Tag: lccareers

5 features of a changing legal market that wannabe lawyers will have to deal with in their careers

Top solicitors, barristers and chartered legal executives reveal what lies ahead for the profession

Oct 28 2014 10:35am

8 things you need to know before applying for an Inns of Court scholarship

“Inner Temple for the rich, Middle Temple for the poor; Lincoln’s Inn for the gentlemen, And Gray’s Inn for a whore.” Spoiler: this rhyme is very misleading.

Oct 27 2014 9:33am
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Video: Legal Cheek Careers at Gray’s Inn

The full video of Tuesday's 'How to survive (and even thrive) in a changing legal market' free careers advice event

Oct 24 2014 3:26pm

Become a lawyer because you’re passionate about it — not to please your parents

Your career may take a different direction to what you expect, but if your heart's in it you'll be fine

Oct 20 2014 1:00pm

‘I wish I had known how to be a good boss’

Barrister and City University law lecturer Andrew Worthley would have banned his younger self from pulling caffeine-fuelled all-nighters

Oct 17 2014 11:31am

It’s harder for today’s law graduates — but there are ways they can boost their chances

Norton Rose Fulbright tax lawyer Andrew Roycroft thinks his career may have begun differently if he was starting out in today's hyper-competitive job market

Oct 15 2014 9:11am

5 things I wish I’d known about being a City lawyer when I was starting out

Hogan Lovells financial services litigation partner Louise Lamb shares some legal life hacks

Oct 9 2014 2:55pm

Event: How to survive — and even thrive — in a changing legal market

Free Legal Cheek Careers event at Gray’s Inn featuring a panel of leading lawyers — open to all law students and junior lawyers

Oct 6 2014 10:20am

‘There are not as many jobs for traditional lawyers as there used to be’

Chartered Institute of Legal Executive president Fran Edwards expects more students to follow her on-the-job route into the profession over the coming years

Sep 30 2014 12:43pm

How to be a pupil barrister

As this year's baby barristers prepare to commence pupillage, Hardwicke's Jasmine Murphy offers some words of wisdom

Sep 23 2014 11:33am

How a jobless LPC graduate ended up turning down top firms’ training contract offers

Sam Clague couldn’t get a TC, so he started a paralegal recruitment business — and law firms quickly became interested in his entrepreneurial spirit

Sep 2 2014 9:19am

Interview: Ian Ashley-Smith on how he became a judge without getting a degree

There are ways to make it to the top in law without a glittering academic record -- or indeed hardly any academic record at all

Aug 21 2014 11:33am

7 life hacks for training contract hunters

A recent Aspiring Solicitors careers day at Kaplan Law School saw two former City law insiders reveal some of the secrets to landing a TC at a top firm

Aug 18 2014 1:52pm

Podcast: Why law students shouldn’t wait until term starts to begin the hunt for training contracts and pupillages

With the first months of law school notoriously busy, students should be starting the early phases of the training contract and pupillage application processes this month

Aug 15 2014 2:12pm

Training contract assessment centre case study: 8 tips for winning at the City law end game

Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge gets the lowdown from Norton Rose Fulbright on what it takes to emerge victorious from a training contract assessment centre

Aug 11 2014 1:57pm

14 insightful interactions from our Twitter discussion about bagging a training contract

The best bits from yesterday's #TCapps Q&A, featuring Norton Rose Fulbright, Mayer Brown, Aspiring Solicitors, Kaplan Law School and David Allen Green -- amongst a host of other experts and wannabe lawyers.

Jul 17 2014 12:34pm

We are holding a myth-busting Twitter Q&A about getting a training contract on Wednesday at 1pm

Advice from, amongst others, Norton Rose Fulbright, Mayer Brown, Aspiring Solicitors and David Allen Green in hour-long session that is open to all.

Jul 14 2014 3:37pm

4 things you absolutely must do during a vac scheme

A student, a trainee and a graduate recruiter share their experiences of vac schemes at Hogan Lovells, Mayer Brown and Norton Rose Fulbright to help wannabe lawyers about to start summer placements at City law firms.

Jun 18 2014 9:14am

Hitting the secondment jackpot: what it’s like to be a trainee in NYC

New York is like "London with an umph", says Mayer Brown trainee solicitor Kibbeum Kim, and life as a lawyer there "takes working hard and playing harder to a whole new level".

Jun 6 2014 1:03pm

Could old-fashioned mentoring be the new ‘CV Blind’?

Having explored ‘CV Blind’ and sampled an Aspiring Solicitors’ lunch, Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge gets a taste of the often-overlooked area of legal mentoring.

May 29 2014 2:04pm