Tag: lccareers

SmarTech 2016: How fintech and AI are creating opportunities for junior lawyers

Top solicitors share insights with BPP students

Feb 24 2016 1:00pm

Legal education reform proposals are an opportunity as well as a risk — and students must have a voice

King & Wood Mallesons' David Ball and Caroline Sarson want to safeguard quality and boost diversity while improving the scope of assessment

Feb 22 2016 1:14pm

Morning round-up: Friday 19 February

The morning’s top legal affairs news stories

Feb 19 2016 7:33am

Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time — with Hardwicke and RPC

Litigation-themed session with top barristers and solicitors

Feb 16 2016 7:00pm

Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer

Legal Cheek and Fletchers team up to hold careers advice session for students with leading solicitors and barristers

Feb 14 2016 10:05am

Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers

We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project

Feb 11 2016 2:36pm

From trainee to partner — at the same international firm

Two young City partners who only finished their training contracts in 2005-06 talk about how they made it to the top

Feb 10 2016 1:36pm

10 insights into what it’s really like to be a City law firm trainee and how you can become one

RPC's 'Life in a law firm' project lifts lid on the rookie lawyer experience

Jan 27 2016 1:34pm

#LifeInALawFirm: We’re running an online Q&A with RPC’s trainee-controlled Twitter account on Monday at 1pm

Tweet your questions to rookie City lawyers ahead of the vac scheme application deadline

Jan 22 2016 4:45pm

Beyond the brochure: Five things you learn at a law firm open day

Nothing beats going somewhere in person

Jan 6 2016 3:03pm

How law students can survive Christmas

Advice from someone who made it to the other side

Dec 23 2015 1:04pm

How to nail a vac scheme application form

Advice from a King & Wood Mallesons expert

Dec 17 2015 3:20pm

Why law students who understand technology have an advantage that will grow and grow

ULaw Visiting Professor Colin Ettinger, a partner at Irwin Mitchell, thinks an Uber-style revolution could be around the corner

Dec 10 2015 2:30pm

Video: Alternative routes to becoming a lawyer

How law students can make it into the legal profession without doing a training contract -- the full discussion

Dec 7 2015 3:38pm

‘Seeking a job outside law ironically put me on the path to qualifying as a lawyer’

Unable to secure a training contract during the financial crisis, LPC graduate Priya Krishan landed an associate role at JP Morgan in London -- and qualified as a New York lawyer

Dec 1 2015 4:12pm

Not being yourself wastes valuable energy

After having children, Hogan Lovells partner Elaine Penrose decided to be completely open about her sexuality at work -- including with clients

Nov 30 2015 3:09pm

From Durham to Bristol: the advantages of being a future lawyer outside London

Burges Salmon trainee Sarah Carter has found high quality work and a really nice lifestyle in the South West

Nov 26 2015 2:42pm