Legal Cheek Careers

‘Life is a series of encounters with toasted cheese sandwiches at windswept train stations’

While being a public law barrister can be thrilling and rewarding, it's often less glamorous than people imagine.

7 February 2014 11:18

From Bath Spa to Clifford Chance: how a history graduate who bungled his A-Levels made it to the Magic Circle

We met one of the winners of Clifford Chance's much-talked about 'CV blind' scheme.

27 January 2014 11:47

12 things law students do say

The Facebook sensation Things Law Students Don’t Say (TLSDS) has received almost 23,000 likes by...

22 January 2014 09:22

How to ace a winter vac scheme

After navigating the tortuous application process… …you’ve made it onto a prized winter vac scheme....

13 December 2013 11:30

How to bag a pupillage during the BPTC

Kaplan Law School head of careers Gemma Baker (pictured below) tells Legal Cheek’s Alex Aldridge...

3 December 2013 12:12

How to land a training contract during the Graduate Diploma in Law

Legal Cheek’s Alex Aldridge met University of Law employability programme manager Joanne Rourke and picked...

21 November 2013 13:14

11 things not to say at a law fair

With the law fair season in full swing, we persuaded Norton Rose Fulbright’s graduate recruitment...

6 November 2013 12:50

How can you tell what type of lawyer you’re destined to be?

One of the main problems faced by law students as they attempt to land training...

22 October 2013 14:08

7 useful pieces of advice from ‘If I knew then what I know now at the Google Campus’

Above: from left to right — Mark Lewis, PJ Kirby QC, Jeremy Hopkins, Nicky Richmond,...

17 October 2013 13:51

Dream, identify your passion…and then apply: how to bag a TC or pupillage as a non-law student

Earlier this year Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks urged students to make time to “dream” before...

8 October 2013 12:26