Tag: Jobs

Has Training Contract Gloom Become Self-Reinforcing?

The atmosphere of negativity in the legal profession towards graduate recruitment is getting out of...

Mar 1 2012 2:28pm

What Does City ‘Mini-Boom’ Mean For Wannabe Lawyers?

Hope (of City recovery, creation of more fat cats and then another crash) is beautiful,...

Feb 21 2012 2:38pm

At Least You’re Not an Italian Trainee Lawyer…

As English law students worry about the possible scrapping of the minimum trainee solicitor salary,...

Feb 1 2012 4:07pm

Alternative Careers: Working for a Legal Charity

LawWorks’ Alasdair Stewart on why there’s more to life than training contracts When I started...

Jan 23 2012 9:50am

I Spy With My Little Eye Something Beginning with ‘L’

Not many lawyer job adverts feature sentences like this: “Discretion is vital. You should not...

Jan 17 2012 4:05pm

Why Law Graduates Can be Choosers

GDL graduate Cathryn Kozlowski on why she turned down a paralegal job With more and...

Jan 13 2012 9:30am

Legal Sector’s January Recovery Looks Brittle

Fundamentals behind recent improved trainee retention rates and pay rises are questionable, says Alex Aldridge...

Jan 10 2012 1:12pm

Cash-Strapped Legal Aid Lawyers Top Up with Part-time Work

Solicitor takes on paper-round, as barrister’s fitness dominatrix sideline flourishes Recent cuts to legal aid...

Jan 5 2012 3:14pm

Accutrainee Chief Hits Back at Critics

Follow @Accutrainee Founder of new cut-price training contract scheme responds to recent criticism from Legal...

Jan 4 2012 2:40pm

TRAINING CONTRACTS NEVER GREW ON TREES

Follow @AlexAldridgeUK Current tough job market made to sound even worse by frequent comparisons with...

Dec 12 2011 2:45pm

MASTERING WHAT, EXACTLY?

Follow @FellowsAdam Bar graduate Adam Fellows isn’t convinced doing a masters degree is a good...

Dec 12 2011 9:29am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: TAKING A GAP YEAR TO SECURE A TRAINING CONTRACT

Law graduates Flora Duguid and Cathryn Kozlowski have both opted to take gap years before...

Dec 9 2011 11:31am

#RoundMyKitchenTable: LAWYERS AND PR

Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge, whose flat’s central heating is broken, turns on his oven...

Dec 2 2011 11:12am

£65K FOR A PUPILLAGE?!

Follow @FellowsAdam Adam Fellows considers the discrepancies between pupil earnings, and asks whether the Bar...

Nov 29 2011 10:42am

PUPILLAGE: ‘A REASONABLE EXPECTATION’

Follow @OccupyTheInns OccupyTheInns hits back at the criticism last week’s post received, and puts forward...

Nov 23 2011 1:25pm

‘IT’S TIME TO OCCUPY THE INNS OF COURT’

Follow @OccupyTheInns Jobless law graduates should follow the St Paul’s protesters’ example, argues OccupyTheInns As...

Nov 16 2011 3:49pm