Tag: Students

What life as a commercial insurance lawyer looks like
RPC associate David Healey discusses his work in the firm's Professional and Financial Risks team

Law student signs for professional football club after dad pays £17k for 10 mins game time
Previous experience playing FIFA

How to study and network effectively, and why international experiences are invaluable
Meet Aruna Verma, the new Dean at ULaw’s Moorgate campus

UCL and Glasgow beat Oxford in latest law school rankings
Cambridge takes top spot

Why we need to take a closer look at ‘loot boxes’
Aspiring barrister Georgia Keeton-Williams on why more needs to be done to protect children from in-game currencies

Your in-depth guide to life at over 100 top law firms has officially dropped
The Legal Cheek 2024 Firms Most List is here

Swapping London for the Louvre: life on an international secondment at a global law firm
A&O's Gabriella Masding discusses her move to Paris

LSE law grad ‘exposes’ uni stereotypes in hilarious TikToks
Mary-Grace Olu has attracted over 90k followers with her tongue-in-cheek clips

‘I’ve had to re-sit exams, can I still get a training contract?’
LPC graduate seeks help

A finance lawyer’s journey from trainee to partner
Weil’s Patrick Brendon discusses his busy day-to-day and using secondments to broaden one’s horizons

My journey from medicine and neuroscience to City law – via the BBC
Ashurst partner Sunny Kumar discusses his varied career

‘I taught myself SQE – here’s how I got on’
Without law degree

Meet the City lawyer helping clients navigate risk
Clyde & Co partner Mark Wing talks insurance, AI and crumbling concrete

You don’t need a tech background to thrive as a tech lawyer
Hogan Lovells’ associate James Sharp on why he’s happy being known as ‘blockchain guy’

UN research assistant secures SQE1 scholarship for ‘impact of AI’ essay
Leeds grad Zalikha Younas receives £3k for BARBRI course

How one Magic Circle firm is approaching diversity and inclusion
Slaughter and May partner Jane Edwarde discusses the firm’s focus on creating a supportive and welcoming culture

5 tips to secure a City TC
Future trainee Anuja Venkataramani offers advice to lawyer hopefuls

High-flying law students perform worse in exams when using AI
Lower performers saw significant benefit

A Magic Circle associate gives their take on AI and what it means for would-be lawyers
Clifford Chance’s Arnav Joshi discusses his day-to-day in the firm’s Tech//Digital team

Meet the Hollyoaks star at the bar
Barrister Sonny Flood played Josh Ashworth on Channel 4 show

De Montfort Uni teams up with BARBRI to launch SQE-ready LLM
Includes SQE1 prep