Legal Cheek Careers

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

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — Inside the acquisition of Visa Europe, with Macfarlanes

The lawyers who handled one of the biggest M&A deals of last year share their experiences with 50 students

May 30 2017 4:50pm

Birmingham University vlogger beats 1,000 students to win trip to HSF’s Hong Kong and Australia offices

Watch Laura Kendrick's video -- and those of the five other extremely impressive finalists -- below

May 11 2017 11:31am

Event: The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling General Election debate

Commercial Awareness Question Time summer season commences

May 9 2017 12:51pm

Five ways law students can engage with tech to best prepare for legal practice

Consider the bigger picture, says BPP University Law School head of LPC programmes Jane Houston

Apr 25 2017 3:16pm

From Exeter to Ashurst: How being a campus ambassador helped me secure a prestigious City training contract

Ahead of Ashurst’s campus ambassador application deadline, Rebecca Fenton reflects on what she got out of the role — which the firm offers at 11 unis

Apr 11 2017 12:31pm

A law firm survival guide for millennials

How young lawyers can overcome the negative stereotypes associated with their generation

Apr 5 2017 4:37pm

The best things about representing a law firm on campus

Brian Ramamoorthy on what he has learned from being Norton Rose Fulbright's university manager at King’s College London

Apr 3 2017 2:57pm

Do expect big things from lawtech, don’t learn to code

Lawyers from RPC and Hardwicke consider the future of litigation

Mar 30 2017 11:57am

Interview: 2010 non-law grads who worked in the City after graduating explain why they are becoming lawyers

Duo will begin training contracts at Shearman & Sterling next year

Mar 27 2017 1:21pm

The army’s loss is the law’s gain

Marisa Hornabrook is looking forward to her legal life with Burges Salmon -- and it all began with an Insight Day more than three years ago

Mar 10 2017 11:01am

Five things we learnt from ‘How to become a serious injury lawyer’

Panel of serious injury and medical negligence solicitors and barristers shares its pearls of wisdom

Mar 8 2017 4:04pm

Why the ascendence of AI can benefit young lawyers

RPC’s Daniel Wyatt on how the Pyrrho case is redefining what it means to be a litigation lawyer

Mar 7 2017 12:48pm

Four things we learnt at our Northern Powerhouse careers discussion

Reflections from Legal Cheek’s recent event in Newcastle with Bond Dickinson

Mar 1 2017 11:48am

How to use the law to make a difference

Fletchers' Mark Tempest looks back on some of his most memorable cases

Feb 23 2017 12:22pm

The life of a serious crime QC

From representing footballer John Terry to acting in the Hillsborough Inquests and the Child Sex Abuse Inquiry, there are few dull moments for Serjeants’ Inn’s Chris Daw QC

Feb 21 2017 1:02pm

Event: The future of litigation — with RPC and Hardwicke

Top lawyers field students' questions

Feb 20 2017 1:50pm

Event: How to become a serious injury lawyer – live in Manchester

Top solicitors and barristers share their wisdom with students

Feb 14 2017 2:29pm

How I became a City law firm partner at just 36

Hogan Lovells' Richard Goss shares his tips for aspiring lawyers

Feb 8 2017 1:36pm

The opportunities that the Northern Powerhouse will create for future lawyers

Today’s law graduates will lead the delivery of huge transportation projects like HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail, says Bond Dickinson partner Kevin Bell

Feb 2 2017 1:13pm

How to seize opportunity in an uncertain world

Travers Smith lawyers on the importance of nimbleness, good judgement and confidence in engaging with technology

Feb 1 2017 2:39pm