Vacation schemes 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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‘My online vac scheme is shorter — can I still ask the firm to pay me in full?’

I budgeted on receiving a three-week salary

May 22 2020 10:54am
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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
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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How law students can make the most of the lockdown

From virtual vac schemes to volunteering — wannabe lawyers should use their time wisely, advises LPC student Charlotte Capper

Apr 22 2020 9:07am
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From vac schemer to global law firm partner advising on big-ticket M&A deals

Claire O’Donnell, graduate recruitment partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, shares her top tips to writing vac scheme applications ahead of the firm’s 31 January deadline

Jan 27 2020 3:02pm

Law firms recruiting exclusively from vac schemes — worrying trend or sensible step?

The legal profession may become even harder to break into, argues one rookie City solicitor

Dec 23 2019 11:55am
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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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How to nail a vac scheme application this festive period

‘Tis the season to ~~be jolly~~ tackle dreaded online forms

Dec 4 2019 10:53am
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Osborne Clarke teams up with Bristol Uni to launch ‘emerging legal tech’ vac scheme

Open to law and STEM students

Oct 1 2019 7:59am
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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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Summer vac scheme round-up: Ball games, boat tours and a bountiful supply of bubbly

Which City player won the summer’s wooing-war?

Aug 16 2019 9:18am
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How my time at the CMS Academy led straight to a training contract

Future CMS trainee Inshaal Ahmad shares his insight into the global firm’s innovative internship programme

Oct 11 2018 3:22pm
River cruises, cookery lessons and afternoon tea — a round-up of the best summer vac scheme activities

Any actual legal work?

Jul 24 2018 10:12am
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The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped

Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?

Jan 24 2017 9:47am
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What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread

The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near

Jan 23 2017 2:17pm
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From vacation scheme to NQ solicitor

Rob Hobson made a late decision to go into law, but he’s just about to start life as a Mayer Brown lawyer

Jan 17 2017 12:42pm
Vac scheme applications Christmas stocking

More useful than chocolate and satsumas

Dec 23 2016 9:59am
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The 10 best vac scheme selfies of the summer

Following the popularity of the ‘The 15 best mini-pupil selfies of the summer’, we returned…

Aug 28 2013 9:29am
Vac Scheme Application Forms: It’s All About The ‘Challenging Situation’ Question

Barrister-to-be OccupyTheInns shares his pupillage hunt wisdom with wannabe solicitors as they prepare to submit…

Jan 16 2013 11:18am
Great British Bake Off Star John Whaite Rejected Eversheds To Pursue Baking Dream

This evening John Whaite will fight it out for a place in the semi-finals of…

Oct 2 2012 4:20pm