Legal Cheek Careers

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

‘A legal background is an excellent foundation for business leadership’

Incoming ULaw chief executive Dr Stelios Platis on how students can best position themselves in a changing legal market

May 3 2016 1:37pm

Five things we wish we’d known before pupillage

Words of wisdom from two Hardwicke pupil barristers ahead of application deadline day

Apr 28 2016 1:22pm

Open thread: How do I get a pupillage?

Baby barristers advise

Apr 19 2016 4:08pm

9 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams

Trainee solicitors share their exam preparation wisdom

Apr 15 2016 12:49pm

Why the challenge to create more female partners starts at trainee level

Millennials hold the key to boosting gender diversity in law

Apr 13 2016 9:11am

Video: How to become a serious injury lawyer

There's plenty of legal life beyond the City

Mar 31 2016 3:16pm

How to turn pupillage interview failure into success

Daring to be honest can be a turning point

Mar 30 2016 12:10pm

The life of a law student campus ambassador

York Uni second year Lee Turner used his position with King & Wood Mallesons to bag a vac scheme

Mar 23 2016 12:41pm

Video: Litigation Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC

Top barristers and solicitors answer students' questions about legal and finance stories in the news

Mar 22 2016 12:00pm

How to join the magic circle

ULaw visiting professor Simon Firth explains what his firm, Linklaters, looks for in prospective trainees

Mar 15 2016 12:32pm

FinTech: The hot new practice area primed for young lawyers to make their mark

Norton Rose Fulbright's Victoria Birch is one of the pioneers

Mar 10 2016 1:15pm

5 reasons you should become a law firm campus ambassador

And it's not just the guaranteed vac scheme interview

Mar 9 2016 11:46am

‘Our job as litigators is to create risk for the other side’

Ahead of tomorrow's 'Commercial Awareness Question Time', RPC partner Simon Hart considers the skills needed to resolve City disputes

Mar 8 2016 2:58pm

How to gold-plate your Pupillage Gateway application

Becoming a barrister isn't impossible

Mar 7 2016 3:34pm

‘For clients litigation is just another business deal’

Hardwicke's David Pliener considers commercial awareness from a barrister's perspective

Mar 4 2016 12:09pm

Durham students learn to think like commercial lawyers

Katie King heads north to attend Hogan Lovells' skills workshop

Mar 2 2016 12:34pm

There are two ways to become a serious injury lawyer: I took the scenic route

Fletchers' Adrian Denson worked his way up from slips and trips to big money cases

Mar 1 2016 1:17pm

Video: Students grill legal education experts about plan to scrap the LPC

Wannabe lawyers have their say about the super-exam

Feb 29 2016 12:33pm

Vac scheme interviews demystified: A guide for City law hopefuls

Shearman & Sterling reveal how they assess wannabe lawyers

Feb 26 2016 12:38pm