Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
The solicitor super-exam and the opportunities ahead for aspiring lawyers
Victoria Cromwell, head of SQE at BARBRI, discusses lawtech and legal education
Why I joined a US law firm in London
Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘The rise of US law firms in London’, we speak to Shearman & Sterling lawyer Jonathan Swil
Enough about Brexit and lawtech: climate change is the ‘mega theme’ on every energy and infrastructure lawyer’s lips
Mark Richards, a partner at BCLP, reflects on his time at the firm
6 areas future lawyers need to reflect on in order to stand out from the crowd
Pinsent Masons solicitors share their advice
What a greener future means for lawyers
Osborne Clarke environmental partner Matthew Germain shares his forecasts for the decade ahead
A day in the life of a civil fraud lawyer
Practice area insight from RPC solicitors and Hardwicke barrister
How I secured a training contract in the Edinburgh office of an international law firm
Matt Finnie, a second-year trainee at Addleshaw Goddard, on how to forge a career in the law
It’s important to have a passion outside law
Hill Dickinson partner Ian Gillis on martial arts, Manchester and the importance of a commercial mindset
Taylor Wessing lawyers open up about mental health
Partners and associates share experiences of handling stress at work
‘My life as an environmental lawyer’
Burges Salmon associate Stephen Lavington reflects on his route into the law and offers advice to the next generation of lawyers
Black History Month: Why we must use it as a platform for action
Mayer Brown associate Edmund Bentsi-Enchill explains how it can help level the playing field for talented students
I felt a part of the firm from the moment I walked through the door
Ashurst’s Aneesa Khan reflects on life as a dispute resolution associate ahead of the firm's winter vac scheme deadline on 3 November
There’s more to being a good lawyer than just knowing the law
Irwin Mitchell corporate partner Victoria Zivkovic explains why commercial awareness means going beyond the textbooks
‘My vision for the new solicitor super-exam’
Sarah Hutchinson, international managing director at BARBRI, discusses the future of legal education
Civil fraud lawyers get to embrace their inner detective
Ahead of Thursday’s student careers event, ‘Life as a civil fraud lawyer’, two RPC senior associates reflect on their time at the firm
The skills lawyers of the 2020s need to succeed
As told by Pinsent Masons tax partner Peter Morley
Black History Month: ‘If you have ability, however undeveloped, no door should be closed to you’
Hardwicke barrister Morayo Fagborun Bennett traces her journey from Nigeria to the London bar -- via Yorkshire
White & Case lawyers share insights from the frontline of the global economy
Reflections on geopolitical uncertainty, the turning economic cycle and the future -- plus advice to their younger selves
Mental health: a once taboo subject for City lawyers
Taylor Wessing litigation partner and head of the firm’s Wellbeing Network, Laurence Lieberman, chats to Legal Cheek's Aishah Hussain
Climate change: a City lawyer’s perspective
Senior associate Wynne Lawrence explains how Clyde & Co is helping its clients prepare for a greener future
Practice area overview: sustainable energy law, the big issues and how to get into it
Lawyers from Norton Rose Fulbright’s energy team advise