Tag: Students

‘Will a 52 in contract prevent me securing a City training contract?’
Graduated with a first

UCL beats Harvard in top 10 world rankings for law
Stanford University comes first

Legal profession excels in latest social mobility rankings
Over 30 law firms make 2021 list with Browne Jacobson ranking top

BCLP expands solicitor apprenticeship offering to Southampton
First intake September 2022

What the City of London has to offer trainee solicitors
Lawyers and legal careers experts consider how aspiring solicitors can find success in the capital

Freshfields launches fintech-focused virtual work experience programme
Students help fictitious client acquire crypto business

Former Thomson Reuters vice president takes top role at BARBRI
Lucie Allen will oversee SQE market growth

Diversity and inclusion: a magic circle firm’s perspective
Justina Omotayo, diversity and inclusion manager, and Lorna Nsoatabe, associate in the competition team, give insights into their experiences and the opportunities for Black lawyers at Slaughter and May

‘Commercial awareness is more than reading the FT and using buzzwords’
A panel of lawyers and legal experts from Ropes & Gray, Gowling WLG, Irwin Mitchell and ULaw consider the hot commercial themes of 2022 and how students can prepare for the changing world of work

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

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

New law school launches conversion course at quarter the price of GDL
College of Legal Practice offering readies non-law grads for SQE prep

From self-taught coder to tech lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills junior associate Jamie Ball shares his career journey and advice to students

‘There are people who might not want Kim Kardashian to become a lawyer’, says Kanye West
Rapper makes claim on new podcast

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

Sussex Uni and Covington join forces to launch pro bono clinic for performing arts charities
Staffed by law students

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

Walker Morris increases trainee numbers by a quarter
Follows big TC jump at CMS earlier this summer

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

City firms to offer part-time training contracts for disabled aspiring lawyers
Eversheds Sutherland and Osborne Clarke are hiring for 2024 entry

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