Tag: Students

Why de-stigmatising anxiety and doubt at law school will make for less stressed-out lawyers

Nipping it in the bud early is the answer, says LSE LLB-er Josh Dowson

Feb 2 2017 9:16am

How to seize opportunity in an uncertain world

Travers Smith lawyers on the importance of nimbleness, good judgement and confidence in engaging with technology

Feb 1 2017 2:39pm

Beware the bursting of law’s artificial intelligence bubble

Legal tech is a long story of incremental change, not revolution

Jan 31 2017 9:29am

Exclusive: Richard Susskind tells law schools to future-proof students with tech modules

Tom Connelly and Katie King interview the legal profession's foremost technology expert

Jan 30 2017 9:59am

Student makes headlines after revealing he’s suffered racist abuse at Bristol law school

Russell Group university has launched an investigation

Jan 27 2017 12:27pm

Subpar A-levels or my ex-poly uni: What’s preventing me from getting a training contract at a top firm?

I have a first class construction degree and big ambitions

Jan 27 2017 10:29am

Bar Council calls for BTPC cost reduction as it slams BSB’s training reform proposals

Representative and regulator clash over barristers' education

Jan 26 2017 11:18am

Brexit legal challenge barrister to launch pro bono project to keep government in check

"I feel uncomfortable with the direction our country is going in", says Jolyon Maugham QC

Jan 25 2017 3:33pm

The reality of working as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Fletchers’ Bethany Hodgkins on juggling work and study

Jan 25 2017 12:32pm

The wretched Watson Glaser test and why I think it should be scrapped

Why do grad recruiters still use the 85-year-old test?

Jan 24 2017 9:47am

What we learned from the Legal Cheek vac scheme open thread

The essentials to consider as application deadlines draw near

Jan 23 2017 2:17pm

Olympian and Bristol law grad appears on TV talent competition ‘The Voice’

Scooped up by will.i.am, but a career in law is "still an option" for Jazmin Sawyers

Jan 23 2017 11:43am

Open thread: How do I secure a pupillage?

Hardwicke pupil barristers advise

Jan 19 2017 5:49pm

ULaw strikes LPC training deal with Howard Kennedy

Single office City firm will continue to pay is trainees fees

Jan 19 2017 1:12pm

The scenic route to the magic circle

Hannah McCarthy qualified as a New York attorney -- and in September started a training contract with Freshfields in London

Jan 18 2017 2:13pm

Cardiff graduate sent home from Eversheds office because employer could not accommodate her peanut allergy

Temp adamant she was safe, but law firm's print company supplier had "no time or resources for a risk assessment"

Jan 18 2017 9:18am

From vacation scheme to NQ solicitor

Rob Hobson made a late decision to go into law, but he’s just about to start life as a Mayer Brown lawyer

Jan 17 2017 12:42pm

Brexit: Why law students are less likely to be offered training contracts

How the referendum result will impact the legal market, and what law firms can do about it

Jan 17 2017 9:43am

Most miserable Blue Monday ever: Law well-being charity shares its advice

Today is an opportunity to reflect on our mental health

Jan 16 2017 2:24pm