Legal Cheek Careers

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

The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study

Jan 25 2017 12:32pm

What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread

The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near

Jan 23 2017 2:17pm

Event: What the Northern Powerhouse means for the next generation of lawyers

Commercial Awareness Question Time comes to Newcastle

Jan 20 2017 11:54am

Open thread: How do I secure a pupillage?

Hardwicke pupil barristers advise

Jan 19 2017 5:49pm

The scenic route to the magic circle

Hannah McCarthy qualified as a New York attorney -- and in September started a training contract with Freshfields in London

Jan 18 2017 2:13pm

From vacation scheme to NQ solicitor

Rob Hobson made a late decision to go into law, but he’s just about to start life as a Mayer Brown lawyer

Jan 17 2017 12:42pm

How to become an IP & technology lawyer

Travers Smith’s Dan Reavill views the opportunities today as even brighter than the dotcom boom years

Jan 16 2017 1:15pm

Securing pupillage — It’s a jungle out there!!

Katya Hosking, of Devereux Chambers, guides you through

Jan 13 2017 10:07am

Open thread: How do I get a vac scheme?

Trainee solicitors advise

Jan 10 2017 12:42pm

Event: Global Commercial Law in 2017 — What’s next for the world’s legal capital?

Travers Smith lawyers consider the opportunities awaiting the legal profession’s next generation

Jan 4 2017 2:08pm

How my US firm vac scheme set me up for TC success

You can’t beat dinner with the trainees at Duck and Waffle as a way to gain insight into a firm

Jan 3 2017 2:28pm

How to secure a vac scheme

Advice from those who’ve done it

Dec 27 2016 2:08pm

A diary of an international secondment

Norton Rose Fulbright trainee Gabriella Denlew on her time in Bahrain

Dec 22 2016 11:00am

Herbert Smith Freehills litigators share their advocacy tips

Advice from the global disputes frontline

Dec 19 2016 2:15pm

My life as a real estate lawyer

If you can master land law a potentially great career lies ahead, writes Pinsent Masons’ real estate chief James Crookes

Dec 14 2016 12:05pm

The seven foundations of legal knowledge

A look at the core subjects that form part of the LLB and GDL

Dec 12 2016 12:11pm

What’s it like to work internationally?

Ashurst lawyers of different levels of seniority share their experiences

Dec 2 2016 11:29am

Some advice for aspiring litigators from a history graduate

Herbert Smith Freehills litigator Alex Thomson looks back on what she has learnt so far

Dec 1 2016 1:04pm

How I got a training contract at a top medical negligence law firm

Trainee solicitor Sam Wignall recalls how he secured a place on his second attempt

Nov 30 2016 1:27pm

7 advantages of starting the LPC in January rather than September

Taking the less travelled route can be a smart move

Nov 23 2016 10:32am