Tag: Students

Law student run burger shack takes top London eatery honours

Former Leicester Uni and LPC grad joins forces with mates to create an East End gastronomic sensation

Feb 17 2015 11:37am

Training contract numbers take another tumble

Newly-released figures show that there were 205 fewer training contracts registered in latest recruitment round

Feb 17 2015 9:11am

Law student jumps into role as Southampton Uni’s first male cheerleader

He’s one in a team of 100 women -- and he’s got a robust response to the sneerers

Feb 16 2015 9:46am

Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture

Forget the book; sod the gala film opening -- as Valentine’s Day approaches, wannabe lawyers should just read this

Feb 13 2015 9:58am

Legal Practice Course student in 155-mile arctic adventure charity bid

Lectures at the University of Law will never seem the same again after bedding down for a week in the freezing cold with a pack of dogs

Feb 13 2015 9:01am

Student ‘got a pupillage interview at Chancery set’ by legally analysing Shaggy rap on application form

But wannabe barrister's subsequent gloating on Twitter was probably not a great idea

Feb 12 2015 9:59am

BPTC student stands for local council in Grayling’s constituency

Funnily enough, young Labour party candidate and wannabe barrister takes a dim view of the Lord Chancellor’s record on access to justice

Feb 11 2015 9:22am

‘I attached a picture of my snake instead of my certificates … and I still got the job at Clyde & Co’

How do you land a role at a top City firm? Send them a picture of your pet snake

Feb 10 2015 1:30pm

The Durham Uni law student pulling in City firm-levels of cash in return for dating sugar daddies

Final year law student earns £1,500 for between two or three "dates" a month

Feb 10 2015 9:38am

The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?

Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news

Feb 6 2015 9:04am

Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page

Hell hath no fury like a law student deprived of their memes

Feb 4 2015 2:05pm

Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge

Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London

Feb 3 2015 9:01am

Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%

International City giants will hang on to 93% and 91% of their trainees

Feb 2 2015 10:21am

Twitter shock at barrister’s triple ‘C-bomb’

Is senior junior at 1 Gray's Inn Square the most foul-mouthed lawyer on Twitter?

Jan 30 2015 9:54am

Tadpoles and pigs play key role in high street law firm paralegal hiring policy

"Insult to intelligence" critical reasoning test pivotal in determining whether you’re up to the task of checking land registry searches at west country solicitors’ firm

Jan 29 2015 12:34pm

The campaign for the trainee solicitor minimum salary is being resurrected

Battle to protect trainee pay not over yet

Jan 28 2015 10:56am

City firm tries to boost women partner numbers by getting female trainees to talk more about career development

Herbert Smith Freehills' new women trainee network is part of firm's bid to make its partnership 30% female

Jan 27 2015 9:43am