Tag: Students

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

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

Four fintech predictions from four seriously clued-up lawyers
Practice area insight from experts at Linklaters

How technology is changing the business of law
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers talk tech transforming the firm

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE
Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Lawtech and what it means for future lawyers
Experts from across the City share their insights

SRA to make decision on SQE1 skills assessment in New Year
Feedback from spring pilot advised it be ditched

The lowdown on US law firms in London
Shearman & Sterling lawyers give commercial awareness master class

Clyde & Co to offer six month data science seats to trainee lawyers
New TC option sees rookies work alongside machine learning engineers and computer whizzes from UCL

The opportunities ahead for the Scottish legal market
Addleshaw Goddard lawyers discuss lawtech, Brexit and Indyref2

Student Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw
Wednesday 11 December at ULaw Leeds; open to all students and graduates

Clifford Chance launches business internship for future trainees
New scheme will see vac scheme places reduced but additional open days introduced for penultimate-year students

Which BPTC provider boasts the highest pass rate?
BSB data reveals success rates for civil and criminal litigation, as well as professional ethics

From science student to intellectual property lawyer
Mark Marfé, senior associate, Pinsent Masons, specialises in patent litigation, and often acts for companies in the high tech space

How to successfully navigate a pupillage interview
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with ULaw future pupil programme coordinator Mark Jones

How to nail a vac scheme application this festive period
'Tis the season to be jolly tackle dreaded online forms

How my paralegal role acted as the perfect stepping stone to pupillage success
Henderson Chambers’ Harrison Denner shares his top tips

City law firm ‘consortium’ appoints BPP as SQE prep-course provider
Influential group's future trainees will sit super-exam from autumn 2022 -- a year after assessment's proposed introduction

The Green Economy through the eyes of a planning lawyer
Anna Cartledge, a partner at Shoosmiths, sheds light on brick shortages, electronic cars and life in Birmingham

Tributes pour in for Manchester Uni law grad killed in London terror attack
'A champion for underdogs everywhere'

BARBRI ramps up SQE preparations with acquisition of legal training provider Kaplan Altior
Solicitor super-exam ambitions underlined