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This is how you get a training contract as a career changer

Top lawyers from Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling share their routes into the profession

Aug 10 2018 1:06pm
ULaw’s plans to move Chester campus on hold

Housing project at law school site rejected by planners

Jul 30 2018 12:02pm
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The internet, Mike Tyson and 90 Picasso paintings — life as a media and sports lawyer

A panel of top lawyers share their experiences

Jul 27 2018 2:02pm
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7 things career changers can do to secure a training contract

ULaw careers consultant Candy Kobrak discusses transferable skills and application technique

Jul 26 2018 11:04am
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The ‘Meghan Markle effect’: Commercial awareness seeps through many areas

Lawyers from Burges Salmon, RPC, St John’s Chambers and ULaw share the secrets to their success

Jul 17 2018 3:25pm
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Event: How to get into law as a career changer — with Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling

Hear from lawyers who’ve done it

Jul 15 2018 10:22am

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Social media is everywhere — but the law governing it remains a speciality form of practice: Here’s how to get into it

ULaw associate professor Peter Goodchild looks back on a career that began as an IP and IT lawyer in the City

Jul 11 2018 2:02pm
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Don’t try to imitate Rachel Zane from Suits, just be your authentic self

Barristers from Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe and Serjeants’ Inn join an LPC Law advocate and ULaw’s national BPTC director to discuss how to make it as a barrister

Jul 5 2018 3:55pm
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Why future lawyers need to be open-minded and flexible

The University of Law’s Russell Binch counsels against a single, definitive notion of how your career will pan out

Jun 28 2018 2:41pm
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From South East London to Durham Uni and then the Bar and beyond

Legal Cheek Careers meets National Director of ULaw’s BPTC Jaqueline Cheltenham

Jun 13 2018 2:09pm
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Event: Secrets to Success Bristol — with Burges Salmon, RPC, St John’s Chambers and ULaw

Top lawyers share their secrets to success; students ask the questions

Jun 11 2018 1:01pm
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Four City lawyer tips for training contract application success

Solicitors from Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, CMS, Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and ULaw explore the themes that lawyers of the future should be thinking about

Jun 7 2018 3:47pm

ULaw ramps up law degree offering with four new ‘specialist’ LLBs

Exclusive: Just days after BPP Law School increases focus on postgraduate vocational training market

Jun 1 2018 12:15pm
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‘I’m a former magic circle lawyer with 20 years’ experience in legal education — this is how to secure a training contract’

A sneak peek at the hints and tips The University of Law’s professor Alexis Mavrikakis will share at this evening’s Secrets to Success event

May 30 2018 10:22am
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Event: Secrets to Success London — with Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, CMS, Gowling WLG and Pinsent Masons at ULaw Moorgate

Top lawyers share their secrets to success; students ask the questions

May 24 2018 1:03pm
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Event: How to make it as a barrister

With Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe, Serjeants’ Inn, LPC Law and ULaw

May 21 2018 1:15pm
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Millennials may be tech-savvy, but they can definitely learn a thing or two from those with more experience

Legal Cheek Live recently headed up north for the fourth Secrets to Success event at The University of Law

Apr 10 2018 1:00pm
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Ten secrets shared on how to secure pupillage

Ahead of Legal Cheek’s Secrets to Success event in Leeds, criminal barrister turned ULaw dean Tom Macdonald gives his top tips

Mar 27 2018 2:52pm

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Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell, Womble Bond Dickinson, Exchange Chambers and ULaw

Apply to attend our latest student commercial awareness event as part of the Secrets to Success series

Mar 19 2018 4:17pm
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Law students need to stop waiting for that Suits moment

Lawyers from Pinsent Masons, Irwin Mitchell and St Philips Chambers join The University of Law’s Sarah Ramsey to discuss the rise of legal tech and the reality of being a lawyer

Mar 16 2018 2:42pm
ULaw strikes LPC and GDL deal with Liverpool University

Despite SRA plans to scrap both courses

Mar 9 2018 12:14pm
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Students experiencing knockbacks need to realise they’re playing a numbers game

Sarah Ramsey, the dean at The University of Law Birmingham, reflects on her time in law and what students should be doing now to improve their training contract chances

Mar 6 2018 1:24pm
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Why open-minded and resilient students will shape the future of the legal profession

What we learned from lawyers from Berwin Leighton Paisner, Pinsent Masons, Fletchers, Exchange Chambers and The University of Law at ‘Secrets to Success’ in Manchester

Mar 1 2018 3:03pm
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The major changes to the legal profession that law students need to know about

Solicitors from Ashurst, Linklaters and Ropes & Gray join The University of Law’s Gareth Richards to explore the themes affecting lawyers of the future

Feb 22 2018 1:56pm