Tag: Students

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BARBRI encourages STEM students to bring their skills to the legal profession with new full SQE1 scholarship

Science, technology, engineering and maths students offered chance to claim SQE law conversion course award

Nov 18 2021 10:05am

Meet the man helping students hack law school revision

We catch up with Andrew Suszek, director of analytics at BARBRI, ahead of his virtual appearance at tomorrow’s STEM Future Lawyers panel event

Nov 17 2021 10:39am
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New law school launches conversion course at quarter the price of GDL

College of Legal Practice offering readies non-law grads for SQE prep

Nov 17 2021 9:15am

From self-taught coder to tech lawyer

Herbert Smith Freehills junior associate Jamie Ball shares his career journey and advice to students

Nov 16 2021 11:00am

Why aspiring lawyers should capitalise on unplanned opportunities

While reflecting on his career journey to date, Niall MacDonald, programme, and student lead at ULaw Manchester, offers guidance for students embarking on a legal career

Nov 15 2021 10:19am

Life as a lawyer in the fast-moving automotive sector

Shoosmiths associate Sam Henegan talks electric vehicles and driverless cars, ahead of his virtual appearance at next week’s event

Nov 12 2021 12:49pm

Walker Morris increases trainee numbers by a quarter

Follows big TC jump at CMS earlier this summer

Nov 12 2021 10:10am

What they don’t teach you at law school

From time recording to 'playing the game' -- solicitor Baljinder Singh Atwal shares lessons and tips from his time in practice so far

Nov 12 2021 9:09am
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City firms to offer part-time training contracts for disabled aspiring lawyers

Eversheds Sutherland and Osborne Clarke are hiring for 2024 entry

Nov 11 2021 12:12pm

What do corporate lawyers do?

We find out from lawyers and legal experts at Goodwin, SPB, DWF and BARBRI what a career in commercial law entails

Nov 11 2021 11:18am
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‘Should I do the SQE during my law degree?’

One reader is unsure whether they should study and sit the exam during their placement year 🤔

Nov 11 2021 9:52am

ULaw appoints academic management heavyweight as new CEO

Professor Craig Mahoney has held top roles at a host of universities

Nov 10 2021 11:53am

Why science grads make great lawyers

TLT partner Siân Ashton discusses her science background, life in the firm’s FutureLaw team and why TC hunters need to be open-minded and flexible

Nov 10 2021 10:42am

How to stand out in training contract applications

‘You don’t need the same qualities as the next aspiring solicitor’, says Hill Dickinson partner and training principal Richard Capper, ahead of his appearance at this afternoon's virtual event

Nov 9 2021 9:11am

Bar report: Ethnic minorities find it harder to secure pupillage

'There is a need to tone down your blackness' during interviews, one junior barrister told researchers

Nov 8 2021 12:02pm
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First SQE exams get underway

SRA confirms students won't be tested on Covid laws

Nov 8 2021 10:44am

What makes a good personal injury lawyer?

Empathy, resilience, and the ability to adapt will stand you in good stead, says Irwin Mitchell serious injury specialist Chris Kardahji

Nov 8 2021 10:05am

Meet the infrastructure lawyers helping ‘Build back better’

A panel of experts from Pinsent Masons discuss their work and how it is helping drive the post-Covid economic recovery

Nov 5 2021 12:04pm
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Flexible training contract specialist signs SQE training deal with College of Legal Practice

Accutrainee to fund rookies through super-exam prep

Nov 5 2021 9:16am