Legal Cheek Careers

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

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

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

Katya Hosking, of Devereux Chambers, guides you through

Trainee solicitors advise

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

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

Advice from those who’ve done it

Norton Rose Fulbright trainee Gabriella Denlew on her time in Bahrain

Advice from the global disputes frontline

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

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

Ashurst lawyers of different levels of seniority share their experiences

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

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

Taking the less travelled route can be a smart move

Commercial Awareness Question Time with Herbert Smith Freehills

Bilal Mohammad wants to help more people like him into the legal profession

Take the world economy doom-mongers with a pinch of salt, urges Ashurst partner Nick Cheshire, this could actually be a good time to be entering the profession

Top lawyers and constitutional law experts discuss the changing political mood

“A lot of people don't apply for the scholarships because they think they won't be successful”