Tag: The University of Law

ULaw reveals first details of SQE prep course and masters options

Update comes as law school giant ranks number one for LLB acceptances

Feb 13 2020 3:36pm

Life as a lawyer in Liverpool

Four experts make the case for starting your career in the North West

Feb 7 2020 12:40pm

A former commercial litigator’s advice to training contract applicants

‘Your first job may not be your dream job but it could be a step you need to take to achieve your ambitions', says ULaw Reading campus manager Margaret Matthews

Feb 5 2020 10:56am

‘As a 17 year-old secretary with no A-Levels and terrible GCSEs I didn’t expect to become a partner in a leading law firm’

Lisa Kemp, careers manager at The University of Law, reflects on a legal career that has taken many unexpected twists and turns

Jan 24 2020 1:35pm

‘The way we do business will inevitably change — but we will always need lawyers’

ULTRA Project Director and The University of Law (ULaw) senior tutor, Patrick Grant, on the rise of technology in the legal profession and what it means for future lawyers

Jan 23 2020 2:23pm

Apply to attend: Legal Cheek student commercial awareness events coming up in Liverpool, Leeds, Reading, Bristol, Birmingham and Dublin

With Addleshaw Goddard, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner, Burges Salmon, DWF, Eversheds Sutherland, Exchange Chambers, Gowling, Hardwicke, Hill Dickinson, Hogan Lovells, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC, Shoosmiths, Travers Smith and Womble Bond Dickinson

Jan 18 2020 9:21am

The case for solicitor apprenticeships

Ceri Evans, National Programme Director for Apprenticeships at The University of Law, discusses the benefits of the training contract alternative

Jan 17 2020 1:49pm

Top barristers reveal what students need to know as they make pupillage applications

Practitioners from no less than 13 leading London sets share their insights as the Pupillage Gateway re-opens

Jan 7 2020 2:25pm

Top commercial awareness talking points for aspiring lawyers

Courtesy of experts from ULaw, Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers and Womble Bond Dickinson

Dec 20 2019 12:30pm

ULaw joins forces with Chester Uni to launch MA Law course

Tie-up follows sale of law school giant's Chester campus

Dec 20 2019 11:31am

The best festive firs from across the legal profession ?

From law firm lobbies to Inns of Court of libraries... it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

Dec 20 2019 8:47am

Why I wanted to become a lawyer

Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys

Dec 17 2019 1:20pm

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE

Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Dec 12 2019 8:48am

Lawtech and what it means for future lawyers

Experts from across the City share their insights

Dec 11 2019 12:52pm

Student Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw

Wednesday 11 December at ULaw Leeds; open to all students and graduates

Dec 6 2019 4:28pm

How to successfully navigate a pupillage interview

Legal Cheek Careers caught up with ULaw future pupil programme coordinator Mark Jones

Dec 4 2019 2:17pm

Speakers announced for ‘How to make it as a barrister’ next week

Pupils, juniors, QCs and practice managers from leading sets to advise students how they can get to the bar

Nov 29 2019 12:27pm

Aspiring lawyers can’t afford to be technophobes

Simon George, associate professor and director of ULTRA, the ULaw Technology Research Academy, highlights why it’s important for wannabe solicitors to engage with tech

Nov 26 2019 1:53pm

Top CPS lawyer scoops ULaw honorary doctorate

Eran Cutliffe appeared in BBC legal documentary The Prosecutors

Nov 6 2019 10:11am

You’ve ‘wrecked’ my dream of becoming a lawyer: French LPC student blasts Boris’ Brexit vision in emotional open letter

PM is putting party and ego before national interests, Royal Holloway law grad claims

Oct 30 2019 9:03am

BBC to showcase solicitor apprenticeships programme at LegalEdCon North

BBC legal apprenticeships manager Maria Kell and solicitor apprentice Georgie Yates will be joined by ULaw's Ceri Evans at 30 January event at Media City, Manchester

Oct 23 2019 9:26am