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7 insights from ‘If I knew at Inner Temple’ that will help you bag a job and build a thriving career
The panel of leading lawyers at Monday's 'If I knew then what I know now' Q&A at Inner Temple offered students some thought-provoking and often unconventional pieces of advice.
Lawyers at Bar National Mock Trial Competition urge students to look beyond criminal Bar
Citizenship Foundation's Bar Mock Trial final sees Northern Ireland's Aquinas Grammar School win national junior advocacy crown. But assembled top lawyers warn wannabes of plight of criminal Bar, and encourage them to explore other areas.
6 qualities that wannabe litigators must possess following the Jackson reforms
To land a top pupillage or training contract, students need to show they have what it takes to thrive in a much-changed environment.
‘I don’t ever regret not going to university’
Entering law straight from school as an apprenctice put Chartered Institute of Legal Executives president Stephen Gowland in a position to start his own law firm aged just 32.
‘No one left the firm unless they’d been turned down for partnership, especially not to become a journalist’
In a varied career that has spanned practising as a solicitor, financial journalism and the authoring of several well-known books about commercial awareness, Hogan Lovells' Chris Stoakes has learnt to follow his heart.
8 reasons why wannabe lawyers shouldn’t go to uni
As increasing numbers of top law firms introduce apprenticeship programmes, we consider the arguments in favour of entering the legal profession straight from school.
I was rejected for a training contract by the firm where I became a partner
Having begun his career in the 90s recession, Mayer Brown head of banking and finance Dominic Griffiths has plenty of sympathy with those applying for training contracts today.
Corporate lawyers can be divided into ‘grinders, minders and finders’
Advancing to the higher echelons of BigLaw requires an understanding of how professional services firms work, writes Norton Rose Fulbright partner Madhavi Gosavi.
How to get people to give you money to become a lawyer
Bagging a scholarship isn't as hard as students often imagine.
‘Not everyone who drops sh*t on you is your enemy’
During a journey from academia to management retiring University of Law president Nigel Savage accumulated a few basic rules.