Meet the Lawyer

Stevens & Bolton LLP

Challenging, varied work, client contact and early involvement in business development have all contributed to a great training experience at Stevens & Bolton for Theology graduate Luke Stewart. Read on for Luke’s insights into life in the corporate team, as well as the firm’s wider culture.

Features

The Solicitors Qualifying Exam: everything we know so far

Legal education and training will change in 2021 with the introduction of the new Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). Here is everything we know about the new exams, from the syllabus, to the format of the exams themselves, to the possible cost for candidates, to the response of law firms, universities, law schools and junior lawyers.

Brochure library

Watson Farley & Williams LLP

Watson Farley & Williams is seeking excellence: if you’ve got what it takes, learn more about the practice areas, career progression opportunities and more in the firm’s 2018-19 brochure.

LCN Says

The pressures of being an international student interested in a legal career in the UK

When people hear the term ‘international student’, there is a stereotype that English may not be our first language, we’re filthy rich and we’re more interested in the aesthetic of being an international student as opposed to a regular student working to get a degree at the end of three years! The thing with stereotypes is that they are mostly wrong.

Commercial Question

Game workers unite! Unionisation in the gaming industry

Why is the unionisation of the gaming workforce in the UK so important to businesses?

Sponsored by Taylor Wessing

Blogs

What to do in the limbo period following applications?

January was a busy month for many aspiring lawyers. The new year entailed increased work demands following the holiday break, as well as study and exam pressures. Furthermore, most firms had their vacation scheme deadlines.

No doubt, this tug of war over your time meant that lots of your evenings and weekends were surrendered to researching, writing and refining applications. Therefore, it is unsurprising that many readers of this website, come the 31 January, breathed a collective sigh of relief. Applications were submitted – there was nothing else that could be done.

Ask the Oracle

Can I work at another firm before I start my training contract?

I want to use the year between finishing the LPC and starting my training contract to gain experience – would the firm I’m joining let me work elsewhere during that time?