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The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
Career changers: 6 things you need to know before making the switch to law
Lawyers share their routes into the profession -- and what they learned along the way
Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Pinsent Masons, Walker Morris, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw
Tuesday 4 June in Leeds; open to all students
Telling lawyers to ‘toughen up’ isn’t the answer
PJ Kirby QC, joint head of Hardwicke, speaks to Legal Cheek ahead of his appearance this afternoon at The Future of Legal Education and Training Conference 2019
What it’s like to lead one of the UK’s first teaching law firms
Laura Pinkney, head of Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre, chats to Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain
Why leaping into law as a career changer takes confidence
ULaw’s John Watkins talks transferrable skills and reveals how career changers can show risk-averse employers that they’re a safe option
‘Tech doesn’t respect boundaries — it is universal and affects how we run all our practice areas’
Legal Cheek Careers chats to Clifford Chance partner and co-head of the technology practice, Jonathan Kewley, about the firm’s new lawtech training contract
‘We have an obligation to make entry to the bar as fair as possible’
Cornerstones Barristers’ Andrew Lane reflects on his career to date and how barrister training should evolve to adequately prepare the next generation of advocates
The role of diverse skills in the ‘radically different’ legal services of the future
LexisNexis director, Dani McCormick, talks about her path from a career in advertising to law to legal tech, and how different law might be in the future
Australian student survey: Win a coffee with a partner at a leading global law firm in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth or Brisbane
Calling all Legal Cheek student readers Down Under!
What a transatlantic tie-up means for trainees and junior lawyers
Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner partner Tara Newell reveals the benefits of a mega-merger ahead of the firm’s Meet Your Future social media competition
The SQE and the challenges ahead
ULaw’s director of business development, Morette Jackson, reveals how law firms are reacting to the new solicitor super-exam
How one law school is preparing for the biggest shake-up to legal education in a generation
Andrew Chadwick, dean of BPP University Law School, discusses the SQE, technology and the opportunities ahead
Survey: Which legal research tools do you use?
Complete to win an iPad and £50 Amazon gift vouchers
Win a return flight to New York: ‘My US Legal Icon’ Vlogging Prize
From the Obamas to The Notorious R.B.G -- tell us about your American hero to win a return transatlantic flight to New York City
Be prepared to forge your own path to legal practice
A panel of lawyers reveal their unconventional routes into law
Without role models, LGBT+ junior lawyers risk ‘going back into the closet’
Lawyers from Hogan Lovells and Goldman Sachs on the vital role support networks play in the fight against discrimination
Aspiring lawyers should embrace social media
Instagram Live interview: Ahead of Wednesday’s event, ‘Secrets to Success -- Birmingham’, solicitor and vlogger Chrissie Wolfe explains why an online presence can have its advantages
Event: Secrets to Success Birmingham — with Irwin Mitchell, VWV, Kings Chambers and ULaw
Wednesday 27 March in Birmingham; open to all students
Why Generation Z will revolutionise the law firm of the future
Lawyers and innovation experts give students a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that await
Why AI may be less disruptive than email
Artificial intelligence is saving lawyers time, but it is also generating work
Unique opportunities lie ahead for today’s future trainees
Ahead of tomorrow's ‘Commercial, digital and data awareness’ event in London, we spoke to Jeremy Coleman, innovation manager at Norton Rose Fulbright