Tag: Students

Average law grad earns £24,500 in first job after uni
Better than business degree holders, but not economics

US firm Paul Hastings in email blunder that lets prospective trainees see who they’re up against
Exclusive: Almost 400 applicants notified

No deal Brexit disastrous for aspiring lawyers, Law Society warns
Disruptive departure could damage UK's ability to attract and retain world's top legal talent

The dos and don’ts of training contract deadline day
Seven speedy tips for last-minute TC seekers

Super-exam pilot results: make SQE1 the theory test and leave practical skills for SQE2
Testing skills during SQE1 doesn’t really work, says examiner

Love Island 2019: Limerick law grad defies odds to be crowned winner during live final
Will this change underdog Greg’s legal career aspirations?

BPP Law School apologises after ‘technical fault’ sees LPC students receive advocacy exam materials 48 hours late
Exclusive: Aspiring lawyers left in the dark over weekend

‘I am an aspiring City lawyer with undergrad offers from Cambridge and Pennsylvania’
Oxbridge or Ivy League?

Linklaters increases London GDL maintenance grant to £10,000
Matching moves by three out of five magic circle members

London litigation funder in training contract first
Includes City law firm secondment

Nottingham’s thriving legal scene presents new opportunities for aspiring lawyers
ULaw Nottingham campus dean and former real estate partner Andy Matthews shares insights from his time in practice

I have training contract offers from magic circle firms in the Middle East and a US MoneyLaw outfit in London — which do I choose?
I would appreciate readers' advice

3 mistakes aspiring City lawyers must avoid
Experts from PRIME alliance member law firms Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, Linklaters, Mayer Brown and BPP University Law School share their insights

Manchester Uni law students design app to field out-of-hours legal advice centre enquiries
Hits online shelves later this year

Answers to Government Legal training contract scheme’s situational judgement test surface online
Exclusive: Shared by aspiring lawyers on WhatsApp and email

Law student reported rapist to police after criminal and evidence lectures triggered memories of ordeal
Jay Graham admitted two charges of rape and a charge of sexual assault

Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur

Vlogging future magic circle trainee uses commercial awareness nous to support law school studies
Beats working the tills at Tesco

Pro rugby playing Limerick Uni law grad prepares to enter Love Island villa
Love-seeking lawyer-hopeful among three new contestants hoping to shake things up

Kings Chambers teams up with social mobility charity to launch legal placement scheme for working class students
Each participant will receive £100 to buy suitable clothing

UCL law professor appointed first dean of Inner Temple
As Inns of Court two-part barrister training course receives BSB approval