Tag: Students

How to stand out this TC application season
ULaw Campus Dean Zoe King offers her advice on tackling applications, commercial awareness and interviews

Foot Anstey launches vac scheme for underrepresented BME students
Guaranteed assessment centre spot

Revealed: law’s most lucrative languages to boost salaries
Good news for Portuguese speakers

‘London’s skyscrapers inspired me to become a real estate lawyer’
BCLP's Daniel Burnand talks office space and what ESG means for his clients

10 TikToks which perfectly summarise law school life
Freshers take note

The varied and international work of a Glasgow-based tax lawyer
Dentons partner Lorna McCaa discusses her work and the perks of working in Scotland

How I help clients navigate the world of AI
Bird & Bird senior associate Will Bryson discusses his work in the firm’s tech transactions team

Top tips for vac scheme applications
ULaw's John McKeown talks writing concisely, assessment centres and handling rejection

Regulator concludes review into SQE marking error
One candidate moves from fail to pass

Meet the Magic Circle lawyer working at the cutting edge of the tech sector
Linklaters associate Charlotte Beardsworth reflects on her career so far

‘Non-Russell university with BBBC at A Level — which firms should I apply to?’
Primary goal to make money

My journey from paralegal to lawtech expert
Addleshaw Goddard’s innovation manager reflects on his path into law and what AI means for lawyers

Weil joins solicitor apprenticeship movement
Two spots for September 2024

From chemistry graduate to IP lawyer
Bristows’ Ellen Lambrix talks life sciences, STEM skills and secondments

Insights into the Birmingham legal market and how to go about building QWE
Clare Stapleton, Employability Group Manager at ULaw Birmingham talks networking tips, common application pitfalls and demonstrating commercial awareness

‘I studied law for the first time when preparing for the SQE – and I wouldn’t change a thing’
Legal Cheek Careers sits down with US law firm trainee Ellen Swarbrick to talk SQE, career change and TCs

Who owns indigenous knowledge: local communities or corporations?
Lawyers Ria Das and Sia Das explore the pressing problem of biopiracy of indigenous knowledge

‘I was one of the first solicitor apprentices to qualify through the SQE – here’s what I learnt’
Fletchers Solicitors’ Joshua Whittam on his journey from school leaver to lawyer

SQE scholarship up for grabs in future lawyer essay comp
Win half-price SQE1 prep course courtesy of BARBRI

A junior lawyer talks career change and expanding access to the profession
Mills & Reeve associate Louis Geary-Smith reflects on his move form marketing to law