Legal Cheek Careers
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10 insights into what it’s really like to be a City law firm trainee and how you can become one
RPC's 'Life in a law firm' project lifts lid on the rookie lawyer experience
#LifeInALawFirm: We’re running an online Q&A with RPC’s trainee-controlled Twitter account on Monday at 1pm
Tweet your questions to rookie City lawyers ahead of the vac scheme application deadline
Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day
Nothing beats going somewhere in person
This is what you do on a London vacation scheme at a US-based international firm
It's more hands-on than the magic circle
How law students can survive Christmas
Advice from someone who made it to the other side
How to nail a vac scheme application form
Advice from a King & Wood Mallesons expert
Why law students who understand technology have an advantage that will grow and grow
ULaw Visiting Professor Colin Ettinger, a partner at Irwin Mitchell, thinks an Uber-style revolution could be around the corner
Video: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer
How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract -- the full discussion
‘Seeking a job outside law ironically put me on the path to qualifying as a lawyer’
Unable to secure a training contract during the financial crisis, LPC graduate Priya Krishan landed an associate role at JP Morgan in London -- and qualified as a New York lawyer
Not being yourself wastes valuable energy
After having children, Hogan Lovells partner Elaine Penrose decided to be completely open about her sexuality at work -- including with clients
From Durham to Bristol: the advantages of being a future lawyer outside London
Burges Salmon trainee Sarah Carter has found high quality work and a really nice lifestyle in the South West
How to secure work experience through networking
Be confident -- and then follow through
How do you retain the best lawyers and allow them to have a life?
Shearman & Sterling’s Women in Law conference in London explored ways to boost gender diversity at the top
‘Traditionally mentoring has been associated with the straight white male world’
Getting advice from experienced LGBT lawyers helped Miles Tonkin secure a training contract at Herbert Smith Freehills
Event: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer
How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract
‘Many young lawyers don’t realise that set-backs are actually great springboards’
The difficulties faced by RPC partner Parham Kouchikali -- who arrived in Britain aged eight unable to speak English -- have stayed with him in a positive way in his professional life
Training contract interview horror stories
Students share howlers to mark Halloween
The law student A to Z
The definitive wannabe lawyer alphabet
Video: Why the legal profession needs people who see the world differently
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Why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t feel they have to come across as from a certain socio-economic background
"Your differences can become your strength," says Hogan Lovells partner Tom Astle
How waitressing helped me succeed as an international competition lawyer
Herbert Smith Freehills' Veronica Roberts on her journey from the local comprehensive to global law firm partner