Tag: Students

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

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