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Want to put your legal skills into practice while making a difference? To celebrate Pro Bono Week, we’re helping you take the first step. Explore volunteering opportunities with our latest Oracle and read this week's LCN Says to discover the right pro bono experience for you.

Elsewhere, build your understanding of capital markets with Hogan Lovells Cadwalader, get the inside scoop on RPC’s vacation scheme and hear from Gateley Legal’s Kate McLean about the training contract seat that surprised her most.

PS – Applications for Kingsley Napley LLP’s 2029 training contract are now open! Join our virtual insight day on 18 November to meet our lawyers, learn about life at Kingsley and gain valuable application insights. Register today!

PPS – Looking for real responsibility at a leading global firm? Apply now for Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher UK LLP’s 2027 London vacation scheme by 8 January – applications are reviewed on a rolling basis.

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Meet the Lawyer

Kate McLean – Gateley Legal


“Take every opportunity to get your foot in the door, whether that's work experience, vacation schemes, insight days, talks or careers fairs. Speak to people and reach out through LinkedIn.”

Commercial Question

Motor finance redress: a regulatory balancing act 

What do the FCA’s motor finance redress schemes reveal about the challenges of delivering consumer redress at scale? Sponsored by DWF Group Limited

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Solicitors' practice area

Capital markets – Hogan Lovells Cadwalader

Izzy Bull

"I get to work within debt capital markets on what we call ‘new-money transactions’ but I also work alongside our litigation and arbitration colleagues (ie, transactions that have become contentious post-closing).”

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Meet the Recruiter

Maya Shah – Ropes & Gray International LLP


“Making someone a training contract offer is the best part of my job. Knowing that we’re giving someone a potentially life-changing job is very satisfying. It’s also rewarding to help strengthen the firm through our diversity efforts.”

Vacation Scheme Insider

RPC

Samantha Lewkowicz

“Taking part in the vacation scheme means that you’re automatically considered for a training contract at RPC. This gives you a two-week platform to demonstrate your qualities and show the firm the contribution you could make as a future trainee.”

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Firm Spotlight

Druces LLP


Druces is an ambitious City firm renowned for the openness and approachability of its staff and the close relationships it develops and maintains with clients.

Law School Focus

BARBRI


BARBRI trains graduates (law and non-law) and career changers to prepare for the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, with flexible online courses and one-to-one support.

Meet the Barrister

Selborne Chambers

Maxwell Myers

"Don’t ask whether you enjoy studying law; ask whether you enjoy persuading people. If you like analysing difficult problems, debating ideas and taking responsibility for your own decisions, the Bar is a hugely rewarding career."

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Practice Area Profile: Capital markets | Isobel Bull – Hogan Lovells Cadwalader | LawCareers.Net

LCN Says

Pro bono: how to find the right scheme for you

Anna O'Boyle

Getting involved in pro bono is not only a fantastic way to develop advocacy, communication and networking skills but it’s also a great way to offer your support to those unable to afford legal advice or representation.

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Feature

Pro bono: a law student’s guide

Volunteering in pro bono has almost as many benefits for students as it does for members of the public in need of legal advice. Read our student guide to pro bono work to discover how it can propel your legal career.

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The Oracle

How can I find pro bono and volunteering opportunities?

I'm keen to get involved in pro bono activities, but I don't know where to start. Can you point me in the right direction?

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Latest news

Gibson Dunn set to hire nearly 40 lawyers from Weil’s London funds team

Your commercial news round-up: Autumn Budget, HSBC, AI in financial services, Anthropic

US law firms emerge as top performers in UK trainee satisfaction report

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What is LCN Weekly?

LCN Weekly is our free weekly newsletter designed to keep you up-to-date with all the issues relating to finding a career in the legal profession. Each week we analyse firms, write features, seek out the most important legal news stories and much, much more - all sent straight to your inbox. Over 50,000 already receive the newsletter; why not join them?

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News

We provide an ongoing news service for you, highlighting key stories from the legal press and elsewhere. The emphasis is, of course, on training and recruitment issues, but we cover all the big law stories too.

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Meet the Recruiter

Every fortnight we delve into the mind of a recruiter to find out what they do, what makes them tick and what they are looking for in a candidate. And of course we get them to answer the all-important favourite biscuit question!

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Commercial Question

All law firms want their lawyers and their trainees to have commercial awareness. This means that you need to know what's going on in the business world. Each week we pose a burning question and ask a real lawyer or trainee to write a short answer.

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The Oracle

We often receive requests for help and advice from future trainees and pupils. We've now formalised this process in a 'problem page' format. The Oracle will help you solve all those tricky problems relating to the recruitment process. Letters of particular interest, or letters that serve to illustrate common issues, are published in the newsletters and on the site. Whether published or not, every letter that we receive gets an answer.

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Features

Every fortnight we publish a new feature article designed to increase your knowledge of the recruitment process or the legal profession as a whole. Some are produced in-house, others by experts from firms, chambers, universities and bodies within the legal community.

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LCN Diary

Many firms are travelling the country to meet candidates and raise their own profiles. By consulting our diary you'll know what events are happening near you (ie, who will be there, and when and where the events take place).

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