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Key law career questions

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Without wanting to detract from the exciting and challenging legal career on offer, here are some things to bear in mind

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First steps checklist

Here's what you can do even before you start university

First-year checklist

Find out what you should be doing in your first year at university as a law or non-law student

Meet the Lawyer

Read how today's lawyers went from student to qualified lawyer

Legal career paths

Take a look at our simple career timetable

Meet the Recruiter

Amy McCarthy

Find out how you can ace your Akin summer vacation scheme application with advice from the firm’s graduate recruitment manager Amy McCarthy.

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Lucy De St Croix

Lucy De St Croix, graduate recruitment and development officer, provides an inside look into Trowers & Hamlins LLP’s vacation scheme, the firm’s diversity and inclusion initiatives and outlines how candidates can demonstrate commercial awareness in their applications.

Meet the Lawyer

Maddie Cubbon

Associate Maddie Cubbon joined Ropes & Gray four years ago. In this profile she speaks about her unusual journey to becoming a solicitor, her recent client secondment and what makes Ropes & Gray an inclusive firm.

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Luke Barden de Lacroix

Luke Barden de Lacroix is an associate at Howard Kennedy. Luke talks about his training contract, the work he does now as a commercial dispute resolution lawyer and the biggest opportunity he’s had since qualifying as a solicitor.

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About the legal sector

What lawyers do

Learn more about the branches of the legal profession, areas of law, and practice areas

Types of lawyers

Read our table of key facts to help you distinguish between the different types of lawyers

Paralegals

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Injury law experts National Accident Helpline has reopened its annual law competition, Future Legal Mind, for the ninth consecutive year. The competition, open to both undergraduate and postgraduate students, is one of the leading law essay competitions in the UK.

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Allen & Overy and Shearman & Sterling merge to create global powerhouse

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