide to what to wear during legal work experience

King’s College London student Jessy Howard reports from the mini-pupillage and law firm work placement front line via Legal Cheek‘s new ‘Lawyer Looks’ Pinterest board

Aug 14 2014 10:06am

Wannabe lawyers face tough choices in the Clearing ‘transfer window’

Decisions could be swayed by trends in law firm graduate recruitment such as 'CV blind'

Aug 14 2014 9:40am