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. 

Earlier this week Rishi Sunak gave a ‘summer statement’, in which he announced several schemes aimed to support the UK’s economic recovery, including training and apprenticeship schemes, stamp duty ‘holiday’, a VAT cut on food, accommodation and attractions, and environmental measures. Whether you are preparing to start university in the autumn, applying for training contracts or embarking on a virtual vacation scheme or training contract, it is crucial that you stay up to date with such changes and consider how they will affect the business and legal world going forward.

I want to become a human rights barrister but I keep hearing that only Oxbridge students get pupillages. Is this true?

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Protect Duty Bill: what does it mean to owners and operators?

To secure a place at one of our prestigious LawCareersNetLIVE student conferences you must submit a top-class application. These applications are similar to training contract applications.

Managing partner of Brabners LLP, Nik White, discusses the importance of work experience, the qualification process at Brabners and the firm’s work on the ‘Wagatha Christie’ case. 

We cover the basics of launching a legal career, including what you should do in the first year of university, how to research and apply to future employers, and practical advice for getting work experience.

Relationships between the owners and occupiers of residential properties can be fraught with problems.

Sarah Walker, a barrister at Selborne Chambers, talks about the importance of mini-pupillages, the type of work she gets involved with as a commercial chancery disputes barrister, work/life balance and more in this Meet the Lawyer interview. 

In the UK, students at the University of Greenwich on the IPL learn through the “innocence project model” of clinical legal education which developed in the US.

We are approaching the busiest time of year for aspiring lawyers when it comes to applying for insight events, vacation schemes and training contracts. If you are balancing this work with your normal university workload, or even another job, this can be especially stressful. The deadlines seem to be approaching fast, you have done most (if not all) of your research, and now it is time to do the hardest part – actually sitting down and filling out the application forms.

From trainee to partner at Devonshires, Asif Patel tells the story of his journey to partner, what makes Devonshires stand out and how you can be successful at a training contract interview with the firm. 

In this webinar, sponsored by Addleshaw Goddard, Dentons and Weil, Gotshal & Manges (London) LLP, we cover the basics of launching a legal career, including what you should do in the first year of university, how to research and apply to future employers, and practical advice for getting work experience.

Hear from Harry Samuels in this Meet the Lawyer barrister profile, as he discusses his career at the Bar, a recent interesting case and the collegiate culture at XXIV Old Buildings.

The shifting focus of universities around generative AI continues to develop and, where many still view generative AI as a threat, there are some who see it as an opportunity.

Gateley Legal’s training and graduate partner Matt Leech outlines his work in restructuring and explains his role in building Gateley’s Leeds office from the ground up.

When I began applying for vacation schemes, questions about commercial awareness and how to demonstrate this scared me. For most applicants, it can send shivers down our spines as a well-educated solicitor asks us what we know about the commercial world and its implications for the future of the legal sector.