Legal Cheek Careers
How to squeeze in a vac scheme during the GDL
Juggling study and a work placement at Mayer Brown in London and Paris was worth it for Thomas Ajose
9 things we learned from the #PupillageApps Q&A
The best bits from last night's Twitter discussion about how to bag a pupillage
We are holding a Twitter Q&A about how to ace a pupillage application this Thursday at 7pm
Join top barristers and experts from law schools and the Inns of Court this Thursday at 7pm
Video: Where will the next generation of advocates come from and how will they train?
The full feisty discussion of last week's Legal Cheek Careers Q&A at Gray's Inn is now live on YouTube -- watch it below
This is what students learn on first year open days
Five students who attended Shearman & Sterling's 'Head Start' first year open day last week tell Legal Cheek what they found out about the legal profession
How to become a QC at a City law firm
Herbert Smith Freehills' Matthew Weiniger QC found that clients were reluctant to instruct solicitors in the High Court, but not in international arbitrations
10 must-dos for Pupillage Gateway applicants from the barristers who assess them
Avoid jokes and jargon, embrace business blurb and Blaise Pascal -- and spend ages filling out the form
‘There are plenty of weak advocates at the bar who were never properly trained’
9 Bedford Row barrister James Welsh, who is joint director of programmes for the BPTC at BPP Law School, reckons advocacy is as much a taught skill as a natural gift
From international firm to the bar: law remains about dealing with people
Hardwicke barrister Charles Raffin on what he has learned on his journey from the City to the bar
How being a City law firm campus ambassador can get you to the front of the training contract queue
As the Friday application deadline to become a Hogan Lovells 2015-16 campus ambassador nears, Alex Aldridge meets one of the students who's held the role this year