Legal Cheek Careers
The latest careers content in one place, plus events, key deadlines, campus ambassador programme details and the Legal Cheek Most Lists.
‘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
How law can set you up for an alternative career
Banker Miranda Brawn and Legal Cheek founder Alex Aldridge chat about what they learnt from law school
7 ways that being a law firm campus manager helps you to bag a vac scheme
Herbert Smith Freehills' outgoing campus managers told us how the role contributed to them securing spring and summer placements
10 revision tips from people who have nailed law exams
Trainee solicitors, barristers and law lecturers distil their exam preparation wisdom into seven-second Vine clips
How to squeeze in a vac scheme during the GDL
Juggling study and a work placement at Mayer Brown in London and Paris was worth it for Thomas Ajose
9 things we learned from the #PupillageApps Q&A
The best bits from last night's Twitter discussion about how to bag a pupillage
We are holding a Twitter Q&A about how to ace a pupillage application this Thursday at 7pm
Join top barristers and experts from law schools and the Inns of Court this Thursday at 7pm
Video: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will they train?
The full feisty discussion of last week's Legal Cheek Careers Q&A at Gray's Inn is now live on YouTube -- watch it below
This is what students learn on first year open days
Five students who attended Shearman & Sterling's 'Head Start' first year open day last week tell Legal Cheek what they found out about the legal profession
How to become a QC at a City law firm
Herbert Smith Freehills' Matthew Weiniger QC found that clients were reluctant to instruct solicitors in the High Court, but not in international arbitrations
10 must-dos for Pupillage Gateway applicants from the barristers who assess them
Avoid jokes and jargon, embrace business blurb and Blaise Pascal -- and spend ages filling out the form