Tag: 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

Your ultimate guides to training contract and pupillage applications this festive period
Legal Cheek careers resources reveal inside line on over 100 law firms and 50 chambers, and contain key graduate recruitment deadlines

7 Christmas movie characters as the people you meet at law school
We all know and love these Christmas classics, but how many of these law students do you know and love?

What went down at the Legal Cheek-ULaw Winter 2021 Virtual Vacation Scheme
Lawyers share insights into practice areas including ESG, finance, legal tech, gaming and media law

12 struggles law students will face this Christmas
🎵 All I want for Christmas is you... a training contract 🎵