Tag: Students

Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice
A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law

Irish law school apologises for ‘ill-judged’ Twitter response to mental health concerns
Maynooth Uni law student questioned decision to schedule land and equity exams the day after each other

Macfarlanes boosts LPC grant to £10,000 as it confirms 100% spring retention score
All six associates kept on

King’s College history student beats Oxbridge wannabe lawyers to ‘Advocate of the Year’ prize
Bar hopeful Tristan Greene victorious in BPP-backed comp

Struggling to understand how the SQE will affect you? This handy new calculator is here to help
Online tool determines students' best route to solicitor qualification

Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’
Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination

2 Bedford Row invites aspiring barristers to pupillage interview in error
Exclusive: Promptly disinvites them

Trinity College Dublin law profs split over whether student newspaper bugging halls to expose secret society’s ‘hazing’ was legal
Law school bigwigs wade into covert recording dispute

It’s not ‘virtue-signalling’: 20 Essex Street QC hits back at critics of contextual recruitment system
Decision to embrace City law hiring process drew fire from Legal Cheek readers

Lawyerly advice to pupil barristers: ‘Imagine the judge is slightly hard of hearing and a bit daft’
Words of wisdom (and a few poetic metaphors) for fresh-faced practitioners

Law student in hopeless ‘crash for cash’ claim
'Wholly incredible and inconsistent'

Aspiring lawyers should embrace social media
Instagram Live interview: Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘Secrets to Success -- Birmingham’, solicitor and vlogger Chrissie Wolfe explains why an online presence can have its advantages

Edinburgh Uni law students want to ban non-law undergrads from using their newly-refurbished library
Frustration over lack of seating

Why Generation Z will revolutionise the law firm of the future
Lawyers and innovation experts give students a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that await

Meet the mysterious ‘life hack’ law student who has racked up 13 million views on YouTube
Vlogger chooses not to disclose identity online over fears of jeopardising future legal career

Why AI may be less disruptive than email
Artificial intelligence is saving lawyers time, but it is also generating work

Top body language tips for training contract interviews
Maintain eye contact and avoid fidgeting, says leading expert

Cambridge University triumphs in Vis Pre-Moot London tournament
Rookie arbitrators beat fellow uni teams from Denmark, Switzerland and Poland

Warwick student rape chat scandal: Should they be prosecuted?
Nottingham law grad Fraser Collingham considers how the law balances free speech and offensive social media messages

Blunt to give cannabis talk to law students
Nominative determinism in action