Tag: Students

Petition launched to add law student killed in drive-by shooting to solicitors roll
Barrister Sahar Farooqi urges legal community to honour Aya Hachem's passing -- but regulator says its hands are tied

4 steps to a successful career change to law
ULaw’s Suzanne Hutton draws on her experience as a solicitor and careers coach

Legal Cheek Podcast: How aspiring lawyers can make the most of lockdown
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How the pandemic will impact future lawyers
Four speakers from different corners of the legal profession share their insights

‘My online vac scheme is shorter — can I still ask the firm to pay me in full?’
I budgeted on receiving a three-week salary

Law students pessimistic about pandemic career prospects, survey shows
But future trainees think their TC offers will still be honoured

Linklaters announces two-week virtual vacation scheme with three weeks’ pay
COVID-19: Last of the magic fivesome to reveal student summer plans

How Instagram can help you get a training contract at a national law firm
Five tips courtesy of Shoosmiths

Cambridge University moves law lectures online until summer 2021
COVID-19: Prestigious institution first to set out measures for full academic year

How the UK’s first teaching law firm will prepare students for the SQE
Nottingham Law School’s Executive Dean Jenny Chapman on the role of clinical legal training in a super-exam world

Super-exam questions to be checked for ‘cultural bias’ so BAME candidates not disadvantaged
Regulator plans to recruit diverse pool of question writers and assessors

SQE latest: City Consortium’s non-law trainees will need to complete GDL-style conversion course
Exclusive: Influential group of six also hope future rookies will sit both parts of super-exam prior to starting TCs

Salford Uni law student killed in ‘senseless’ drive-by shooting
Murder investigation launched following death of Aya Hachem on Sunday

Oxford University lays out blueprint for training future lawyers in the tech age
Skills gaps must be filled to meet client demand for tech-enhanced legal services, say academics

Manchester University confirms all law lectures from next term will be delivered online
Social distancing measures may remain in place for some time meaning traditional fresher experience could look very different

Not being allowed to work from home among top COVID-19 concerns to lawyer-wellbeing helpline
LawCare stats released to mark start of Mental Health Awareness Week

Simmons & Simmons and Akin Gump summer vacation schemes move online
As Eversheds explores similar option

Orrick pushes back training contract assessments ‘until early 2021’
Exclusive: Felt virtual assessments would not offer applicants same level of insight into trainee life

BPP, Hertfordshire and Plymouth law schools recognised for pro bono efforts
Trio scoop LawWorks gongs

COVID-19: Meet the Queen Mary law student working on the frontline
Megan Evers puts healthcare experience to good use during pandemic