Tag: Students

What went down at LegalEdCon 2024
Legal Cheek's annual conference gathered together key figures from across the profession to discuss skills gaps, innovations, apprenticeships, SQE and more

City Law firms partner with KCL to launch student-staffed law clinic addressing LGBTQ+ discrimination
Baker McKenzie and Clyde & Co

Generational clash: Differing workplace attitudes pose biggest challenge for junior lawyers
Exclusive research: Managing mental health and workloads among key challenges for Gen-Zers, along with addressing knowledge gaps

Chester, Bristol, Hertfordshire and King’s law students triumph at latest Pro Bono Awards
Projects include domestic abuse support, environmental law toolkit and a 'Justice Bus'

Future pupil barrister takes ‘mind reading’ show to Edinburgh Fringe
Mock murder trial

Full video: A deep dive into SQE1
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins SQE Award Leaders and future trainees to discuss part one of the solicitors’ assessment

Chambers using blind recruitment less diverse, research claims
BSB describes finding as 'striking'

A&O Shearman confirms £20k SQE support grant
Increase on both firms' pre-merger offerings

City Law School grad secures £30K scholarship to pursue barrister dream
Courtesy of 11KBW

Revealed: The Legal Cheek Awards 2024 – longlists
Profession gears up to celebrate achievements of firms, chambers and students

Law students share their true motivations for pursuing legal careers
From protecting rights to cold hard cash

Full video: A deep dive into SQE2
BPP’s Head of Outreach joins future trainees for an in-depth look at part two of the centralised assessment

SQE students told to wait in ‘quiet area’ for 2.5 hours before exam
Aspiring lawyers may welcome extra revision time, says SRA

Law school offers Taylor Swift module
Focus on entertainment law

SQE blunder: £250 goodwill payment ‘does not begin to repair the damage’, says Junior Lawyers Division
Could request super regulator investigation

How one law school is embracing technology to bring SQE success
BARBRI’s Jody Tranter discusses how the law school’s innovative approach helps create bespoke learning experiences for its students

Law students reveal their biggest gripes about… other law students
God complexes, gatekeeping and more

EXCLUSIVE: Students who had TCs cancelled among those hit by Kaplan SQE blunder
Told they’d failed SQE1 when actually they'd passed

SQE1 pass rate climbs slightly amid marking error backlash
56% successfully navigated latest sitting