Tag: Students

From trainee to City law firm partner in ten years

Travers Smith’s Stephanie Lee reflects on her path to partnership and the high-stakes litigation that she’s worked on along the way

Jan 14 2020 2:50pm

Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister

Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending

Jan 13 2020 9:20am

The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s

Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future

Jan 8 2020 2:27pm

Top barristers reveal what students need to know as they make pupillage applications

Practitioners from no less than 13 leading London sets share their insights as the Pupillage Gateway re-opens

Jan 7 2020 2:25pm

Climate change and the law podcast: Clyde & Co lawyers share their views on fast-growing new area of practice

Ahead of the firm's vacation scheme application deadline on Sunday, solicitors provide key commercial awareness insights

Dec 31 2019 11:38am

A year in the world of Legal Cheek: The top 15 stories of 2019

Magic circle salaries, lavish lawyer Insta lifestyles and, of course, Lady Hale on the Tube

Dec 30 2019 8:50am

Law firms recruiting exclusively from vac schemes — worrying trend or sensible step?

The legal profession may become even harder to break into, argues one rookie City solicitor

Dec 23 2019 11:55am

ULaw joins forces with Chester Uni to launch MA Law course

Tie-up follows sale of law school giant's Chester campus

Dec 20 2019 11:31am

Five reasons to do your training contract with a global law firm outside London

Lawyers from Addleshaw Goddard’s Leeds office make the case for starting your career in the North

Dec 18 2019 1:56pm

Why I wanted to become a lawyer

Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys

Dec 17 2019 1:20pm

BPP University tight-lipped on rumours it’s no longer for sale

Law school declines to comment on website report, weeks after scooping super-exam prep course contract for six City players

Dec 16 2019 2:33pm

Five hot commercial awareness issues that future lawyers need to be thinking about

Lawyers from BARBRI, BCLP, Gowling WLG, Ropes & Gray and Squire Patton Boggs share their wisdom

Dec 16 2019 1:26pm

Four fintech predictions from four seriously clued-up lawyers

Practice area insight from experts at Linklaters

Dec 13 2019 1:38pm

How technology is changing the business of law

Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

Dec 12 2019 2:12pm

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE

Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Dec 12 2019 8:48am