Tag: Students

DWF scraps specific A-Level requirements for training contract seekers

Social mobility push comes amid results chaos for college leavers

Aug 14 2020 10:38am

Barristers dish out career wisdom to mark A-Level results day

Exams scrapped in wake of coronavirus mean sixth-formers receive grades based on predictions and schools' past performance

Aug 13 2020 12:58pm

BPTC students report being locked out of online ethics exam

BSB says the 'great majority' did manage to finish their assessment

Aug 12 2020 1:38pm

Farewell freebies? 7 City firms pledge greener trainee recruitment practices

Reduction in merch and limit to on-campus travel among possible changes

Aug 11 2020 12:06pm

Why law students should consider a career in the North

ULaw Leeds and Sheffield campus dean Matt Tomlinson highlights the opportunities available to students in the northern city regions and shares his advice on securing a TC amid the COVID crisis

Aug 10 2020 3:11pm

A life of crime

Chris Daw QC on life at the bar, his newly released book and venture into ‘vlawging’

Aug 10 2020 10:30am

Concerned girlfriend goes public with boyfriend’s plan to quit law school to become podcaster

‘How do I convince him this is the worst idea ever?’ she asks in Reddit post

Aug 7 2020 12:58pm

ULaw confirms SQE training deal with Sheffield University

Tie-up will see the University of Law also deliver LPC and GDL

Jul 30 2020 2:07pm

Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers

Magic circle sets look to tackle bar's ongoing diversity problem

Jul 30 2020 9:12am

The opportunities for future City lawyers in a post-COVID world

Three associates from the London offices of Freshfields, Baker McKenzie and Reed Smith join a ULaw careers expert to share advice

Jul 28 2020 12:55pm

Staffordshire law grad wins High Court judicial review declaring benefit regulations unlawful

Not a bad thing to have on your CV as a wannabe lawyer

Jul 28 2020 10:22am

WFW pauses recruitment for direct TC applicants as it announces 94% autumn retention

Exclusive: Watson Farley & Williams to review process and will resume once able to run assessment centres effectively

Jul 27 2020 11:28am

BPTC student raises bias and privacy concerns over exam proctoring

BSB says online exams aren't 'discriminatory' but union have come out in support of students wanting to pursue potential legal action

Jul 23 2020 12:12pm

A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’

'All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,' says law school in response

Jul 22 2020 4:35pm

BPP students aren’t happy about having to do without hard copy course materials

Delay sending out textbooks caused by printer being closed due to COVID-19, says law school, which has moved all materials online

Jul 16 2020 1:13pm

Leeds Beckett music grad goes viral after sneaking into hungover mate’s Nottingham law lecture

'I was watching Suits at the time', Bradley Green tells Legal Cheek

Jul 16 2020 10:16am

‘Working at a music festival, in the army and as a teacher made me a better lawyer’

Baker McKenzie’s Jonathan Tham highlights the importance of non-legal work experience

Jul 15 2020 2:29pm