Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
How studying a language with a law degree can set you apart from the crowd
Cara Goldthorpe talks to Legal Cheek Careers about being crowned "Law Undergraduate of the Year"
From asylum seeker to legal apprentice
Years of fighting to stay in Britain got Muna Ahmed interested in the law
The bar’s battle against elitism
Baby boomers wake up to urgent need to help millennials
From Legal Cheek blogger to RPC trainee: how doing something a bit different can help you land a TC
Flora Duguid wasn't afraid to take some chances to bolster her CV
7 things we learned from our Twitter discussion about securing a training contract
The best bits from yesterday’s #TCapps Q&A
What it was like to act on a bust-up between naturists that reached the Court of Appeal
Hardwicke barrister Andy Creer discusses acting for Hertfordshire naturist village Spielplatz Estate in a tenancy dispute with a member couple
We are holding a Twitter Q&A about how to ace a training contract application on Wednesday at 1pm
Experts on hand to advise in hour-long session open to all
9 essentials that successful training contract applicants grasp
It's often the subtle things that mark out candidates taken on by leading firms
How to fund your way through the BPTC
By bagging two scholarships and working part-time, University of Law bar graduate Sam Frost was able to keep costs down as he pursued his barrister ambitions
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple
‘I wouldn’t recommend studying law as an undergraduate if you want to be a lawyer’
Mayer Brown partner Angus Duncan completed an LLB at Edinburgh University and then decided that he wanted to work in London...
‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’
As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills' Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going...
5 things career changers need to know about getting a training contract at a top firm
Shearman & Sterling's London open day for career changers debunked some popular myths
Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?
Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything
What it was like to work on the deal that saw craft beer go mainstream
Hogan Lovells trainee Alex Cox was on the team acting for SABMiller in its acquisition of Meantime
7 pieces of advice I’d give to my junior barrister self
City Law School pro bono director Sarwan Singh on what he's learnt on his journey from law centres and local government to academia
11 things you need to do in a pupillage interview
Recently-qualified barrister Caoimhe McKearney advises
The hard route to becoming a City lawyer
King & Wood Mallesons solicitor Jeremy Consitt spent 15 years working his way up from the bottom
What I wish I’d known when starting my career as a City solicitor
If you're passionate about your job, it will all fall into place, says Shearman & Sterling partner Mark Soundy
Life in a law firm: ‘Prepping to go to Russia #fridaynightmare #byebyeweekend’
RPC trainee Sarah Pearson on what it’s like to drop everything and head to St Petersburg for work
Event: Alternatives for wannabe barristers — the City, in-house and academia
Legal Cheek session at Inner Temple featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students, with free tickets available below