Tag: The University of Law

How to secure a training contract at a top law firm
Burges Salmon solicitor turned ULaw Bristol and Exeter dean Zoe King offers tips to applicants

Student commercial awareness events in Bristol and Manchester this week — with Burges Salmon, Freshfields, Fletchers, Osborne Clarke, Pinsent Masons, RPC and ULaw
Speakers announced for Bristol on Wednesday 26 February and Manchester on Thursday 27 February

Student event: Secrets to Success Bristol — with Burges Salmon, Osborne Clarke, RPC and ULaw
Wednesday 26 February at ULaw Bristol; open to all students and graduates

What went down at LegalEdCon North 2020
Last month's Manchester conference marked the beginning of some important conversations centering around the SQE, Sophie Currie reports

ULaw reveals first details of SQE prep course and masters options
Update comes as law school giant ranks number one for LLB acceptances

Life as a lawyer in Liverpool
Four experts make the case for starting your career in the North West

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

‘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

‘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

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

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

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

Top commercial awareness talking points for aspiring lawyers
Courtesy of experts from ULaw, Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers and Womble Bond Dickinson

ULaw joins forces with Chester Uni to launch MA Law course
Tie-up follows sale of law school giant's Chester campus

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

Why I wanted to become a lawyer
Solicitors from Eversheds Sutherland, Irwin Mitchell, Pinsent Masons and ULaw share the stories of their career journeys

ULaw partners with quizzing app to give students flavour of SQE
Aspiring lawyers can tailor tests to target weaknesses

Lawtech and what it means for future lawyers
Experts from across the City share their insights

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

How to successfully navigate a pupillage interview
Legal Cheek Careers caught up with ULaw future pupil programme coordinator Mark Jones

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