Tag: Students

London Legal Walk postponed until October
Coronavirus: Annual charity outing was due to take place in June

Law prof stops lecture after spotting two students performing sex act
'Seeking relief from what they were tort'

LPC and BPTC students urge regulators not to delay exams amid virus pandemic
Petitions demand that wannabe lawyers be allowed to take assessments at home

Virus pandemic: Baker McKenzie and Herbert Smith Freehills postpone spring vacation schemes
Along with Charles Russell Speechlys and Penningtons Manches Cooper

Don’t let students sit exams at home, SRA tells law schools
Regulator says supervised assessments must be maintained

99 training contract interview tips
With examples of the questions you need to know how to answer
Regulator postpones centralised BPTC exams
Decision follows new government guidance to combat spread of COVID-19

Slaughter and May postpones spring vacation scheme amid virus pandemic
As magic circlers Freshfields and A&O postpone first-year spring schemes

BPP postpones LPC exam following new government COVID-19 advice
Tomorrow's assessment due to take place at London's ExCeL centre will now be re-scheduled

The importance of displaying your personality in training contract interviews
Application and interview advice courtesy of solicitors from Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke and RPC

BPP gives students option to sit LPC exam or delay
Law school’s approach follows advice from Public Health England

ULaw and City Law School to suspend face-to-face teaching in response to coronavirus
Both will switch online lectures from 23 March

How to get ahead in the training contract race
A panel of experts share their thoughts

Shearman & Sterling becomes first firm to postpone spring vacation scheme in wake of coronavirus pandemic
Follows Linklaters decision to suspend insight scheme

Coronavirus: Linklaters postpones insight scheme as Taylor Wessing closes London office after employee tests positive
Host of City players trial remote working capabilities in wake of pandemic

‘Paralegal or legal directory researcher: which role will help me secure a City law TC?’
I have to accept one soon

King’s College London law students to sit ‘take home’ exams amid coronavirus fears
Alternative arrangement sees undergrads take their assessments off-campus within a specified timeframe

Dublin’s legal scene: what aspiring lawyers need to know
Solicitors from Arthur Cox, Matheson and Pinsent Masons join international bar qualification provider BARBRI to discuss the key commercial topics shaping the legal profession in Ireland

Goldman Sachs postpones London legal internships in wake of coronavirus
Banking giant’s spring work experience programme was due to start later this month

Linklaters launches grad scheme for legal operations roles
Two-year TC alternative covers key business functions including project management, innovation and pricing -- but doesn't lead to solicitor qualification

How to get a first in your law degree
Solicitor turned professor Nick Ross shares his secrets to forming good study habits