Tag: The University of Law

I landed a pupillage when I stopped trying to look and talk like a barrister
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How to make it as a barrister’ event in London tomorrow, ULaw future pupil programme coordinator Joseph O’Leary shares his top tips

ULaw students hit out after they’re told to defer to get cheaper GDL and LPC fees
Exclusive: Law school giant slashes cost of online courses by up to £3,000 for 2019 academic year, leaving some current students unhappy

Five barristers to share secrets of securing pupillage and forging successful careers at the bar
Practitioners from 5 Essex Court, Hardwicke, 4 New Square and Landmark, and ULaw BPTC grad future pupil, to share experiences at free Legal Cheek student event on evening of Tuesday 4 December in London

ULaw to launch Hong Kong campus
Legal education giant's first overseas outpost to open September 2019

The Apprentice: ULaw grad and solicitor among this year’s contestants
Aspiring City lawyer Kurran Pooni and civil specialist Sarah Ann Magson to battle it out before Lord Sugar in this year’s series

ULaw appoints ex-Supreme Court president Lord Neuberger as chancellor
He stepped down from the UK's top bench last year

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

ULaw’s plans to move Chester campus on hold
Housing project at law school site rejected by planners

The internet, Mike Tyson and 90 Picasso paintings — life as a media and sports lawyer
A panel of top lawyers share their experiences

7 things career changers can do to secure a training contract
ULaw careers consultant Candy Kobrak discusses transferable skills and application technique

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

Event: How to get into law as a career changer — with Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling
Hear from lawyers who’ve done it

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

‘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

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