Tag: Students

Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t lose sight of the basics
A panel of experts discuss coding, AI and how soft skills remain paramount

Slaughter and May keeps 37 out of 40 newly qualifying trainee solicitors
Strong 93% retention result comes as magic circle firm ups GDL maintenance grant to £10,000

How to build a career as a real estate lawyer
Ahead of tomorrow’s event, ‘Inside Track: How to make it as a City lawyer, Mayer Brown senior associate Sarah Rochelle explains what commercial awareness really means

Lincoln, Glasgow and Aberystwyth Unis home to nation’s happiest law students
Trio top National Student Survey for LLB satisfaction; ULaw performs strongly across the board; Russell Group struggle

Aspiring barrister jailed for grooming over 140 children online
Aberystwyth Uni law grad handed 10 year sentence

LSE law student wins flight to New York for ‘US Legal Icon’ vlog
Angelica Olawepo impressed judges with her 'creative' submission on first African-American Supreme Court judge

Nearly a third of magic circle trainees went to Oxbridge
This despite making up less than 1% of each year’s graduating class

My journey from trainee to partner
Baker McKenzie’s Jeremy Levy looks back at his path to partnership

British 22-year-old lawtech entrepreneur raises £3.7 million from Facebook and Airbnb backers to help fund ‘robot lawyer’ app
Joshua Browder secures big financial boost

Inside Norton Rose Fulbright’s new lawtech module with York University
Those behind the first-of-its-kind, jointly-taught programme reveal the thinking behind the move

5 reasons why law students should be obsessed with Kim Kardashian
She’s a real-life Elle Woods

Vlogging star opens up about life on accelerated LPC
Eve Cornwell gets candid about intense, six-month course

How I leveraged my foreign language skills to secure a City training contract
Lewis Fairfax, corporate litigator at Hogan Lovells, chats to Legal Cheek's Aishah Hussain ahead of his appearance at next Wednesday’s ‘Inside Track: How to become a City lawyer' event

Oxford Uni beats Cambridge and LSE in law grad earnings league table with average salary of £67,200
Stats focus on pay packets five years post-graduation

Event: How to become a City lawyer — with Baker McKenzie, Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown, PRIME and BPP Law School
This Wednesday evening in London

What I’ve learned so far
Experts from Dechert, Ropes & Gray, Wiggin and The University of Law share their tips for TC hunters

DWF drafts in law student innovators to help solve client’s real-life problems
'Design sprint' placement sees trio of Manchester Uni undergrads spend time at outfit's R&D division

YouTuber parodies Kim Kardashian applying to Harvard Law School
Comedian Benito Skinner plays out infamous Legally Blonde video application scene

How tech is changing the way trainees work
Four lawyers cut through the hype at our latest student event in Reading

Clifford Chance launches first legal project management apprenticeship
Scheme doesn't lead to qualification as a solicitor

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned
Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam