Author: The Careers Team

Event: How to make it as a City lawyer

Solicitors from Herbert Smith Freehills, Hogan Lovells and Mayer Brown join experts from BPP University Law School, NOTICED and PRIME to help prep students -- for free -- ahead of the training contract application deadline

Jun 15 2017 10:51am

How the Norton Rose Fulbright energy law LLM scholarship is helping to take a young lawyer’s career to the next level

Legal Cheek Careers meets Rodica Procop, a student at Queen Mary University of London’s energy and natural resources law institute

Jun 5 2017 12:44pm

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — Inside the acquisition of Visa Europe, with Macfarlanes

The lawyers who handled one of the biggest M&A deals of last year share their experiences with 50 students

May 30 2017 4:50pm

Birmingham University vlogger beats 1,000 students to win trip to HSF’s Hong Kong and Australia offices

Watch Laura Kendrick's video -- and those of the five other extremely impressive finalists -- below

May 11 2017 11:31am

Event: The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate

Commercial Awareness Question Time summer season commences

May 9 2017 12:51pm

A law firm survival guide for millennials

How young lawyers can overcome the negative stereotypes associated with their generation

Apr 5 2017 4:37pm

The best things about representing a law firm on campus

Brian Ramamoorthy on what he has learned from being Norton Rose Fulbright's university manager at King’s College London

Apr 3 2017 2:57pm

Do expect big things from lawtech, don’t learn to code

Lawyers from RPC and Hardwicke consider the future of litigation

Mar 30 2017 11:57am

Interview: 2010 non-law grads who worked in the City after graduating explain why they are becoming lawyers

Duo will begin training contracts at Shearman & Sterling next year

Mar 27 2017 1:21pm

Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’

Panel of serious injury and medical negligence solicitors and barristers shares its pearls of wisdom

Mar 8 2017 4:04pm

Four things we learnt at our Northern Powerhouse careers discussion

Reflections from Legal Cheek’s recent event in Newcastle with Bond Dickinson

Mar 1 2017 11:48am

The life of a serious crime QC

From representing footballer John Terry to acting in the Hillsborough Inquests and the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry, there are few dull moments for Serjeants’ Inn’s Chris Daw QC

Feb 21 2017 1:02pm

Event: The future of litigation — with RPC and Hardwicke

Top lawyers field students' questions

Feb 20 2017 1:50pm

Event: How to become a serious injury lawyer – live in Manchester

Top solicitors and barristers share their wisdom with students

Feb 14 2017 2:29pm

How to seize opportunity in an uncertain world

Travers Smith lawyers on the importance of nimbleness, good judgement and confidence in engaging with technology

Feb 1 2017 2:39pm

Event: What the Northern Powerhouse means for the next generation of lawyers

Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Newcastle

Jan 20 2017 11:54am

Open thread: How do I secure a pupillage?

Hardwicke pupil barristers advise

Jan 19 2017 5:49pm

Open thread: How do I get a vac scheme?

Trainee solicitors advise

Jan 10 2017 12:42pm

Event: Global Commercial Law in 2017 — What’s next for the world’s legal capital?

Travers Smith lawyers consider the opportunities awaiting the legal profession’s next generation

Jan 4 2017 2:08pm

How my US firm vac scheme set me up for TC success

You can’t beat dinner with the trainees at Duck and Waffle as a way to gain insight into a firm

Jan 3 2017 2:28pm