Tag: Students

Pinsent Masons partner lands top role at Oxford Uni
Lawyer David Isaac elected provost of Worcester College

West Ham signing reveals law firm ownership ambitions
Mayumi 'Maz' Pacheco graduated from Sheffield Uni this summer, just days after joining the Hammers

A law student’s guide to overcoming ‘commercial unawareness’
Lawyers provide an overview of how the legal services market functions and explain their roles within it

Akin Gump drops A-Level requirement in diversity push
MoneyLaw training contract more attainable?

‘I got 50% on the GDL — should I resit exams or move onto the LPC?’
I already have a 2:1 Scottish law degree

Life as a magic circle partner… and how it’s changed due to the pandemic
Clifford Chance’s David Metzger discusses the challenges ahead for the construction industry, what the new era of big government means for law firms and why aspiring lawyers must become better listeners

De Montfort Uni’s mock courtroom to host new TV sports show starring ex-footballer Steve Claridge as a judge
Producer says he'll consider involving DMU law students in the future

Revealed: The non-law careers law students are considering
Legal Cheek exclusive research shows most want to work in business, consulting and management or the public sector upon graduating

How aspiring lawyers can better understand the legal market
Lawyer turned BPP University Law School training manager Natasha Saleh shares her advice to students looking to secure a training contract post-COVID

Petition calling for botched bar exams to be scrapped attracts over 1,200 signatures
Just grade us on the rest of the BPTC, students urge

BPP secures indefinite degree-awarding powers
Previously assigned on time-limited basis

Bar exams: BSB plans to offer ‘pen and paper’ resits as soon as possible
Regulator will launch 'lessons learned review' of testing issues

Legal education charity backs 19 ‘social justice’ training contracts
Applications now open

The trends future lawyers should look out for
Three experts based in Sheffield share their predictions for the post-COVID world

Ashurst ditches A-Level requirements for training contract hopefuls as government performs exam U-turn
Follows similar move by DWF

BPTC online exam chaos continues into second week
Twitter flooded with fresh reports of bar students being unable to access today's civil litigation assessment

JLD writes to BPP over LPC lockdown complaints
'Complaints go through a robust, credible and independent procedure of review to ensure a satisfactory conclusion is reached', says law school in statement

Edinburgh Uni law grad offered £1,000 to sit student’s online exam
Approached by mystery man on behalf of wealthy law student

BPTC student ‘forced to defer’ exams over fears she’d have to remove headscarf for male invigilator
BSB says proctoring partner could not guarantee female assessor due to increased demand during pandemic