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 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 session, ‘A deep dive into corporate law and its relationship with the commercial environment – with Baker McKenzie’, took place on Tuesday 10 December. Applications for the third in the series will open in the new year.
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
The Legal Cheek Commercial Awareness Academy: A deep dive into corporate law and its relationship with the commercial environment – with Baker McKenzie took place from 10am to 11am on Tuesday 10 December.