Meet the Lawyer

Ropes & Gray International LLP

No two days are the same for Emma Keating – in the special situations team she could be dealing with a finance restructuring one moment and a litigious insolvency the next. Read on to find out more about Emma’s practice and wider life at Ropes & Gray, including training and the firm’s excellent secondment opportunities.

Features

Here are the funding options for your law degree, GDL, LPC or BPTC

The cost of studying the courses a student must complete to become a solicitor or barrister is obviously of paramount importance to the vast majority of people pursuing a career in law. Here is our guide to the loans and scholarships available for law degrees, as well as the GDL, LPC and BPTC.

Brochure library

Kirkland & Ellis International LLP

Kirkland & Ellis’s recruitment brochure emphasises the firm’s key offerings to prospective trainees: the opportunities to be a valuable part of the team and be involved in high-quality international work from day one.

LCN Says

Could non-legal work experience be a better way to show you have the skills to be a successful lawyer?

With such fierce competition for training contract/vacation scheme applications, a big challenge for students is to think of unique ways to create a memorable application, while also illustrating that you have the requisite skills to make it as a lawyer.

Commercial Question

Bonds on blockchain: distributed ledger technology and fintech

How are fintech developments being deployed in capital markets, and how might this affect the role of lawyers?

Sponsored by White & Case LLP

Blogs

Amicus ALJ and the death penalty

Most of us are familiar with the issues surrounding the use of the death penalty. Being involved with Amicus ALJ allows you to help people affected by the death penalty and learn many new skills to use in your legal studies and career.

Ask the Oracle

Are the GDL and LPC eligible for postgraduate loan funding?

I have graduated from my undergraduate degree and need to complete the GDL and LPC before I can start a training contract, but am really going to struggle to finance these hugely expensive courses. I have heard about postgraduate loans and am wondering if GDL and LPC students are eligible?