Tag: Students

Clifford Chance launches year-round global virtual work experience programme

Exclusive: New approach means there'll be no summer 2021 vacation scheme -- but magic circle firm will continue to offer some in-office internships

Jul 7 2020 9:00am

Exam proctoring: a law student’s experience

As law schools shift exams online in the wake of the coronavirus, one aspiring lawyer reveals her first encounter was 'mostly positive'

Jul 6 2020 1:38pm

Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reflects on magic circle vac scheme rejection

Ali Obeid has since secured a TC with a top US law firm

Jul 3 2020 9:12am

‘Can I do a UK training contract if I’m based overseas?’

We put one reader's question to the regulator

Jul 1 2020 11:12am

Aspiring barrister raises £65,000 to realise Cambridge Uni law course dream

‘I'm absolutely over the moon!’ Dylan Kawende tells Legal Cheek

Jul 1 2020 9:13am

ULaw and BPP confirm campuses will reopen this autumn

Temperature tests and other safety measures to combat virus spread will be put in place

Jun 30 2020 2:07pm

Use government cash to fund training contracts, says Law Society

Chancery Lane lays out coronavirus recovery plan

Jun 30 2020 10:23am

Aspiring barrister targeted in ‘cash for pupillage’ scam

'Don’t fall into a similar TRAP', ULaw undergrad warns in LinkedIn post

Jun 29 2020 12:19pm

‘I had no assurances that being gay in law was okay’: LGBTQ+ students on life after coming out

Co-founders of 'Queer Lawyers of Tomorrow' Olivia Reily and Owen Hussey on the challenges they faced and why they set-up their new diversity platform

Jun 26 2020 12:12pm

Oxford Uni grad launches ‘TikTok Law School’

Toby Willcocks' video series designed to help aspiring lawyers

Jun 26 2020 9:05am

A snapshot of trainee life at an international law firm

Baker McKenzie beyond the graduate recruitment brochure

Jun 24 2020 1:13pm

British lawtech entrepreneur raises £9.6 million to fund ‘robot lawyer’ app

Joshua Browder's 'DoNotPay' has seen consumer demand skyrocket in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic

Jun 24 2020 11:17am

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online

Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

Jun 22 2020 10:06am

How to secure a training contract at a global law firm in Hong Kong

Five industry experts share their top tips

Jun 19 2020 12:06pm

‘Should I work as a paralegal at the firm I’ve secured a training contract with?’

I planned to fill the gap with legal work but the job market is flat so options are limited, writes one Legal Cheek reader

Jun 19 2020 10:10am

How training contract hunters can stand out from the crowd after COVID-19

ULaw’s director of employability John Watkins discusses the importance of being productive and why future lawyers must exude web-cam confidence

Jun 17 2020 1:31pm