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Behind the scenes at a tech-focused City law firm
Lawyers and innovation specialists discuss Taylor Wessing tech

How success often follows rejection
Four successful lawyers reflect on the opportunities presented by setbacks

Looking up: How the North is becoming an international legal powerhouse
CMS lawyers deliver commercial awareness and careers advice insights

My most memorable pro bono case
Herbert Smith Freehills lawyers share their stories

I landed a pupillage when I stopped trying to look and talk like a barrister
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s ‘How to make it as a barrister’ event in London tomorrow, ULaw future pupil programme coordinator Joseph O’Leary shares his top tips

The scenic route to the commercial bar
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest bar student event, ‘How to make it as a barrister’, on the evening of Tuesday 4 December, Hardwicke barrister Laurence Page tells us about his unusual career journey to date

Struggling to secure a training contract helped me build resilience
Gowling WLG partner Samantha Holland recalls a tough start to her career

Arriving now: The transportation revolution is here, and lawyers should be ready to ride
Burges Salmon lawyers discuss the impact of electric and autonomous vehicles on the legal profession and the opportunities ahead

How to make partner at a global law firm without working in London
Gareth Saynor on his journey from Nottingham University to partner in CMS's Sheffield corporate team

What does Brexit mean for future lawyers?
Over 200 students headed to Linklaters’ Silk Street office to find out

The tension between innovation and regulation
Osborne Clarke lawyers discuss the big commercial awareness question of the moment

We spoke to Herbert Smith Freehills pro bono associate Andrew Barton about the growing importance of free legal work
Ahead of tomorrow's 'How lawyers can make a difference through pro bono and CSR -- with Herbert Smith Freehills' event, Andrew Barton talks about his career to date and why it's important for lawyers to give back

6 things students need to know about insurance law and insurtech
RPC insurance specialists deliver insights on hot commercial awareness topic

What I’ve learned so far: Advice from a trainee loving City law life
Olivia Davies’ love of sport -- and law -- helped her secure a training contract at Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner. Since joining she has done seats in real estate and construction, and a secondment in Abu Dhabi

Linklaters’ co-head of fintech on what Brexit means for future lawyers
Finn Griggs advises students to focus on the many positives emanating from the coming together of finance and technology during this 'time of change'

How I became a lawyer who advises self-driving car start-ups and other innovative companies
Ahead of Legal Cheek’s latest student commercial awareness event, with Burges Salmon in Bristol next week, we spoke to projects and transport lawyer Ed Barratt

Ten minutes with Osborne Clarke’s digital revolution knowledge lawyer Catherine Hammon
Legal Cheek’s Aishah Hussain sat down with Catherine Hammon to discuss cross-industry disruption

Event: How technology is changing business — with Osborne Clarke
Lawyers discuss cross-industry disruption, students ask the questions -- on Wednesday 24 October

Brexit is bringing new opportunities to Dublin, say top lawyers
Solicitors from global law firms Pinsent Masons, Dechert and Matheson join international bar qualification provider BARBRI to discuss the rise of Dublin as a legal centre

Successful lawyers are good at the basics
Apply the law and understand your client’s business and you will do well whatever changes technology brings, says RPC's Dan Guilfoyle

11 things law students need to know about legal design
Members from Norton Rose Fulbright’s innovation team share their insights on the hot commercial awareness topic of 2018