Tag: Students

6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd
Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice

What a greener future means for lawyers
Osborne Clarke environmental partner Matthew Germain shares his forecasts for the decade ahead

Which uni law graduates earn the most?
102 law schools, ranked by median grad salary

A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer
Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister

How I secured a training contract in the Edinburgh office of an international law firm
Matt Finnie, a second-year trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, on how to forge a career in the law

Video: Law students play ‘Never have I ever’
‘My Dad’s going to see this. Sorry, Dad!’

BPP grad denied licence to practise law over LLM plagiarism
Applied for foreign lawyer status

It’s important to have a passion outside law
Hill Dickinson partner Ian Gillis on martial arts, Manchester and the importance of a commercial mindset

‘I’m a month into my law degree and struggling with homesickness’
I would appreciate any advice from those who have been in this position before

Super-exam pass rates could be higher than LPC, says boss of new SQE mega provider
Comments come after Linklaters training chief revealed fear that more magic circle rookies could fail SQE

Taylor Wessing lawyers open up about mental health
Partners and associates share experiences of handling stress at work

City Law School latest to offer two-part bar course following regulatory shake-up
It's much cheaper, too

Swansea Uni-backed legal lab scoops £4 million in EU funding
New hub to support research and develop advances in lawtech, Welsh government says

‘My life as an environmental lawyer’
Burges Salmon associate Stephen Lavington reflects on his route into the law and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter
PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Black History Month: Why we must use it as a platform for action
Mayer Brown associate Edmund Bentsi-Enchill explains how it can help level the playing field for talented students

I felt a part of the firm from the moment I walked through the door
Ashurst’s Aneesa Khan reflects on life as a dispute resolution associate ahead of the firm's winter vac scheme deadline on 3 November

Hull University law student who tragically killed himself awarded posthumous first-class LLB
Phil Taylor found dead at his home earlier this year, inquest hears

Legal Cheek student events in Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh and London
Featuring Addleshaw Goddard, BCLP, Burges Salmon, CMS, Gowling WLG, Herbert Smith Freehills, Hill Dickinson, Irwin Mitchell, Linklaters, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, Ropes & Gray, Squire Patton Boggs and more