Tag: Students

Law student sues university for £8 million after flunking three modules
Dylan Prider alleges Bond University in Queensland, Australia, discriminated against his autism and ADHD

Canterbury Uni law grad who lived (and revised!) in her car after being made homeless during LPC battles odds to secure training contract
April Britton would park outside her law school and stick revision notes to her car windows

‘I didn’t get the A-Levels I need to study law at my first choice uni — should I pick another course or retake and reapply next year?’
Any advice would be much appreciated

Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly
Which City player won the summer's wooing-war?

What we learned from Secrets to Success Hong Kong
Lawyers from leading global law firms share their insights ahead of ULaw launch in city state

Legal Twitterati unusually quiet on A-Level results day
But excitable teens take to social media to trumpet success

Law firms are run by ‘dinosaurs’ looking to exploit ‘desperate’ grads
‘I cannot wait to qualify and change professions’, says anonymous rookie solicitor Dejected Trainee

Law school sweethearts land training contracts at same national firm where they both work as paralegals
Loved-up Irwin Mitchell duo met five years ago during a land law seminar

Keeping up with the Kontracts! Kim Kardashian updates fans on law school studies
Snaps show social media sensation using IRAC method

Epilepsy sufferer who left school with no qualifications launches LLM crowdfunder
Rhys Brown needs £24,000 to follow uni dream after winning spot at Birkbeck

SRA seeks law students and lawyers to sit SQE2 pilot
Cash and work placements up for grabs

18 ‘social justice’ training contracts up for grabs at top UK legal charities
Applications open today

Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad winner reveals he still wants to qualify as a solicitor
Pro rugby player Greg O'Shea stays true to himself and snubs post-Island influencer life

‘I work for a Big Four accountancy firm but want to be a corporate lawyer’
Early career changer requires readers' advice

Bristol Uni law students to help bereaved families under new inquest service
Pro bono clinic hopes to ‘plug the gap’ left by legal aid

Crown Prosecution Service more ‘attractive’ place to work than the magic circle, say law students
Aspiring lawyers value work/life balance over international career

Incoming Exeter Law School chief: Super-exam pilot ‘obscures as much as it reveals’
SQE 1 performance reports lack technical detail, argues Professor Richard Moorhead -- but regulator insists new exam will meet 'high standards'

Vlogging future City trainee solicitor reveals how to secure a vac scheme the ‘easy way’
Ali Obeid has interned at a number of top outfits

Law students more likely to quit uni than their maths, languages and history-studying peers
Lack of value for money among reasons cited by unhappy undergrads

Addleshaw Goddard paralegal apprentice left homeless after escaping forced wedding wins £150,000 apartment
Turnaround in fortunes for aspiring real estate lawyer