Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
How my time at the CMS Academy led straight to a training contract
Future CMS trainee Inshaal Ahmad shares his insight into the global firm's innovative internship programme
Successful lawyers are good at the basics
Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC's Dan Guilfoyle
11 things law students need to know about legal design
Members from Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018
The changing fortunes of Dublin as a legal centre from the eyes of a lawyer who lived it
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre’, Pinsent Masons senior associate Marilyn Cooney reflects on her career to date
The life of a capital markets lawyer
White & Case’s Inigo Esteve tells us how he helps international companies list on the London Stock Exchange and shares his advice for students seeking to get into this branch of City law
What we learnt from Shearman & Sterling’s ‘Whiteboard Wednesday’
Video series for law students demystifies key commercial awareness concepts -- and new season will run this autumn
Why quotas are the only solution to gender equality in the workplace
Charlotte Proudman and Catherine Mayer persuade an audience of lawyers that the extreme option is the only way to boost the number of women in senior positions
What does AI mean for the lawyer of the future?
250 students head to Clifford Chance’s Canary Wharf office to find out
The lawyer tasked with re-imagining Norton Rose Fulbright for the AI age
It all began when a partner asked David Carter to write a report on potential innovations to improve efficiency
Event: How to move in-house as a junior lawyer — with Axiom
Rising star lawyers at tech companies share their experiences
‘Strangely my most memorable case was also in some respects my least enjoyable’
Hardwicke barristers Tom Bell and Emily Betts reflect on their journeys from fresh-faced pupils to rising stars of the bar
Event: The rise of Dublin as a global legal centre — with Pinsent Masons, Dechert, Matheson and Barbri
Legal Cheek is coming to Ireland
How two years as a county court advocate helped me secure pupillage
Luke Blease appeared in more than 70 courtrooms across the country, including before High Court judges in the Royal Courts of Justice
Event: Re-imagining global law firms through legal design — with Norton Rose Fulbright
Top lawyers share their thoughts on integrating lawtech, innovation hubs and more; students ask the questions
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
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
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
The internet, Mike Tyson and 90 Picasso paintings — life as a media and sports lawyer
A panel of top lawyers share their experiences
7 things career changers can do to secure a training contract
ULaw careers consultant Candy Kobrak discusses transferable skills and application technique
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
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