In this LCN Says, we speak to Zhi Yung Foo from Mayer Brown International LLP about life as a trainee working in finance. Read this article to find out how he builds commercial awareness, and how understanding client objectives, market trends and global factors shapes the deals he works on.

In this LCN Says, we speak to Zhi Yung Foo from Mayer Brown International LLP about life as a trainee working in finance. Read this article to find out how he builds commercial awareness, and how understanding client objectives, market trends and global factors shapes the deals he works on.

Luke Barden de Lacroix is a senior 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. 

In the legal sector relationships are not optional extras, they sit at the centre of how the profession functions. Long before grades, applications or interviews come into play, reputations are already forming through conversations and introductions. The reality is simple – personal connections influence which firms you enter, who you work alongside and which clients trust you with their business. You may resist the idea of networking, but the legal profession doesn’t reward such behaviour. Whether you engage deliberately or passively, networking is happening around you.

How are developments in ‘fire safety’ impacting the construction industry?

I want to qualify as a solicitor in Ireland, which law firms should I target?

Writing this from the departure gate of Johannesburg airport after a week of discussions on international humanitarian law, a day in the life as the legal counsellor to the UK Mission in Geneva is rarely the same. A statement laced with bias: my role is extraordinary.

What does commercial awareness really mean to your clients and to your supervising partner?

Here’s LawCareers.Net’s 26-step guide to the training contract application process, plus 10 mock interview questions to help you prepare.

The Solicitors Regulation Authority is the regulator of solicitors and law firms in England and Wales. 

On 23 June 2016 the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. What are the immigration implications of this historic decision and what happens next?

With the rolling out of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) from September 2021, the route for non-law students to qualify as a solicitor has changed. Confused? In this Feature we’ll run through what your options are as a non-law student pursuing a career as a solicitor, and the different kinds of law conversion course that are available.

From deciding between law and accounting while studying at the University of Johannesburg, Oratile Jonas is now an associate in the corporate team at Gowling WLG. Find out about Oratile’s journey into the profession in this interview.

The Free Representation Unit (FRU) is a charity that provides individuals with representation that they couldn’t otherwise afford and gives junior lawyers a valuable opportunity to get practical advocacy experience.

If you've just started applying, or have already finished all of your submissions, well done! You've completed, in my opinion, the hardest part. The next step is converting those applications into placement offers. In this post, I'll describe how you can succeed in the next stage of psychometric testing, and some advice for post-application worries.

What is AI’s role in the future of inventions?

The Free Representation Unit is a charity that provides individuals with representation that they could not afford otherwise and gives junior lawyers a valuable opportunity to get practical advocacy experience. 

This week has been filled with fraud, arrests and women’s rights so sit tight as we take you through our pick of the top commercial stories, and use the Wrestle with PESTLE method to help you break down the news. 

The cost of studying for the qualifications 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, SQE and Bar courses.

The Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme (QLTS) has been replaced by the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE). Only lawyers who’ve already started qualifying via the QLTS can continue to qualify this way.