Tag: Students

Perfect your pupillage applications with The Chambers Most List
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The benefits of studying while working – my SQE journey
BPP student Charlotte Marshall discusses distance learning, qualifying work experience and why she values flexibility

How to future-proof your legal career with tech and AI
Slaughter and May’s senior client and practice solutions manager, Emma Walton, discusses legal tech, innovation and the firm’s latest competition for students

SQE hacks every aspiring lawyer needs to know
Alice Kemp, ULaw student and future US law firm trainee, shares insights on the SQE, securing a training contract, and staying motivated through qualification

SRA chair admits SQE ‘teething problems’
Regulator will keep responding to student feedback

‘An elephant is not a person’, court rules
Rights group unsuccessfully argues animals are "imprisoned" in Zoo

5 commercial awareness topics aspiring lawyers need to know about right now
Trump, Meta, crypto and more

SRA seeks SQE feedback from students
Focus on functioning legal knowledge 🔎

Pupil barrister suspended over skeleton argument with ‘striking similarities’ to supervisor’s own work
18 months suspension and pupillage terminated

Essential advice for aspiring barristers from a bar course leader
Beverley Dawes, head of the Bar Practice Course at ULaw, offers her advice on getting work experience, dealing with rejection and acing interviews

Navigating the high-stakes world of commodities law
Hill Dickinson partner John McNeilly talks about geopolitics, ‘firefighting’ and volatility in the world of commodities law

Why is Newcastle a top destination for law students?
Campus ambassador at The University of Law, Poppy Baverstock gives an insight into life on campus, her favourite study spots and the best things about studying in northern city

How Credit Suisse and Crédit Agricole fines are shaping fair competition in EU finance
Bristol law grad Jessica Hall analyses the EU's bond cartel ruling

Milbank launches training contract for future leveraged finance lawyers as it ups trainee pay
Runs alongside US outfit's traditional pathway

The ‘ins’ and ‘outs’ of 2025 — legal edition
What students and lawyers need to know to succeed this year

Neel Sachdev on life at Paul Weiss, his vision for the future, and what he expects from the firm’s first UK trainees
City law heavyweight sits down with Legal Cheek Careers

From pupil to junior barrister: My journey and top tips for aspiring barristers
Vishnu Patel talks his career to date, High Court trials and pupillage pointers

LinkedIn limits: The perils of oversharing for aspiring lawyers
The Legal Cheek podcast asks how law students should be using the platform — listen now 🎙️