Tag: Students
Junior barrister offers her top 15 tips to pupillage interview success
Accept it's a competition but don't sweat the small stuff, says Red Lion Chambers' Joanna Hardy
‘As a 17 year-old secretary with no A-Levels and terrible GCSEs I didn’t expect to become a partner in a leading law firm’
Lisa Kemp, careers manager at The University of Law, reflects on a legal career that has taken many unexpected twists and turns
Dentons revamps training contract in bid to make trainees more resilient
Global law firm wants to create 'more good days at work'
‘The way we do business will inevitably change — but we will always need lawyers’
ULTRA Project Director and The University of Law (ULaw) senior tutor, Patrick Grant, on the rise of technology in the legal profession and what it means for future lawyers
SQE offers chance to create high quality courses where technology enhances learning, says Nottingham Law School head of department
Matthew J. Homewood sketches out vision for Solicitors Qualifying Exam preparation course that draws on university’s strength in teaching and research
Calls to lawyer wellbeing helpline continue to rise with stress, depression and bullying among top concerns
Over half of callers to LawCare were trainees, pupils or junior lawyers
Hotshot solicitor apprentices are starting to give law graduates a serious run for their money
BPP head of legal apprenticeships Bruce Humphrey detects a 'cultural change' taking place
The case for solicitor apprenticeships
Ceri Evans, National Programme Director for Apprenticeships at The University of Law, discusses the benefits of the training contract alternative
How the SQE shifts power from law firms to students
‘No longer can a law firm dangle a training contract in front of paralegals or insist that getting a job in a firm’s onshore centre is not a route to qualifying’
Mental health charity LawCare teams up with Sheffield and Open University academics to launch wellbeing course
Free for law students and lawyers
Law, accountancy and teaching among most challenging professions to break into without a degree
New research on UCAS deadline day
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
Let students lawyer-up for all university complaint hearings, urges barrister
Daniel Sokol says that many unis ban legal reps from attending
‘Should I tell my boss I’m taking time off to do a vac scheme?’
I work in the legal industry
The Green Economy will be the defining theme of the 2020s
Three Shoosmiths partners look at what’s happening now and in the future
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
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
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
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