Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
What will the SQE mean for me?
Legal education experts from BARBRI, Flex Legal, Reed Smith and Squire Patton Boggs discuss the Solicitors Qualifying Exam and how it is expected to shake up legal training
‘How I helped steer a global law firm through the pandemic’
Ahead of Friday’s virtual event, Mayer Brown’s London managing partner Sally Davies discusses the remote-working revolution -- and why failing to embrace change would be a ‘travesty’
From 5G to the COVID vaccine — meet the lawyers working in the hottest sectors
A panel of Bristows lawyers reveal all
The future of tech in legal education
Tracy Savage, BARBRI’s academic head of UK programmes, discusses how the provider is using tech within its new SQE prep course and the skills lawyers of the future need to succeed
8 insights into trainee life at Reed Smith
A panel of trainees offer their advice to aspiring City lawyers
Meet the City lawyer using tech to tackle clients’ problems
Nick Pryor, innovation solutions director for EMEA at BCLP, discusses his journey from commercial litigation to driving strategic change for the firm’s Innovation team
Key commercial awareness talking points for future lawyers
Courtesy of experts from Baker McKenzie, BCLP, Ropes & Gray and ULaw
How tech is driving change in the legal sector
A pair of Simmons & Simmons lawyers give an insight into the opportunities and challenges presented by legal technology
What the Green Economy has in store for lawyers
A pair of White & Case associates give their takes on where the global economy is headed and the growth areas of the future
The pandemic’s long-lasting impact on the way lawyers work
Shoosmiths associate Dan Goddard discusses agile working, tech and joining the firm just before the first lockdown
How tech is transforming the legal sector
A panel of Ashurst lawyers share their thoughts
The global pandemic and its impact on employment law
Burges Salmon employment lawyers explain how they navigate ever-shifting coronavirus workplace issues, guidance and regulations
Successfully preparing for the SQE assessments
Top tips and advice from the experts at QLTS School
How I combine corporate and charity law
Herbert Smith Freehills senior associate Rebecca Perlman shares her story
From law grad to legal tech innovator
Mike Kennedy, associate in Addleshaw Goddard’s innovation and legal tech team, shares his career journey to date and offers advice to aspiring lawyers
Top career tips for the next generation of aspiring lawyers
Paul de la Peña, tutor at ULaw Moorgate, reflects on his career as an insolvency and restructuring specialist and offers advice to the next gen of solicitors
What it takes to be an antitrust lawyer
Ropes & Gray partner Ruchit Patel on working with some of the biggest players in pharma and his role as the London office’s graduate recruitment partner
Meet the biochemistry grad who found her niche in IP law
Gowling WLG intellectual property associate, Felicity Wade-Palmer, shares her journey into law and explains how IP offers the perfect marriage of law and science
How my STEM degree kickstarted my career as a magic circle lawyer
Catherine Crampton tracks her journey from maths graduate to City associate, and discusses her teaching role at BPP University Law School
The role lawyers play in the rise of renewable energy
Maria Connolly, partner and head of TLT’s cross-disciplinary clean energy team and national head of real estate, discusses her involvement in renewable energy projects and shares advice for those looking to enter this space
From army captain to NewLaw entrepreneur
Simmons & Simmons’ Peter Lee reflects on his unusual route to partnership and explains how COVID-19 has accelerated change within the legal profession