Tag: Students

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HSF confirms SQE maintenance grant of £17,000

Matches moves by Freshfields and Linklaters 💷

Jun 1 2022 10:31am
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How to nail a summer vac scheme

Three future trainees give their top tips

Jun 1 2022 9:14am
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Criminal law not an attractive long-term career, say 81% of junior lawyers

Low pay 👎 long hours 👎 poor work-life balance 👎

May 31 2022 1:17pm
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Happy birthday Donoghue v Stevenson!

Iconic snail in ginger beer judgment turns 90 today

May 26 2022 10:58am
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A&O to help fund disadvantaged students through Queen’s University Belfast

Magic circle player to provide 45 bursaries

May 26 2022 9:19am

Hogan Lovells joins raft of firms upping LPC maintenance grants by 25%

Future rookies to receive £12,500 in financial support

May 25 2022 9:17am
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BPP, King’s, Southbank and Westminster among law schools recognised for pro bono work

Efforts to advance access to justice praised at annual LawWorks ceremony

May 24 2022 9:08am
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Sidley pledges £500,000 to build youth centre in North London

US firm to offer career guidance and work experience opportunities

May 19 2022 11:42am
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12 TikToks law students will just get

Bring on the memes

May 19 2022 8:59am
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First class law grad ditches legal career to play Call of Duty professionally

Jade MacIntyre, 24, says she makes more streaming than lawyering

May 13 2022 10:55am
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news SQE Hub

A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE

Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm's expense, Legal Cheek research reveals

May 12 2022 6:05am
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SQE prep provider pledges to reduce law fair merch in new eco push

BARBRI joins elite City firms in signing up to the Sustainable Recruitment Alliance

May 12 2022 5:59am
careers SQE Hub

‘The legal industry is not a hierarchy with private practice at the top’

BARBRI managing director Lucie Allen explains SQE’s potential to widen access to the profession

May 11 2022 10:21am

Ropes & Gray launches social mobility work experience programme

Two lucky participants will go on to receive £20k scholarship, vac scheme place and long-term mentoring courtesy of US law firm

May 11 2022 9:14am

‘Picking an SQE prep course is a lot like dating — you’ve got to find the one you connect with’

ULaw director of business development, Morette Jackson, explains how the law school is helping firms and students grapple with the changing SQE regime

May 9 2022 10:36am

HSF junior lawyer makes Forbes power list for ‘alternative Old Boys network’

Sophie Pender recognised for social mobility efforts

May 9 2022 9:29am
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Career-changing doctor: ‘Can I negotiate my training contract salary?’

I have years of experience and transferable skills

May 6 2022 10:11am
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careers SQE Hub

Why the SQE needs to be integrated into an academic programme so students reach their potential

City Law School associate dean Peter Hungerford-Welch explains the importance of skills and knowledge beyond the SQE curriculum

May 4 2022 2:43pm