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Virtual student event TODAY: Different paths into the law — with Addleshaw Goddard
Tuesday 24 November, from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

EXCLUSIVE: Top judge’s daughter who’s now a judge herself fronts judicial diversity campaign
The judiciary: where judges' daughters, not just their sons, can make it to the top

Different paths into the law — with Addleshaw Goddard
Tuesday 24 November, from 4pm to 6pm, taking place virtually

What the second lockdown means for employment lawyers
Bryn Doyle, an employment partner at Squire Patton Boggs’ Manchester office, talks furlough and restructuring on the high street

My life as an employment lawyer
Luke Bowery, partner at Burges Salmon, considers some of the current issues at play for employment lawyers in the wake of COVID-19 and recent widespread social movements

City law firms repay government furlough money
Norton Rose Fulbright, Herbert Smith Freehills and Osborne Clarke wind back cost-cutting measures after performance exceeds expectations

The SQE Sessions
Legal Cheek is holding an afternoon of virtual seminars to mark the start of the...

Will the SQE kill the GDL?
Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course

From Brexit to Bond: My life as an IP lawyer
Bird & Bird partner Sally Shorthose talks to Legal Cheek’s Micayla Colman about her work -- and how it’s being shaped by the pandemic

How Covid-19 is changing law and business — with Clifford Chance
Thursday 3 September from 4pm to 6:30pm, taking place virtually

A student’s diary of a virtual vacation scheme
Sophie Currie reflects on a jam-packed week at The Legal Cheek-ULaw Virtual Vacation Scheme

COVID-19: Mini-pupillages move online
Much like the virtual vacation schemes now being offered by corporate law firms

A&O-O’Melveny mega-merger scuppered by plummeting pound, former magic circle managing partner reveals
Andrew Ballheimer was told bad news while holidaying in Spain
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend

10 ways to boost your chances of securing a training contract during lockdown
Learn a new skill, start a vlog, attend virtual law fairs and write for Legal Cheek -- there's plenty to do

Linklaters announces two-week virtual vacation scheme with three weeks’ pay
COVID-19: Last of the magic fivesome to reveal student summer plans

Slaughters, Bakers, Bird & Bird, Skadden and Debevoise move to virtual vacation schemes
New online offerings to mirror in-office experience but will be shorter than originally planned

The importance of displaying your personality in training contract interviews
Application and interview advice courtesy of solicitors from Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke and RPC

It’s possible to combine your passions with a career in law
Three A&O Peerpoint lawyers explain how

How to secure a training contract at a top law firm
Burges Salmon solicitor turned ULaw Bristol and Exeter dean Zoe King offers tips to applicants