Tag: Students
Herbert Smith Freehills takes on the magic circle as pay rise trend continues
Global City of London firm boosts junior level pay across the board with trainees now taking home £42,000
Junior lawyer acquitted of drink-driving after being slumped over wheel in advocates’ gown
Scottish road traffic specialist was simply trying to charge his phone -- and keep warm
Latham & Watkins vac schemer in Wolf of Wall Street-style drugs and prostitutes binge
Wannabe lawyer splurged firm’s cash on first-class travel and took a call girl to formal work dinner -- quality performance!
Oxford University law student guilty of serious assault on woman in local nightclub
Judge warns of possible jail time after vicious attack involving seven punches left victim with a broken nose
York Uni law grad lands training contract through Twitter direct message
Why bother with application forms when you can DM the boss?
Cambridge law student seeks to track down Pride barrister so he can make work experience plea
Bar hopeful is offering cake in return for information
Law grad loses breach of contract case alleging Glasgow Caledonian Uni tuition not up to scratch
Former LLB student -- who refused to pay fees after claiming law lecturer was a "joker" -- sees overly ambitious case thrown out
Not Guilty: City University law student cleared of hit man murder of ex-boyfriend
Second year law student walks free from the Old Bailey after jury finds she was not complicit in murdering an ex that had threatened her with revenge porn
How to fund your way through the BPTC
By bagging two scholarships and working part-time, University of Law bar graduate Sam Frost was able to keep costs down as he pursued his barrister ambitions
Top white-collar crime QC entangled in online intern swap embarrassment
Lawyers are flocking to recently launched site in a bid to bag little Hugo and Henrietta pre-gap yah work experience. But is this just hi-tech nepotism?
A dozen law-related tunes to beat the training contract application blues
The Judge trawls through his -- and his mates’ -- old vinyl collections in search of a soundtrack to ease the stress
What are the best alternatives for students turned off the bar due to lack of pupillages and legal aid cuts?
Top solicitors and barristers advise undergrads at Legal Cheek Careers at Inner Temple
‘To be a good advocate you need courage above all’
As a junior barrister Herbert Smith Freehills' Tom Leech QC could never sleep before a hearing. But he kept going...
5 things career changers need to know about getting a training contract at a top firm
Shearman & Sterling's London open day for career changers debunked some popular myths
Research: wannabe barristers are the biggest law student druggies
Legal Practice Course counterparts are the least keen, but when wannabe solicitors do take drugs they have penchant for cocaine
PM hit with social media flack for Magna Carta banalities
David Cameron’s 800th anniversary message from windswept Surrey car park wins little more than derision
Podcast: Will Mayer Brown’s new earn-while-you-learn programme kill the training contract?
Project mastermind Danielle White on a new way into the City that could change everything
Social Mobility Commission slams law firms for rich kids bias
Unofficial "poshness test" which champions "talent" keeps riff-raff out of legal profession
Exclusive: Top chambers reveals pupillage candidates in accidental data breach
Red faces at London criminal and housing set, as Garden Court cocks up email and widely discloses names of wannabe barristers set for interviews
Canary Wharf law firm asks students to pay to do work experience
"You will be charged for us providing you this opportunity"
12 reasons that being a law student still sucks even though exams are over
The pain continues