Tag: Students
The lessons of legal sat nav
What if you combined lawyers with the latest in satellite navigation technology?
Sussex Uni law grad raises ten grand towards Oxford masters through crowdfunding
Now this is how you crowdfund
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
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
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
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
University of Law to bring in aptitude test for its BPTC
Test will be introduced next year, along with minimum 2:1 entry requirement
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
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
Legal executive chief leads lawyers in ice bucket challenge
Jury still out on whether Justice Secretary Grayling as well as Law Society and Bar...
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
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
Legal pic of the day
What a bank holiday means to pupil barristers
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?
This one goes out to the paralegals in the regions
A musical interlude
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
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
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
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
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
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'