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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.
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
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
Event: How to get into law as a career changer — with Irwin Mitchell, PwC and Shearman & Sterling
Hear from lawyers who’ve done it
‘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
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
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