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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

SmarTech 2016: How fintech and AI are creating opportunities for junior lawyers

Top solicitors share insights with BPP students

Feb 24 2016 1:00pm

Legal education reform proposals are an opportunity as well as a risk — and students must have a voice

King & Wood Mallesons' David Ball and Caroline Sarson want to safeguard quality and boost diversity while improving the scope of assessment

Feb 22 2016 1:14pm

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC

Litigation-themed session with top barristers and solicitors

Feb 16 2016 7:00pm

Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer

Legal Cheek and Fletchers team up to hold careers advice session for students with leading solicitors and barristers

Feb 14 2016 10:05am

Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers

We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project

Feb 11 2016 2:36pm

From trainee to partner — at the same international firm

Two young City partners who only finished their training contracts in 2005-06 talk about how they made it to the top

Feb 10 2016 1:36pm

Event: What will the proposed solicitor super-exam mean for law students and trainees?

International law firm King & Wood Mallesons hosts debate about impact of proposed changes that could revolutionise legal education and training

Feb 9 2016 10:14am