Tag: Students
Will vlawging catch on?
Some students are making decent money out of vlogging, so why are only a handful of wannabe lawyers dabbling in the medium?
This one goes out to the paralegals in the regions
A musical interlude
6 things you can buy with 18 grand that are much more fun than law school
With the cost of the LPC and BPTC approaching the eye-watering respective sums of £15,000 and £18,000, it is not unreasonable to consider how else that money could be spent
Law firm faces Twitter accusation of plagiarising newspaper articles
Legal commentator doyen Joshua Rozenberg leads the charge against a high street practice that appears to have a penchant for lifting other writers’ words
Official survey: bar students are rubbish at ethics
Latest figures show tumbling pass rates on vocational course exam -- with bar regulators scratching their heads over the cause
Exclusive interview: Judge Rinder on life as Britain’s newest reality TV star
2 Hare Court barrister Rob Rinder talks to Legal Cheek about being the UK’s answer to Judge Judy
An 8 step Pinterest guide to what to wear during legal work experience
King’s College London student Jessy Howard reports from the mini-pupillage and law firm work placement front line via Legal Cheek‘s new ‘Lawyer Looks’ Pinterest board
Wannabe lawyers face tough choices in the Clearing ‘transfer window’
Decisions could be swayed by trends in law firm graduate recruitment such as 'CV blind'
This House of Cards parody about the battle to land a training contract is amazing
Law student blackmails and kills to secure job at top firm
Law student who claimed benefits while at uni is given even more work to do
This is what happens when you don't cancel jobseeker's allowance after starting law school...
Political blog Guido Fawkes attacks Oxford Uni Labour club chair for doing vac schemes at top City law firms
Law student's social media footprint used by popular right-wing blog to make 'champagne socialism' accusations that don't quite hit the mark
Revealed: the really badly written and fake-sounding LPC scam emails that have spurred SRA warning
Legal Cheek has obtained copies of the LPC funding scam emails that have prompted the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) to issue a warning to wannabe lawyers
Legal pic of the day
On today's centenary of the start of the first world war, this photo shows members of the Inns of Court Regiment being drilled in Hertfordshire during the conflict
Now there are 3 big law firms offering more training contracts than they did last year
First White & Case and Burges Salmon nudged up their trainee numbers, and now — Legal Cheek can reveal — Clyde & Co is increasing its quota substantially
A window into wannabe barristers’ torment on Pupillage Offer Day
Bag a pupillage and you’ve made it into the secret garden of the bar; fail and you’re just another BPTC grad sucker — no wonder wannabe barristers are nervous today
An opportunity for law graduates on National Orgasm Day
Of course National Orgasm Day has a legal angle
The 11 harrowing stages of applying for a training contract on deadline day
How has it come to this?
Death of the training contract — solicitors’ regulator reforms rules to boost paralegal entry
A key historic plank of the solicitor qualification process is dying -- but the training contract is going not with a bang, but a whimper
Law: the fantasy Vs the reality
Life as a solicitor or barrister isn't always what it seems
Can you help find missing Nottingham Uni law student Tom Nixon?
Police are appealing for information on the whereabouts of a missing law student
Research: young barristers are much cleverer than older ones
New figures give weight to the suspicion that the senior bar is full of not-so-bright slackers from privileged backgrounds