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 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
‘There are plenty of weak advocates at the bar who were never properly trained’
9 Bedford Row barrister James Welsh, who is joint director of programmes for the BPTC at BPP Law School, reckons advocacy is as much a taught skill as a natural gift
From international firm to the bar: law remains about dealing with people
Hardwicke barrister Charles Raffin on what he has learned on his journey from the City to the bar
How being a City law firm campus ambassador can get you to the front of the training contract queue
As the Friday application deadline to become a Hogan Lovells 2015-16 campus ambassador nears, Alex Aldridge meets one of the students who's held the role this year
Event: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will they train?
Free Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of top solicitors and barristers — open to all law students and junior lawyers
How being an NQ differs from life as a trainee
Mayer Brown newly qualified associate Harriet Hainsworth on the step up from trainee to solicitor
How first year students can get ahead in the race for training contracts
Alex Aldridge meets the Manchester University trio who won the Norton Rose Fulbright GP Challenge
How to get a law school scholarship
The students who bagged scholarships from BPP Law School and the Inns of Court reveal how they did it
6 ways candidates who don’t fit the mould can boost their chances of landing a training contract or pupillage
Advice for rough diamonds from Norton Rose Fulbright, Hardwicke and BPP Law School
We are holding a myth-busting Facebook Q&A about getting a training contract or pupillage today at 1pm
Advice from Norton Rose Fulbright, Hardwicke and BPP Law School in hour-long session that is open to all
Demystifying the City: 11 things that corporate lawyers do
Alex Aldridge distils the key points from Hogan Lovells' Oxford University 'Demystifying law in the City' lecture
How to nail an application to a non-Pupillage Gateway chambers
There are eight top 30 chambers' pupillage application deadlines in the next month