Category: Advice
What to expect when you start out as a lawyer
From difficult clients to billing targets and ‘the sometimes mind-numbing drudgery that can be part of a legal career’, former City partner Nicky Richmond shares advice with readers
How to turn your STEM background into a training contract
Legal Cheek reporter and future City trainee Emily Hinkley offers her advice on making the jump from STEM to law
Top tips for non-law students looking to get a TC
How to sell your non-legal skills and ensure you perform your best in interviews
How I secured my UK training contract as an international student
Legal Cheek events coordinator and future City trainee Divyansh Sharma offers up his top five tips
‘Is it ok to take a gap year after my TC in a bid to find the perfect NQ role?’
A trainee solicitor seeks advice
‘Can I wear a nose piercing to my winter vac scheme?’
Readers' guidance required
What do law firms mean by ‘the right cultural fit’?
One TC seeker needs readers' advice
A law fresher’s advice to future freshers
Legal Cheek campus ambassador Rachel Arrouas reflects on her first few weeks at law school and offers up her top tips for success
‘I’m not enjoying my law degree. Will I enjoy being a lawyer?’
Lengthy judgments and dull modules
‘I spent years trying to crack the pupillage Rubik’s Cube’
Future pupil barrister Taz Aldeek offers up his top tips for those seeking a career at the bar
Do law firms care which A-Levels I do?
A young wannabe lawyer needs readers' advice
Top tips for law freshers from a future trainee
Legal Cheek’s Rebecca Hewitt gives guidance to LLB newbies on TikTok
‘I got into law school. Any advice or tips?’
Soon-to-be fresher seeks readers' advice
What top City partners would tell themselves if they were starting their TCs now
Legal Cheek asks leading lawyers to share their pearls of careers wisdom as firms across the country welcome new trainees
Cost of living crisis: ‘I am worried my SQE maintenance grant isn’t enough’
Is part-time work the answer?
What I wish I knew before applying for training contracts
Warwick Uni law grad and future trainee Sophia Hesling offers her top tips to application success
Junior lawyer: ‘Will spending a year backpacking in Australia kill my career?’
I've got the travel itch
‘How enforceable are work from home policies?’
I am thinking of moving a few hours away from London but can I get away with not going into the office?
‘How easy is moving from Hong Kong to a City of London firm as a junior lawyer’
I have a TC offer from a local firm but ultimately want to practice in the UK
‘Can I send LinkedIn requests to lawyers I meet on my vac scheme?’
I don't want to come across cringe