Legal Cheek Careers

The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.

Aspiring lawyers shouldn’t lose sight of the basics

A panel of experts discuss coding, AI and how soft skills remain paramount

Jul 11 2019 1:30pm

How to build a career as a real estate lawyer

Ahead of tomorrow’s event, ‘Inside Track: How to make it as a City lawyer, Mayer Brown senior associate Sarah Rochelle explains what commercial awareness really means

Jul 9 2019 2:44pm

LSE law student wins flight to New York for ‘US Legal Icon’ vlog

Angelica Olawepo impressed judges with her 'creative' submission on first African-American Supreme Court judge

Jul 5 2019 1:47pm

My journey from trainee to partner

Baker McKenzie’s Jeremy Levy looks back at his path to partnership

Jul 4 2019 2:14pm

Inside Norton Rose Fulbright’s new lawtech module with York University

Those behind the first-of-its-kind, jointly-taught programme reveal the thinking behind the move

Jul 3 2019 12:37pm

How I leveraged my foreign language skills to secure a City training contract

Lewis Fairfax, corporate litigator at Hogan Lovells, chats to Legal Cheek's Aishah Hussain ahead of his appearance at next Wednesday’s ‘Inside Track: How to become a City lawyer' event

Jul 1 2019 1:45pm

What I’ve learned so far

Experts from Dechert, Ropes & Gray, Wiggin and The University of Law share their tips for TC hunters

Jun 27 2019 12:47pm

The tech revolution through the eyes of a data privacy lawyer

Pinsent Masons senior associate Rif Kapadi reflects on the far-reaching implications of GDPR

Jun 26 2019 12:50pm
Technology tech trainee solicitor

How tech is changing the way trainees work

Four lawyers cut through the hype at our latest student event in Reading

Jun 25 2019 1:35pm

A day in the life of a corporate lawyer

Solicitors from Gowling WLG, Pinsent Masons and DWF tell us what their jobs are really like

Jun 20 2019 2:03pm

The diary of an employment lawyer

Legal Cheek Careers meets employment solicitor-turned ULaw Bloomsbury campus dean, Sandie Gaines, to discuss her career journey to date and application tips for summer training contract success

Jun 19 2019 2:53pm

6 essentials for summer training contract hunters

What we learned from an hour listening to five top lawyers

Jun 13 2019 2:13pm

Midlands to the Middle East: What I learned during my international secondment

Pinsent Masons associate Ian Morgan reflects on his time in Dubai and Doha

Jun 11 2019 1:18pm

How lawtech looked in the 90s

ULaw campus dean Sarah Pooley reveals how innovation has long been a feature of legal practice and what it now means for future lawyers

Jun 10 2019 3:29pm

Event: Secrets to Success Birmingham — with Pinsent Masons, Gowling WLG, DWF and ULaw

This Tuesday evening in Birmingham; open to all students

Jun 9 2019 1:13pm

Top 4 entries for ‘My US Legal Icon’ Vlogging Prize

Contenders compete for return flight to New York in 60-second vlog off

Jun 7 2019 12:06pm

Life as a junior lawyer during the financial crash

ULaw campus dean, Matthew Tomlinson, reveals why Leeds is on the up-and-up ahead of tomorrow’s ‘Secrets to Success’ event in the northern city

Jun 3 2019 1:38pm