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7 steps to training contract application success

ULaw dean for the Chester and Liverpool campuses, Carol Draycott, shares her tips to the top ahead of Thursday’s event in Liverpool

Jan 21 2019 3:15pm
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From trainee to London senior partner — and what I learnt along the way

Legal Cheek Careers caught up with Mayer Brown’s Sally Davies at the firm’s London office to uncover the story behind her success

Jan 15 2019 2:41pm
I’m struggling to balance working full-time as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Will it be ‘worth it in the end?’

Jan 8 2019 10:03am
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Introducing the Legal Cheek Android app

Available to download from the Google Play Store

Dec 18 2018 1:13pm
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5 ways LinkedIn can help you secure a training contract

It’s not what you know, it’s who you know

Nov 6 2018 9:04am
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Trio of magic circle training contract offers for LSE student who grew up on council estate

Panashe Jinga has turned down Linklaters and Allen & Overy to train at Freshfields

Sep 5 2017 9:07am
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I want to be a barrister but now I’ve been offered a training contract — what do I do?

This is a life-changing decision for me

Jul 5 2017 10:01am
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I did a BTEC instead of A-levels — can I still get a training contract?

One aspiring lawyer harbours concerns that a lack of A-Levels will hinder his legal career

Nov 22 2016 10:41am
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I have to resit every exam on the GDL: can I still get a training contract?

Or should I just call it quits?

Jul 27 2016 9:02am
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Law firm offers rookies chance to become partners during their training contracts

Fast track — or a gimmick?

Mar 4 2016 12:53pm
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Banking sector receives twice as many graduate applications as law

But being a solicitor pays more

Nov 27 2015 9:30am
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City firms’ horror at plan to let people with no law degree or LPC qualify as solicitors without doing a training contract

Wisdom of regulator’s commitment to inclusivity questioned

Sep 22 2015 11:58am
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York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message

Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss?

Jun 30 2015 10:30am
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Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?

Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything

Jun 15 2015 3:05pm
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11 tweets that encapsulate the horror of training contract deadline day

As the deadline for submitting training contract applications to most big law firms passed into…

Aug 1 2013 9:23am
End of the day round-up

Girls Aloud’s Sarah Harding sentenced to six-month driving ban [Daily Mail] Met police planning dawn…

Apr 16 2013 5:18pm
How (Not) To Be A Trainee Solicitor

Congratulations. You got the training contract. You are now going to be a trainee solicitor…

Apr 9 2013 1:04pm
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#RoundMyKitchenTable: THE REAL WAY TO GET A TRAINING CONTRACT

Regular guest Kevin Poulter, an employment lawyer at Bircham Dyson Bell, tells LPC graduate Krish…

Oct 18 2011 3:01pm