Tag: Students

BPP students to reverse mentor law firms on diversity and inclusion
Lawyers to be schooled by aspiring lawyers in four-month partnership

Law school leaders react to first SQE results
Legal Cheek talks to the key players in legal education to understand what last week's results announcement means for students and the wider profession

Will working as a magistrate become the next CV must-have for wannabe lawyers?
Government targets 'younger people' as part of new recruitment drive

How to fund your SQE
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with BPP’s Jonny Hurst to discuss the options available to students

Just over half of students pass first ever SQE
Regulator identifies 'attainment gap' among ethnic groups

6 top tips for securing pupillage
Gatehouse Chambers’ Jasmine Murphy shares her advice for aspiring pupils

SQE results day hit by technical issues and delays
Some students found out their results late into the night, whilst some claim to have received other candidates' scores

Shoosmiths and Aston Uni join forces to support disadvantaged sixth formers into law
West Midlands teens to benefit from sessions and events in new 18-month programme

Why I rejected a magic circle TC offer to pursue a career at the bar
Henderson Chambers’ Beatrice Graham reflects on her career journey while offering advice to aspiring barristers aiming to secure pupillage

ULaw extends ‘money back’ offer to out-of-work LLM students
50% cash back plus 50% credit towards another course

8 New Year goals law students have already given up on
New year, same me 💁♀️

Liverpool John Moores law grad jailed over £1 million drugs trafficking conspiracy
Aspiring lawyer used alias 'Grapejuice' in encrypted chats

Meet the ULaw student sharing his hilarious law school struggles on TikTok
Jordon Goodman -- aka 'The Legal Northerner' -- takes light-hearted look at life on the LLB

The best legal work and study set-ups from across social media
Cue multiple monitors, neatly stacked highlighters and ergonomic desk chairs

GDL providers take different approaches to exams in response to Omicron spread
Some students given 24 hours to submit each exam, while others have just 2 hours

Training and development: a tax lawyer’s experience
Travers Smith’s Sivanti Devakumar shares her career story and how high-quality work combined with the firm’s collaborative culture and supportive training environment is what made her join and stay

How aspiring lawyers can make the most of Instagram
Top tips courtesy of social media savvy solicitor Yasmin Khan-Gunns

Travers boosts vac scheme pay by nearly 70% as it looks to get students back into the office this summer
£750 to cover week's expenses

Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show
Exam deferrals more than doubled

A law student’s 12 New Year’s resolutions
New year, new me 💁♀️

Legal Cheek’s most read stories of 2021
Crazy working hours, lockdown blues, uni rankings, NFTs -- and of course the usual dose of lawyers behaving badly