Training contracts Archives - Legal Cheek

10 ways to boost your chances of securing a training contract during lockdown

Learn a new skill, start a vlog, attend virtual law fairs and write for Legal Cheek — there’s plenty to do

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Rookie solicitor puts training contract on hold to work in coronavirus-battered pharmacies

King’s grad Thorrun Govind dusts off pharmacy qualifications during pandemic

3 days ago
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How Instagram can help you get a training contract at a national law firm

Five tips courtesy of Shoosmiths

May 20 2020 1:55pm
Orrick pushes back training contract assessments ‘until early 2021’

Exclusive: Felt virtual assessments would not offer applicants same level of insight into trainee life

May 15 2020 11:38am
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An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts

They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees’ futures

May 15 2020 9:48am
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How COVID-19 will impact law students

ULaw pro-vice chancellor Peter Crisp provides a big picture overview and draws parallels between the 2008 financial and coronavirus crises

May 11 2020 2:45pm

Kennedys launches SQE-ready solicitor apprenticeship for graduates

New 30-month TC alternative enables trainees to earn while they learn

May 6 2020 10:15am
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Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site

Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering

May 4 2020 11:18am
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Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts

Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer

Apr 30 2020 9:12am
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Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic

Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021

Apr 21 2020 2:01pm
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Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors

Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic

Apr 20 2020 2:21pm
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Hogan Lovells makes training contract offers early as it cancels summer vacation schemes

Exclusive: Some candidates offered winter vacation scheme places

Apr 9 2020 11:22am
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‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’

I’m due to start in August 2022

Apr 3 2020 11:14am
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99 training contract interview tips

With examples of the questions you need to know how to answer

Mar 17 2020 2:28pm
‘Should I renege on my accepted TC offer to take one at a better firm?’

I need readers’ advice

Feb 28 2020 9:57am
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Coronavirus could delay City law trainee spring start dates

LPC grads returning from breaks in far flung destinations will have to heed quarantine advice

Feb 21 2020 8:53am
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Dentons revamps training contract in bid to make trainees more resilient

Global law firm wants to create ‘more good days at work’

Jan 24 2020 8:50am
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Student Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw

Wednesday 11 December at ULaw Leeds; open to all students and graduates

Dec 6 2019 4:28pm

Clifford Chance launches business internship for future trainees

New scheme will see vac scheme places reduced but additional open days introduced for penultimate-year students

Dec 6 2019 9:54am
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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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