Legal Cheek Careers

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

Life as a Clifford Chance lawyer on the tech frontline — and how you can become one too

A sneak preview of the hints and tips magic circle associate Jamie Andrew will share at Legal Cheek’s ‘Artificial intelligence and the law’ event next month

Aug 22 2018 2:04pm

Student event: Artificial intelligence and the law — with Clifford Chance

Top City lawyers discuss the impact AI is having on the profession; students ask the questions

Aug 17 2018 10:58am

This is how you get a training contract as a career changer

Top lawyers from Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling share their routes into the profession

Aug 10 2018 1:06pm

7 things career changers can do to secure a training contract

ULaw careers consultant Candy Kobrak discusses transferable skills and application technique

Jul 26 2018 11:04am

My journey from marketing executive to trainee City lawyer

'It’s nerve-wracking, and you shouldn’t take the decision lightly,' says Shearman & Sterling rookie Jessica Stanion

Jul 24 2018 3:12pm

City law: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

A trio of leading City lawyers, legal educators and diversity organisations come together for an evening of careers advice and networking

Jul 20 2018 1:13pm

The ‘Meghan Markle effect’: Commercial awareness seeps through many areas

Lawyers from Burges Salmon, RPC, St John’s Chambers and ULaw share the secrets to their success

Jul 17 2018 3:25pm

‘Technology won’t turn the world upside down overnight — but lawyers need to embrace the gradual change that is happening’

We spoke to Catherine Hammon, Digital Revolution Knowledge Lawyer at international legal practice Osborne Clarke

Jul 12 2018 2:50pm

Social media is everywhere — but the law governing it remains a speciality form of practice: Here’s how to get into it

ULaw associate professor Peter Goodchild looks back on a career that began as an IP and IT lawyer in the City

Jul 11 2018 2:02pm

Don’t try to imitate Rachel Zane from Suits, just be your authentic self

Barristers from Cornerstone, Hardwicke, Radcliffe and Serjeants’ Inn join an LPC Law advocate and ULaw’s national BPTC director to discuss how to make it as a barrister

Jul 5 2018 3:55pm

7 things students need to do when applying for training contracts

Legal Cheek Careers meets BPP University LPC lecturer Charlie Radcliffe

Jul 4 2018 1:57pm

From trainee to partner, and what I’ve learnt along the way

Baker McKenzie corporate partner Kirsty Wilson on her legal career and the advice she’d give to those just starting theirs

Jul 3 2018 2:25pm

The diary of a client secondee

Mayer Brown junior lawyer Emma Sturt has recently returned from a secondment at Citibank, having spent six months at Wells Fargo during her training contract

Jul 2 2018 2:57pm

‘There’s no such thing as success without hard work — in any walk of life, not just law’

Curiosity, open-mindedness and the ability to work as part of a team are also key differentiating traits, says Hogan Lovells litigator Rebecca Wales

Jun 29 2018 1:02pm

Why future lawyers need to be open-minded and flexible

The University of Law's Russell Binch counsels against a single, definitive notion of how your career will pan out

Jun 28 2018 2:41pm

What I learned as an undergraduate law student attending the Kings Chambers mini-pupillage fair

Legal Cheek Manchester Met campus ambassador May Alavi found the Bar to be different in some crucial respects to popular stereotypes

Jun 27 2018 2:50pm

PwC looks beyond UCAS points for next generation of solicitors

Keily Blair and Kirsty O'Connor talk to Legal Cheek Careers about level playing fields

Jun 26 2018 2:57pm

Event: How to get into media and sports law

With 5RB’s Christina Michalos, Howard Kennedy’s Mark Stephens, RPC's Jeremy Drew, Wiggin’s Ross Sylvester and ULaw's Peter Goodchild

Jun 25 2018 12:43pm

AI may be the solution, but it’s lawyers that know the questions to ask

Leading lawyers and technologists come together to discuss all things tech

Jun 21 2018 2:11pm