The Lex 100 Features
LPC vs SQE: choosing the qualification route for you
There’s been much discussion among law firms, academics and other industry commentators around the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) over the past few years. Their differing views have been widely reported in the legal press so it’s no surprise that students are confused about the best route to qualification. As the …
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Taylor Wessing Virtual Vacation Scheme – Inside Story
As the pandemic’s impact on working life started to take shape in March and April earlier this year, many law firms cancelled or altered their work experience offerings including their vacation schemes because of the uncertainty of the endgame for the lockdown. We are in similar times with cases on the increase and regional tiered …
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Clifford Chance Global Virtual Internships – Chance to Experience Clifford Chance from Anywhere
A major concern for students, recent graduates and career changers in our current mid-pandemic situation is, ‘how do I get legal work experience during Covid-19?’ On-campus and traditional in-office experiences are either impossible, or at least limited at the moment due to the necessary health and safety conditions. This has, in terms of commercial awareness …
Standing out in a competitive sector
The legal industry has always been highly competitive and even more so for those at the start of their careers looking to make their mark and progress through the ranks. Savvy younger solicitors have always tried to get ahead by networking, applying early for training contracts and taking a targeted approach to securing a …
Let your law degree take you into the boardroom
Let your law degree take you into the boardroom Use your legal knowledge in a job which sits at the heart of an organisation with boardroom responsibility, is jam-packed with variety and a competitive salary to boot. Consider a career in governance as a company secretary. Hawys Boobier, freelance writer and editor, finds out more …
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Burges Salmon BCultured
BCultured is Burges Salmon’s Black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) network. Established in 2018, the group welcomes anybody within the firm who shares its objectives: to promote diversity, inclusivity and social mobility within the firm. ‘It’s not just for lawyers’, explains Ebony Ezekwesili, first-seat trainee solicitor and active BCultured member. ‘It’s open to people at …
Passports at the ready: Dechert international secondments
An overseas secondment is an indisputable bonus of training at an international law firm. Following a stint abroad, trainees return armed with a newfound confidence and a network of colleagues from around the globe. We spoke with Dechert trainees about the perks of undertaking an international seat. Dechert’s six-seat training contract ensures that all trainees …
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Latham & Watkins’ Global Affinity Groups
From parent lawyers to female lawyers to first-generation professionals, Latham & Watkins wants its lawyers and professional staff to feel supported and included, regardless of background or personal circumstances. The firm has created eight global affinity groups for lawyers, which, essentially, do what they say on the tin: allow colleagues who share an affinity in …
Clifford Chance IGNITE: a law tech training contract
Having to decide between a career in technology or law is now a thing of the past. Those with a dual interest in law and technology have hit the jackpot with IGNITE. Clifford Chance’s law tech training contract enables participants to qualify as solicitors whilst simultaneously gaining expertise in technology, related products and their application …
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What it Really Means to be a Tech Lawyer at Osborne Clarke
‘Forward thinking’, ‘technologically advanced’ and ‘digitally savvy’, but a few of the phrases quoted by trainees at Osborne Clarke to describe the firm in recent Lex 100 surveys. Far from just a marketing campaign, the international firm’s progressive nature is routinely lauded by clients and employees alike and pervades Osborne Clarke from top to bottom. …
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