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Bristol: a cracking place for a career |
15/05/2012 |
| Bristol is jumping with new office openings and expanding law firms. Here, CityLawLIVE's Anna Williams chats to those who've made the move to this attractive South West spot and analyses why Bristol is the place to be for exciting legal work and an enviable work-life balance. | |
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Let's talk shop |
01/05/2012 |
| Learn legalspeak in 10 minutes! OK, so we can't make you fluent, but what we can do is introduce you to the most useful words you'll need to know to be a lawyer. | |
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Acing that pupillage interview |
17/04/2012 |
| Hurray - you’ve managed to impress with your pupillage application. But yikes - now you’re looking down the barrel of an interview. Take a few deep breaths, and consider what you can do to help your chances. Here, experts from The College of Law offer advice on how best to prepare for pupillage interviews… | |
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Experience required |
03/04/2012 |
| When law firms are battling to retain staff and stay profitable, taking on handfuls of eager would-be lawyers for work experience is not always top of the agenda. To get a look in, you need to think creatively - Angela Smith, careers manager at The College of Law York, shows you how! | |
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Applying yourself to pupillage |
20/03/2012 |
| With the pupillage application system now open, those of you who aspire to join the Bar need all the help you can get. Leeds-based barrister Simon Myerson writes the excellent blog, Pupillage and How to Get It - a must-read for anyone interested in life at the Bar. Read on for his sage advice on filling in pupillage applications. | |
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What does it take to make it in the City? |
13/03/2012 |
| For many (but not all) of you, working in the thrusting environment of a City law firm is what training to be a solicitor is all about. In this week's feature, The City Lawyer, an anonymous blogger and current City trainee, offers his/her take on what it takes to succeed. | |
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Embracing uncertainty |
06/03/2012 |
| Apart from death and taxes (as the old saying goes), there is nothing more certain than uncertainty. LPC student and soon-to-be Allen & Overy trainee Tom Whittaker suggests that we should all accept the virtues of uncertainty and go on to reap the rewards. | |
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A how-to guide to researching firms |
28/02/2012 |
| Law firm research may not be the most thrilling of topics (or activities), but it's impossible to net a training contract without it. Here we give you a handy guide to that much talked about but rarely explained concept and reveal just why it's so important. | |
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The inn crowd |
21/02/2012 |
| You've got to be in it to win it - true of the National Lottery and true of a career at the Bar. As Inner Temple's recruitment and outreach manager Anthony Dursi kindly explains, thanks to the myriad of networking, scholarship and training opportunities on offer, there's much more to gain from joining an Inn than a few posh dinners. | |
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A rare opportunity |
07/02/2012 |
| Diversity is never off the legal sector's agenda, yet the profession remains determinedly white, especially at senior levels. Graduate recruitment experts Rare aim to connect exceptional people from diverse backgrounds with top jobs. Rare’s Lianne Moseley, director of legal recruitment, offers insight into how the profession's doing. | |
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Don't be square, be (commercially) aware |
24/01/2012 |
| We've said it before and here we are saying it again. Commercial awareness is one of the key skills that law firms look for in their future trainees and, thus, you need to develop this particular area of your brain. The College of Law's Joanne Rourke describes what commercial awareness is and offers advice on ways you can improve yours. | |
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Getting under the skin of the GDL |
10/01/2012 |
| The Graduate Diploma in Law: what is it, why study it and how is it different to a law degree? This feature, written by BPP Law School's Mallory Dees, will tell you all you ever wanted to know about the law conversion course. | |
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Freebie wonder |
13/12/2011 |
| The law fair season once again saw a batch of free stuff whisk its way to LC.N Towers so that we, a hard-nosed team of testers dedicated to the public good, could bring you, the law-fair-attending public, a rundown of the best freebies on offer. Read on for the best swag of 2011. | |
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Is the City right for you? |
06/12/2011 |
| There’s never been a more interesting time to join the big business world of City law. Don’t for one minute imagine that you need a certain type of background. City recruiters know it’s all about how far a person can go in the future, not where they’ve already come from. Anna Williams, CityLawLIVE conference organiser, tells us more. | |
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The BPTC: info and insight |
29/11/2011 |
| Fancy yourself at the Bar? Well, a crucial step in the process is the BPTC - the compulsory, vocational stage of your barrister training. Ian Fox, barrister and BPTC course leader at Nottingham Law School, explains what you can expect on the course that will transform you from theoretical law student to practical would-be-barrister. | |
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