Tag: lccareers

How to get a first in your law degree
Solicitor turned professor Nick Ross shares his secrets to forming good study habits

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

Why training contract hunters must be adaptable
Top tips and career insights from four Birmingham-based lawyers

Life as a junior lawyer with autism
Reed Smith associate Jonathan Andrews sheds light on some of the positive attributes

How to deal with training contract rejection
ULaw tutor and former solicitor Harriet Pearce discusses self-care and why aspiring lawyers should be upfront about their mental health

What it takes to be an employment lawyer
ULaw campus dean Amanda Hedayati reflects on her legal career ahead of tonight’s 'Secrets to Success' event in Manchester

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

Four high flying City lawyers at US firms share their career stories
What we learnt from an hour listening to partners from Kirkland & Ellis and Skadden, as well as associates from Shearman & Sterling and Cleary Gottlieb

Lessons from litigators
Members of Travers Smith's dispute resolution team share what they have learned from working on high-profile, complex and varied disputes

Dublin’s future as a global legal hub
BARBRI’s Chris Jorgenson sets out his vision for Ireland’s rapidly expanding legal market

What will the law firm of 2020s look like?
Ahead of Womble Bond Dickinson's 28 February summer work placement and training contract deadline, three lawyers share their predictions for the new decade

What it’s like working at a global law firm outside London
Three Hogan Lovells associates based in the firm's Birmingham office tell all to Legal Cheek Careers

How techy do you have to be to work in tech law?
DWF technology, media and telecoms partner Ben McLeod shares his thoughts

How to move from an elite law firm to become a flexible-working A&O Peerpoint consultant
Legal Cheek Careers meets former magic circle lawyer Lisa Mulley, head of consultant management at A&O Peerpoint

Life as a lawyer in Liverpool
Four experts make the case for starting your career in the North West

A former commercial litigator’s advice to training contract applicants
‘Your first job may not be your dream job but it could be a step you need to take to achieve your ambitions', says ULaw Reading campus manager Margaret Matthews

My life as a tech lawyer
Womble Bond Dickinson partner Alastair Mitton offers insights into the fast-moving sector

How Manchester Law School is helping to bring about a new industrial revolution in legal services
For Professor Andrew Francis the SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

Inside the new alternative law school backed by some of the profession’s biggest names
Ahead of LegalEdCon North on Thursday, College of Legal Practice CEO Giles Proctor outlines a vision for the SQE that is winning prominent admirers

Outcry over LPC 30 years ago similar to SQE anxiety today, says BARBRI chief
Rather than being fazed by the super-exam, Sarah Hutchinson reckons the legal profession should view it as an exciting opportunity to improve education and training

From vac schemer to global law firm partner advising on big-ticket M&A deals
Claire O’Donnell, graduate recruitment partner at Norton Rose Fulbright, shares her top tips to writing vac scheme applications ahead of the firm’s 31 January deadline