Tag: Students

11 reasons to think twice about doing the BPTC

Thinking of putting in an application to do the Bar Professional Training Course before today's deadline? Read this first

Jan 12 2015 9:37am

Latham & Watkins becomes latest firm to ‘northshore’ with Manchester support office

City law firms' quest for lower overheads and staff costs continues

Jan 9 2015 11:42am

Why the cab rank rule is history

There’s never a taxi when you want one -- the solicitors’ professional body says the bar’s regulation is arcane, irrelevant and reached its sell-by date

Jan 9 2015 10:33am

2 Temple Gardens muscles to top of pupillage pay table

As 2TG award hits £67,5000, Hardwicke and 11 Stone Buildings also boost pupil money triggering a potential cash arms race for top talent

Jan 9 2015 9:45am

Law firms ditch training contracts in favour of ‘periods of recognised training’

25-year-old term consigned to history as not-very-catchy replacement is introduced

Jan 8 2015 10:57am

London offices of US giants follow magic circle in bringing forward vac scheme application deadlines

Deadlines for London offices of Shearman & Sterling, Latham & Watkins and Sullivan & Cromwell are next week -- joining handful of other firms

Jan 6 2015 9:16am

5 predictions for the legal profession in 2015

A splintering graduate recruitment model will create opportunities for savvy wannabe lawyers, forecasts Legal Cheek managing editor Alex Aldridge

Jan 5 2015 10:28am

Robot solicitors? Firm and uni team up to apply artificial intelligence to law

Potential bad news for training contract hunters of the future ...

Jan 5 2015 10:04am

Magic circle firms bring forward vac scheme application deadlines in battle to bag best students

Allen & Overy deadline was midnight on New Year's Eve -- leapfrogging rivals, whose deadlines fall in next few days

Jan 1 2015 11:29am

The 10 most-read stories of 2014

Your favourite Legal Cheek posts of the year

Dec 29 2014 10:59am

The Legal Cheek 2014 end of year quiz

It has been a vintage year for legal news and gossip -- but how much of it do you remember?

Dec 24 2014 8:58am

The university law faculties that have lost their way

Combine research rankings with teaching satisfaction data and you can see which law schools are floundering

Dec 23 2014 9:15am

King’s crowned top uni law faculty for research ahead of UCL, LSE and Oxbridge

The best -- and the worst -- university law schools for research have been revealed

Dec 22 2014 1:58pm

Law students top the university shagging league

If you are studying the law, you are likely to claim to be a Casanova or Anastasia Steele character

Dec 19 2014 9:17am

Former bar student blasts law schools for ‘profiteering’ from academically weak applicants

Providers are coining it from foreigners with woeful English language skills, while regulators stand by, argues star student

Dec 18 2014 4:34pm

Wannabe solicitor launches ‘class action’ against King’s College re-brand

Students fear dropping "college" from uni's name will hit prestige of their degree -- and they want compensation

Dec 18 2014 9:15am

11 Christmas struggles that only a law student will understand

"Tis the season to be jolly" -- but not if you're studying law

Dec 17 2014 9:59am

There is an English court where gavels are actually used

Small wooden hammer is not restricted to the US, it emerges

Dec 16 2014 11:16am

Spotted: another law graduate hustling London commuters for work

De Monfort LLB grad follows UWE law student in hitting the streets

Dec 15 2014 12:14pm

17 City firms offering hungry vac schemers and law student liggers the best and worst of nosh

Our correspondent and his friends rank the law firm food they sampled during work experience and open days

Dec 12 2014 9:34am

Law students bag first win for university pro bono projects as murder conviction is overturned

High judicial praise for Cardiff’s Innocence Project in a case that also sees a “hot” barrister in the limelight

Dec 10 2014 2:09pm