Tag: Students
Vac Scheme deadline day: coverage of all today’s big news
With most top law firms' deadlines for vac scheme applications at midnight tonight, it's going to be a fun Friday evening for wannabe solicitors.
Why life as a QC is more similar to running a pub in Cleethorpes than at first it may appear
When she became a lawyer, Taryn Lee QC thought that she was taking a very different path to her publican parents. But now she's not so sure.
The 15 law student personality types that emerge during social interaction
University College Dublin Law Society has attempted an ambitious categorisation of the 15 types of law students to be found at its annual ball — and uploaded the results to YouTube.
Advice: ‘I am studying law but looking to work as a journalist’
Legal Cheek editor Alex Aldridge responds to a Birmingham University law student's Twitter plea for advice.
Interview: Law student facing exclusion from Sussex Uni will draw upon Occupy legal challenge to fuel barrister dream
Most law students would consider the prospect of being excluded by their university to be a nightmare. But not Michael Segalov.
This is what happens when you respond to the ‘City lawyer offering free accommodation for intimacy’ advert
An imaginary law student's revenge.
How long would these children’s book villains go to prison for?
If Lord Voldemort somehow ended up in a real court he would go down for a whopping 134 years and six months.
Sharp-witted Oxford law student takes down UKIP MEP Bloom after Richard III gibe
An Oxford University law student has got the better of UKIP member Godfrey Bloom after the gaffe-prone MEP seemed to try to mock him for his disability.
Manchester Uni law student-fashion blogger feted by Femail as ‘internet star’
The Mail Online's Femail section has run a piece today acclaiming the fashion blog of Manchester University law student Hannah Farrington.
Exam panic in January? You must be studying law…
We're going to assume that this beautifully-arranged photo, spotted a few days ago at Newcastle University's Robinson library, is the work of a law student.
Academia is ‘a long way from my hopes of being a barrister but it’s an amazing life’
Law students need to remember that "the you of today" may differ from "the you of the years ahead", says Northumbria University professor of law and society Chris Ashford.
The selfie meets the courtroom camera
A lawyer has been spotted taking a selfie by a courtroom camera in Florida.
Freshfields’ removal of criminal records box from applications is targeted at support staff — but applies to trainee solicitors
A Law Society Gazette piece in today’s Morning round-up about Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s removal of...
Surrey University law graduate launches ‘not naked’ LLB study guide
University of Surrey law graduate Pia Jackson has unveiled a bizarre guide to obtaining a...
Why it doesn’t mean much when the chair of the Bar Council says they want to cap BPTC numbers
Yesterday’s call by Nicholas Lavendar QC to limit Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) numbers has...
‘There is a life after the criminal Bar’
Weber Shandwick head of public affairs Alex Deane doesn’t regret his time scraping a living...
Can an Oxbridge law degree put you off becoming a lawyer?
Earlier this week a leaked email revealed that law students were the worst performers at...
Why the City law training contract recovery may take place up north
Last month, while killing some time after a meeting in Leeds, I went for a...
Law student sells soul
The soul of a law student has been placed on Gumtree…
Law students hit hardest by Oxford Uni email error revealing worst performers
A fifth of the students identified in an email listing the worst-performers in last term’s...
‘Unless your dad is senior partner you are the only person in your firm who truly cares about your career’
With work thin on the ground after the 2008 crash, corporate lawyer Danvers Baillieu found...