The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy 2023-24

Welcome to The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy! The Academy, run in partnership with various leading law firms, is designed to help boost students’ business and legal sector knowledge as they apply for training contracts. It is a series of virtual sessions running from autumn 2023 through to spring 2024. 

After each session you sit a short test to demonstrate your understanding of the topic. If you pass all of the tests, you will receive a certificate of completion.

The final session in the series, ‘Anatomy of a deal – with Fried Frank‘ (Tuesday 12 March, 4pm to 5pm), is now live for bookings and can be viewed here.

Introduction to Venture Capital — with Cooley

Here is the full video for the first in the series, ‘The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy: Introduction to Venture Capital — with Cooley‘, which took place on Thursday 19 October 2023.

The session featured:

  • Kerry Corrigan, associate in the emerging companies and venture capital team at Cooley
  • Ellen Dewhurst, associate in the emerging companies and venture capital team at Cooley
  • Sarah Warnes, trainee recruitment & legal talent manager at Cooley

The session was chaired by Legal Cheek head of student engagement, Sam Jewell

After watching the video (below), you can sit the test here.

Law firm client dynamics — with Baker McKenzie

Here is the full video for the second session in the series, ‘The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy: Law firm client dynamics — with Baker McKenzie‘, which took place on Tuesday 28 November 2023.

The session featured:

  • Hannah Luqmani, partner in the private equity team at Baker McKenzie

The session was chaired by Legal Cheek writer and researcher, Anuja Venkataramani.

After watching the video (below), you can sit the test here.