Tag: Students

How to make it as an international commercial lawyer
Three White & Case solicitors based in London, Paris and New York, share insights from their career journeys

Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site
Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering

The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story
King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education

Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees
Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown

How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world
The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning

The dos and don’ts of virtual vac schemes
Essential online etiquette

SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course
But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted

Legal Cheek Podcast: Meet the Durham Uni law student tackling mental health
We sit down with social entrepreneur Lewis Baxter ?

Creating an SQE for the post COVID-19 world
Getting the balance right between online and face-to-face learning, while teaching practical skills in a way that accommodates new legal tech, will be crucial to a successful SQE, says ULaw’s Jill Howell-Williams

Sussex Uni law student leads call for tuition fee cuts as lectures move online
COVID-19: Petition received almost 300 student signatures

How law students can make the most of the lockdown
From virtual vac schemes to volunteering -- wannabe lawyers should use their time wisely, advises LPC student Charlotte Capper

Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic
Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021

Oxbridge YouTube sensation explains why he switched from psychology to law
Ibz Mo takes hit vlog to law school

No plans to delay SQE because of Covid-19, says regulator
SRA responds to Durham Law School chief’s call for super-exam to be postponed in light of pandemic

Pinsent Masons offers virtual summer vacation scheme
As Vinson & Elkins wraps up the first of its online programmes

Hogan Lovells makes training contract offers early as it cancels summer vacation schemes
Exclusive: Some candidates offered winter vacation scheme places

City law firms give insights into SQE plans
Legal Cheek-BARBRI super-exam survey results revealed

Vicarious liability in the Supreme Court spotlight
Birmingham Uni law student Olivia Gladstone looks at the recent high-profile tort cases involving Morrisons and Barclays

COVID-19: Clifford Chance summer vacation scheme goes virtual
New online offering to feature networking sessions, cooking and yoga classes too

Open University law student wins battle against police over car seizure
Officers failed to comply with regulations, investigation finds