Tag: Students

How to make the most of this pupillage application season
Devereux Chambers' Alice Defriend offers her advice on selecting sets, written applications, and interview prep

Mishcon acquires flexi-lawyer business
London firm moves into alternative legal services market

Bar Council chair urges party leaders to commit funding for 100 extra criminal pupillages
‘Eye-catching manifesto’

Meet the lawyer working with some of the UK’s most exciting tech, media and entertainment start-ups
Harbottle & Lewis partner Tom Macleod sits down with Legal Cheek

What legal disputes and puzzles have in common
Travers Smith partner Stephanie Lee talks billion-dollar disputes, careers advice and life at the firm

‘Should I mention my TC offers in pupillage applications?’
Former aspiring solicitor now seeks career at the bar

January event dates for aspiring solicitors and barristers
Featuring Travers Smith, Clifford Chance, Hill Dickinson, Gatehouse and more!

New Year’s resolutions: a law student’s POV
Law school success through self-improvement

SQE students voice frustration over erroneous exam slot cancellation email
Kaplan stresses assessments will go ahead as planned, apologises for confusion

Win an SQE1 scholarship with your vision of what motivates young people to be solicitors
New BARBRI essay comp

SRA misses deadline for publishing SQE provider pass rates
Issues statement that leaves open possibility of it never happening

Full video: The SQE assessments – a deep dive
SQE trainee and BPP’s Head of Outreach reflect on lessons so far

Christmas gifts for law lovers
’Tis the season for Christmas rizz

What went down at the Legal Cheek–ULaw Winter 2023 Virtual Vacation Scheme
A whistle-stop tour of a week’s worth of commercial awareness discussions and applications advice

Law student: ‘How can I stay focused over Christmas?’
Revision and assignments

What finance lawyers really do
Womble Bond Dickinson’s Philip Withey on the lifecycle of a banking deal and how he stays commercially aware

How one engineer is helping lawyers build robots
Pinsent Masons technical lead talks all things AI