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Mental health: a once taboo subject for City lawyers

Taylor Wessing litigation partner and head of the firm’s Wellbeing Network, Laurence Lieberman, chats to Legal Cheek‘s Aishah Hussain

Oct 11 2019 2:25pm
‘I want to be a City of London lawyer. Should I reject my regional training contract offer?’

An aspiring lawyer requires readers’ advice

Oct 10 2019 10:28am
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Training contract numbers hit highest level since 2008 financial crash

As number of students enrolling onto law degrees swells to over 24,500

Oct 7 2019 12:54pm
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Addleshaw Goddard bumps London NQ solicitor salaries by 7% to £75,000 as it ups training contract numbers

City player will now recruit 50 trainees annually

Sep 13 2019 8:55am
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Linklaters ditches traditional training contract application to save students time

New online skills assessment will slash submission time from five hours to 90 minutes, says magic circle firm

Sep 11 2019 11:11am
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Accountancy giant Deloitte in ‘SQE training contract’ first

First ten up for grabs from today

Sep 10 2019 10:29am
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Law school sweethearts land training contracts at same national firm where they both work as paralegals

Loved-up Irwin Mitchell duo met five years ago during a land law seminar

Aug 14 2019 9:00am
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The dos and don’ts of training contract deadline day

Seven speedy tips for last-minute TC seekers

Jul 31 2019 11:19am
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Top fintech start-up launches law training contract

Challenger bank OakNorth has recruited three trainees so far

Jul 26 2019 8:56am
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Top body language tips for training contract interviews

Maintain eye contact and avoid fidgeting, says leading expert

Mar 19 2019 8:53am
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Should I get someone to sit the Watson Glaser test on my behalf?

‘Are they even a true test of lawyerly ability?’

Feb 28 2019 10:28am
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My 10 trickiest training contract interview questions

Fortunately, I was never asked ‘sell me this pen’

Jan 28 2019 9:15am
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Should law firms recruit two years in advance?

There are pros and cons to the lengthy recruitment process, says future trainee solicitor Fraser Collingham

Dec 5 2018 8:54am
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8 essentials for last-minute training contract applicants

How to be smart and maximise your chances

Jul 25 2018 9:00am
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Exclusive: Ince & Co gives HALF its future trainees £7,000 each to defer training contracts

Year-long pause

Jun 15 2018 1:51pm
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Legal Cheek launches new iPhone app with graduate recruitment deadline alerts

Free and easy-to-use future lawyer essential

Jun 12 2018 11:47am
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What you need to do in autumn term to land a training contract

Two RPC trainees share their insider knowledge

Oct 27 2017 2:36pm
There are now 140,000 practising solicitors in England and Wales

Highest figure ever, yet training contracts at top City firms fall

Oct 23 2017 12:24pm
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Training contract numbers fall at UK’s leading corporate law firms

Uh-oh

Oct 9 2017 9:30am
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I’ve been offered a training contract at a mega-paying US outfit, but my heart is still set on another firm

I’d really appreciate readers’ advice on this

Sep 11 2017 11:03am
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London via the back door: Do I accept my Midlands training contract offer?

Sights set on the City

Aug 30 2017 10:31am
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