Tag: Students

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 🎵

Law student-led Oxford Uni a cappella group returns with seasonal banger
Vocally gifted ensemble take on Elton John's Step Into Christmas

Biotech grad bags SQE1 scholarship for essay on ‘why STEM students make great lawyers’
Viktoria Dipla's £3k award covers cost of BARBRI course

The Legal Cheek 2021 Xmas Gift Guide
What to buy the lawyer or law student in your life

BPP to offer free SQE and bar ‘bridge courses’
Tie-up with eight universities

Online law school launches £7k LLM with SQE prep
College of Legal Practice secures degree awarding powers

Kim Kardashian passes law exams
Social media icon completes California 'baby bar' on fourth attempt -- and with Covid!

East Anglia Uni student uses contract law revision notes to defeat landlord in court
Jack Simm was just a fresher when he initiated proceedings

TikToking Morrison & Foerster lawyer goes viral with response to ‘unhinged’ law student demanding free careers advice
'A good example of what not to do when you're trying network within your profession'

5 tips on how to excel during a virtual vacation scheme
ULaw’s deputy vice chancellor (law) Peter Crisp shares advice with readers hoping to stand out in the increasingly virtual recruitment process

Minimum pupillage awards to rise next month
A little over £19k for baby barristers in London

7 things students should know about ‘qualifying work experience’
BPP’s Jonny Hurst explains the nuts and bolts of the new training regime

SRA drafts in Exeter Uni to probe exam ‘attainment gap’
Deep dive prompted by 'persistent difference' in outcomes between ethnic groups

Baker McKenzie picks BARBRI to put future trainees through the SQE
First cohort starts September 2023

City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
£145k pledged so far to cover exam prep and fees