Tag: Students

‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’
Cornerstones Barristers’ Andrew Lane reflects on his career to date and how barrister training should evolve to adequately prepare the next generation of advocates

SRA dismisses calls to reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee solicitor pay
JLD argued rookies risk 'exploitation' under work experience element of SQE -- but regulator doesn't agree

Clifford Chance increases GDL maintenance grant to £10,000
Exclusive: First magic circle firm to award five-figure sum

From lawyer to legal entrepreneur: You’re programmed to be risk averse — but you can’t fear failure
Mary Bonsor, co-founder and CEO of F-LEX, chats to Legal Cheek ahead of her appearance at the Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019 on 22 May

Inns of Court unveil country’s cheapest barrister training course
Charity applying for sign-off on £13,000 course in major bar training shake-up

The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future
LexisNexis director, Dani McCormick, talks about her path from a career in advertising to law to legal tech, and how different law might be in the future

London criminal law chambers pulls ‘unpaid’ internship
Exclusive: 9KBW places controversial expenses-only programme 'under review'

Media and tech law firm Wiggin launches training contract programme
Exclusive: Trainees start on £39k rising to £60k on qualification

Law third most complained about course by students
But business students have the most grumbles

KCL, Queen Mary, Swansea and Liverpool Uni law students triumph at annual pro bono awards
Attorney General among star-studded ceremony line-up

BARBRI teams up with KCL to offer New York and California bar course
Global legal education provider to teach out of London's Dickson Poon School of Law from September

‘Never underestimate Kim Kardashian’, says lawyer helping star realise legal dream
Human rights specialist Jessica Jackson dishes the goss

The SQE and the challenges ahead
ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam

Trainees risk ‘exploitation’ under super-exam, junior lawyers warn
Regulator urged to reinstate mandatory minimum salary -- again

How do we tackle the legal profession’s mental health problem?
Many lawyers appear to be ‘surviving but not thriving’, says Newcastle University's Professor Richard Collier

Exclusive interview: We met the Nottingham Uni law grad trying to stop Brexit
Legal Cheek sat down with social media star Femi Oluwole to discuss his journey from law to politics

London chambers offers ‘unpaid’ internship lasting up to six months
Exclusive: But 9KBW will cover wannabe barristers' travel expenses

Should I stop chasing pupillage?
'I feel like I am going backwards'

BSB investigate after BPP ‘error’ left some BPTC students sitting ethics exam in ‘canteen’
Exclusive: The law school has apologised for the mix-up

How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation
Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead

New innovation LLB sees Exeter Uni students spend a year at Reed Smith
Placement roles in global outfit’s London office up for grabs as part of four-year law degree