Tag: Students

How being a trainee is different (and not so different) to the way I imagined it at university
RPC trainee solicitor Joseph Akwaboa reveals his journey from theory to practice -- with a few goals on the football pitch along the way

Female law graduates set to earn an extra £460,000 from their degree
While an LLB is worth an additional £300,000 to men

Life in a global law firm through the eyes of a trainee
Ahead of Norton Rose Fulbright’s 13 January Spring Vacation Scheme deadline, Legal Cheek Careers caught up with Dominica Cole, a former vac schemer and current trainee at the firm

LSE student is the latest legally minded vlogger to share tips and tricks
Angelica Olawepo's YouTube channel has garnered over 56,000 views

Why Brexit, technology and agile working are some of the ingredients shaking up City law
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How law firms adapt to change’ event with Travers Smith next week, finance partner Danny Peel explains how the City law firm is responding to change

How to nail a vac scheme application
A Burges Salmon trainee shares her top tips

Queen of legal YouTube starts LPC
Eve Cornwell takes hit vlog to law school

How to become an intellectual property lawyer
One Pinsent Masons partner shares his insights

What I learned in my week at a global law firm
Ahead of the 6 January application deadline for Clyde & Co’s vacation scheme, Legal Cheek Careers spoke with Eleanor Hassall, fresh from her time on the firm's Bright Futures Programme.

A year in the world of Legal Cheek: The top 15 stories of 2018
From a Love Island lawyer to a Donoghue v Stevenson inspired statue -- but can you guess which is our most read article over the past 12 months?

12 Christmas struggles only a law student will understand
Fa la la la la, la la la LAW ?

12 tips on how to secure pupillage
Five barristers came together at a recent Legal Cheek event to share their career insights

Behind the scenes at a tech-focused City law firm
Lawyers and innovation specialists discuss Taylor Wessing tech

Newcastle Uni law society issues warning to members after they ‘waved money’ and ‘clicked fingers’ at staff during boozy Xmas bash
Vomiting at the bar, according to email

How success often follows rejection
Four successful lawyers reflect on the opportunities presented by setbacks

Introducing the Legal Cheek Android app
Available to download from the Google Play Store

Super-exam: ‘The SRA is replacing one gamble with a worse one’
Multiple-choice exams aren’t the most effective way of judging ability, argues Durham Law School dean

Looking up: How the North is becoming an international legal powerhouse
CMS lawyers deliver commercial awareness and careers advice insights

Exeter University law society to be disbanded, 8 months after students’ racist WhatsApp messages surfaced online
Investigation resulted in expulsions, suspensions and the termination of a training contract offer