Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
My life as a commercial barrister in Manchester
It’s worth considering the advantages of joining a set in a major city outside London as opposed to doing pupillage in the capital, says Exchange Chambers' David Williams
Event: Technology and the future of legal practice — with Womble Bond Dickinson in Leeds
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Tech is changing law firms but they will always need grounded, intelligent people who give meaning to things through language
Travers Smith’s Emily Clark tells Alex Wade about what she has learned on her path from Oxford history graduate to City law firm partner via a stint working in the charity sector
Open thread: How do I bag pupillage?
Three of Hardwicke’s pupil barristers advise
How working as a paralegal helped me secure a training contract
Curiosity to really understand the firm, and longstanding interest in business, propelled Nick Little to TC success at Irwin Mitchell
How to give yourself the best chance of securing pupillage
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Technology: Disrupting the law and lawyers — with Travers Smith
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Beyond the City: From vacation scheme to solicitor in Europe’s coolest city
City quality of work, Bristol lifestyle
‘A social mobility programme helped me secure a training contract with Hogan Lovells’
Megan Stewart went from vac schemer to future trainee and now she wants to help others realise their lawyer dreams
The first year of a law degree is pivotal: Here’s how to spend it well
Ahead of the 7 January application deadline for Ahead with Ashurst, Kelley McPherson explains how she's now reaping the rewards of seeds she sewed in first year
My journey from Manchester Uni law student to Clifford Chance banking & finance associate
Nikhita Suria looks back on her journey with the firm to date, which has been enriched by the firm’s support in developing her interest in fintech
How my vac scheme led straight to a training contract
Ahead of the 3 January application deadline for the CMS Academy, trainee-to-be Euan Alston looks back on his route into the firm
Advice for aspiring lawyers from RPC, Google and Uber
These are the skills that law students need to start developing for the new digital age
The University of Law unveils ‘what kind of lawyer should I be?’ Facebook quiz
Your dream career has a lot to do with your personality
On secondment during my TC in San Francisco
Clyde & Co’s Madeleine Shanks on legal life in the world’s tech capital
Five good things about US law firms that don’t involve money
We all know they pay well, but what else do they offer?
Four valuable skills that STEM students bring to the legal profession
Experts from LexisNexis, Bristows, Reed Smith and Allen & Overy share their views
What it’s like to do a secondment with Google as a junior lawyer
Legal Cheek Careers meets RPC’s Stuart Harris
Forty STEM students headed to Reed Smith’s Innovation Hub to tackle a data problem
This is what we learnt from observing them
How competing in the Grand Prix Challenge can be a speedier route to a training contract
Applications for Norton Rose Fulbright’s competition are now open
The lawyers at the frontline of AI, fintech and drones
Look beyond the hype and there is potential for real change, say Osborne Clarke experts