Tag: Students

Law student summers: expectations vs reality

The time has come to pause and reflect on the past few months

Aug 18 2015 10:00am

Bar students are getting even worse at ethics, official report shows

If four-year trend continues, more than half of those on the BPTC are likely to fail ethics module at first go next year

Aug 18 2015 9:02am

Oxford University law student jailed for punching woman in nightclub

A 20 year-old Oxford law student gets nine-months' porridge after conviction for “sustained assault” on a young woman that left her with a broken nose

Aug 17 2015 12:18pm

The 6 most ridiculous legal stories of the silly season so far

The best law-related summer frippery

Aug 14 2015 9:46am

Homeless student bags straight A*s and secures place at Cambridge to study law

Jacob Lewis was left sofa-surfing after a family fall-out -- now he's bagged a place at Cambridge University to study law

Aug 13 2015 5:12pm

You can have rubbish A-levels and still succeed in legal profession

Legal Cheek Twitter hash tag generates rush of proud responses from those who pissed about at school but still became lawyers

Aug 13 2015 3:56pm

Law student newbies shed public tears of joy on A-level day

Social media was awash this morning with emotional teens celebrating their upgraded status

Aug 13 2015 11:28am

Pupillage Gateway might not move to January after all

Bar Council in possible U-turn over centralised application switch

Aug 12 2015 12:02pm

Former refugee with first class law degree bids to crowdfund BPTC

Plucky east Londoner needs £12,000 to do bar course

Aug 12 2015 9:31am

Wannabe solicitor loses £800k claim for missing out on training contract because of car crash

Judge doesn’t buy line that law firm's alleged negligence caused loss of professional opportunity -- but praises litigant-in-person’s legal skills

Aug 11 2015 11:31am

Modern lawyers are far too specialised, says Supreme Court judge

First Jonathan Sumption QC laid into law degrees, now he’s criticising qualified lawyers for being narrow minded

Aug 10 2015 2:30pm

The Judge Rules: career-focused millennials spell doom for the GDL

Like James Blunt, the law conversion course is just so 2005

Aug 7 2015 12:34pm

Uni of Law ditches Birmingham part-time BPTC just six weeks before start date

Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead

Aug 7 2015 11:04am

Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister

Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational

Aug 7 2015 9:28am

Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction

Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game

Aug 6 2015 9:32am

Shearman & Sterling’s London office switches Kaplan for Uni of Law in LPC deal

Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university

Aug 5 2015 2:23pm

Meet the ‘Humans of Law’

Inspired by global social media sensation “Humans of New York”, two Legal Cheek work experience students have set up a legal profession version

Aug 5 2015 11:37am

University of Law launches money back guarantee for out-of-work LPC students

ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"

Aug 4 2015 11:03am

Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens

Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses

Aug 3 2015 4:25pm

University of Law boss stands down in post-sale top-tier shake-up

Exclusive: Chief executive goes and top finance man is also thought to be heading for door

Aug 3 2015 9:36am

Legal charity offers seven social welfare training contracts for second year running

Application process kicks off next week for positions across the UK

Jul 31 2015 9:33am