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How Instagram can help you get a training contract at a national law firm
Five tips courtesy of Shoosmiths
How the UK’s first teaching law firm will prepare students for the SQE
Nottingham Law School’s Executive Dean Jenny Chapman on the role of clinical legal training in a super-exam world
The challenges ahead for online courts
Hardwicke barrister Andy Creer discusses changes to the way advocacy is delivered during the COVID-19 crisis and the new skills future barristers will require
Why lawyers of the 2020s need to force themselves out their comfort zone
We sit down -- virtually, of course -- with LexisNexis’s Director Transformation, Kate Gaskell, ahead of her appearance at LegalEdCon on Thursday
How COVID-19 will impact law students
ULaw pro-vice chancellor Peter Crisp provides a big picture overview and draws parallels between the 2008 financial and coronavirus crises
How to create well-rounded lawyers of the future
Jo-Anne Pugh discusses BPP University Law School’s unique approach to the SQE and how it will prepare students for the assessments -- and for practice
City Law School to tempt law firms with ‘salad bar SQE’
James Catchpole, Associate Dean and LPC Director, is thinking creatively about changes to solicitor and barrister training
How tech is revolutionising the way law students learn
BARBRI’s Professor Samuel Farkas on what we can glean from the global training provider’s US model and how it will shape its SQE plans
How to make it as an international commercial lawyer
Three White & Case solicitors based in London, Paris and New York, share insights from their career journeys
The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story
King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education
How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world
The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning
Creating an SQE for the post COVID-19 world
Getting the balance right between online and face-to-face learning, while teaching practical skills in a way that accommodates new legal tech, will be crucial to a successful SQE, says ULaw’s Jill Howell-Williams
From London to Paris: My life as an international arbitration lawyer
White & Case associate Hazel Levent discusses the importance of being adaptable and what it's like to work at a global law firm
Virtual student event: Understanding how a global law firm works — with White & Case
Thursday 23 April at 4pm, taking place virtually
COVID-19: What it means for aspiring lawyers
Commercial insights and careers advice courtesy of four experts
Meet the pioneers shaking up the legal industry
This month’s launch event shone a spotlight on stars from Cleary Gottlieb, Reed Smith, Clyde & Co, 11KBW and Obelisk
How to manage your mental health as a junior lawyer
Lawyers and wellbeing experts offer up their tips and advice
99 training contract interview tips
With examples of the questions you need to know how to answer
The importance of displaying your personality in training contract interviews
Application and interview advice courtesy of solicitors from Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke and RPC
How to get ahead in the training contract race
A panel of experts share their thoughts
Dublin’s legal scene: what aspiring lawyers need to know
Solicitors from Arthur Cox, Matheson and Pinsent Masons join international bar qualification provider BARBRI to discuss the key commercial topics shaping the legal profession in Ireland