Tag: Students

BSB mulls ditching entry exam after report found fewer than 1% of wannabe barristers fail to pass it

Intervention follows student protests targeting philosophy prof Kathleen Stock

What do you think the law firm of the future will look like?

Lisa Keogh was cleared of wrongdoing but is now taking legal action for 'stress caused at the most crucial part of my university career'

DWF senior associate Paul Maddock explains how his passion for board games helps in his day-to-day legal life

Squire Patton Boggs partner Michelle Adams didn’t get the A-Level grades she’d hoped for and started training at the peak of the 2008 financial crisis; here she talks to Legal Cheek Careers about navigating choppy waters to get to where she is today

In London and Leeds

Mayer Brown trainee Cheryl Stevart discusses her career journey from publishing to corporate law, ahead of her appearance at this week's virtual student event

Attacked law student before groping another woman while she slept

First cohort starts September 2024

A new wave of TC alternatives is sweeping the City

Ashurst partner Navdeep Benning discusses her career journey to date

Commenters warn of the dangers of 'glamourising' work ethic at the cost of health

Tie-up will see super-exam prep offered as optional LLB module

McCann FitzGerald associates Olivia Wright and Darragh Caldwell offer their top application tips while reflecting on their own career journeys so far, ahead of the firm’s appearance at next week's Legal Cheek Irish Virtual Law Fair 2021

Current apprentice Jessica Lee debunks some common misconceptions

Tie-up with Queen Mary University

Ruling could give rights to hundreds of law grads working as unqualified advocates

Burges Salmon senior associate Peter Ramsden shares an overview of his career journey and the challenges he faced along the way

Freshers be wary

Ex-rookie solicitor, who was suspended following his arrest, also on trial for allegedly sexually assaulting a second woman at same gathering