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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

4 days ago
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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Careers

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