The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy 2024-25

Welcome to The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy! The Academy, run in partnership with leading law firms, is designed to help boost students’ business and legal sector knowledge as they apply for training contracts. It features a series of virtual sessions running from autumn 2024 through to spring 2025. After each session students are required to take a test. Pass them all to receive a certificate at the end of the Academy.

The second in the series, ‘A deep dive into corporate law and its relationship with the commercial environment — with Baker McKenzie‘, takes place from 10am to 11am on Tuesday 10 December. Apply to attend 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 24 October.

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 events coordinator, Samantha Wong

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

A deep dive into corporate law and its relationship with the commercial environment — with Baker McKenzie