Tag: lccareers

From professional footballer to lawyer

Legal Cheek Careers meets former Charlton and Leyton Orient midfielder Bradley Pritchard

Jul 28 2016 12:03pm

Experience: I have worked as a lawyer in Melbourne, Madrid and New York

Legal Cheek Careers meets Herbert Smith Freehills' well-travelled senior associate Marianna Schneider

Jul 27 2016 11:00am

Five things we wish we’d known when we were applying for training contracts

As numerous firms' deadlines for applications loom, two RPC trainees give the inside scoop on securing a TC

Jul 26 2016 9:19am

Open thread: How do I get a training contract?

Trainee solicitors advise

Jul 21 2016 12:46pm

Unconventional routes into the legal profession: from theatre set designer to planning lawyer

Burges Salmon partner Liz Dunn tells Legal Cheek Careers about her unlikely journey to the top of corporate law

Jul 20 2016 1:35pm

Video: How to make it as a City lawyer

Six top solicitors answer law students' questions about how they made it into the legal profession

Jul 11 2016 11:48am

Why ambitious junior lawyers need to create their own networks

King & Wood Mallesons partner Ajay Pathak shares what he has learned on his journey to the top

Jul 6 2016 11:11am

Being different makes you stronger: a newly qualified lawyer’s perspective

Diversity is a positive in the City, writes Hogan Lovells associate Amma Boakye

Jul 4 2016 2:08pm

9 things you need to know if you are applying for a training contract this summer

Norton Rose Fulbright's Andrew Roycroft shares what he has learned from participating in the graduate recruitment process

Jul 1 2016 11:23am

Why students don’t need to have it all figured out at law school

Amid the competing attractions of different areas of law, it's important to keep an open mind, writes BPP University's Kandice Horsey

Jun 29 2016 2:34pm

From a small town in one of India’s poorest states to Herbert Smith Freehills

Siddhartha Shukla charts his incredible route to becoming a solicitor in London

Jun 28 2016 12:05pm

City lawyers need to be street smart as well as book smart

Mayer Brown Of Counsel Warsha Kalé on making the transition from university to practice

Jun 22 2016 1:35pm

London lawyers discuss merits of Leave vs Remain — without a politician in sight

The Legal Cheek and Shearman & Sterling EU referendum debate

Jun 21 2016 9:35am

Interview: ‘I have delayed doing the LPC because I got a paralegal job’

Nadine Shanahan found it easier to get a foothold on the career ladder than she had expected

Jun 17 2016 11:06am

How I became a competition lawyer

Be ready when opportunity knocks, recommends Shearman & Sterling's James Webber

Jun 10 2016 12:28pm

Practice areas: Who is drawn to what?

The people who thrive in different legal specialisms don't always conform to stereotype

May 25 2016 1:08pm

Amanda Yip QC: ‘I started off as a criminal barrister and I’d do the same today’

Regional super chambers model still allows legal aid practitioners to thrive

May 23 2016 11:27am

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time: EU referendum special — with Shearman & Sterling

Top EU lawyers discuss vote implications; students ask the questions -- with 30 free places up for grabs

May 16 2016 3:08pm

What it’s like to be a projects lawyer working to create huge new things

Legal Cheek Careers meets the award-winning Pinsent Masons pair who are helping to build a new £588m NHS hospital

May 10 2016 1:31pm