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I have discovered a few apps that I find really make my life easier when it comes to revision.

Having just wrapped up in Bristol, all of the LawCareersNetLIVE events are now over for 2019! This year I decided to attend the Manchester event, having attended the London event in 2018. I am based in Sheffield, so this was partly out of convenience, but also as I thought that the firms in Manchester were ones with which I hadn’t had a lot of interaction before, so it would be a good opportunity to find out more.

The November slump is real. If you are ready to throw those brand-new textbooks out the window, here are a few tips to collect yourself and get back on track for the weeks ahead. 

Kat's recent campaign against animal welfare abuses at greyhound stadiums shows that activism can play an important role in developing the skills that lawyers need to thrive.

This is a question that crosses every first-year law student's mind – but there are good reasons why just reading case summaries is not quite enough.

It’s universal knowledge that most law firms have relatively conservative dress codes. The majority of firms state ‘business smart’ on their invites to assessment days, open days and interviews. But what exactly is business smart? If you are fashion savvy, is there a place for your style at a law firm? Here are my suggestions for interview wear, most of which are tailored to females, but I have included a few tips for males too. 

When you pick up a paper or read the front page of a news website, many of the stories will likely be about Brexit. However, students are being told not to talk about Brexit as law firms are bored of it and no one knows what’s going to happen anyway. This blog discusses some other stories that are worth following from a commercial awareness perspective.  

In the move to diversify the legal profession, there are now more ways than ever to enter it and fewer people qualifying are taking the traditional law degree route to become a solicitor. With this in mind, this post sets out all of the ways that you can qualify as a solicitor in the United Kingdom, along with rough timelines and prices.

Sharing notes or forming study groups can be a more efficient way of studying. You may learn new, better ways to study, and having different revision styles in one group can help you process information faster.