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Not long ago, I was filling out a training contract application when I stumbled upon a question I’d never seen before. It seemed to be addressing me directly, almost accusingly: ‘Why’, it demanded, ‘do you want to be a solicitor?’
I can’t quite correctly term what I experienced last weekend. However, processing it in one of my blogs felt like the perfect place to express my thoughts and experiences.
With the aim of making legal careers more widely accessible, an apprenticeship allows you to 'earn while you learn' – in other words, become a paid employee at a law firm (or in-house legal team). In this article, we'll take a look at what solicitor apprenticeships entail, what they offer, and how they differ from other routes to qualifying.
In this video, I talk about the common tasks I've been involved in during the first two seats of my training contract!
After completing your training contract or qualifying work experience, as well as passing both stages of the Solicitors Qualifying Exam, or the Legal Practice Course (if you’re eligible to qualify via this route) you’ll be a qualified solicitor.
Hello everyone! Danithebarrister here with another follow up video about Inns of Court. This video is all about what Inns of Court do before and during a barrister's career. This is not an exhaustive video but I hope it brings you some insight.
Exams are over (woohoo) and there are a few weeks ahead of you to organise and do as you please. No prep to do, no consolidation to do and absolutely no dissertation writing to do (double woohoo).
Barristers working within a set of chambers are self-employed and known as tenants.
Find out what delegates at LawCareersNetLIVE 2019 had to say about how they found the day.
I’m qualifying via the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) and am confused about the qualifying work experience (QWE) requirement. What work counts as QWE?
Can former employees take confidential information from their former employer to their new job?
I’m about to graduate from my law degree but don’t want to work at a law firm. What are my options?
Here's what some of last year's LawCareersNetLIVE delegates had to say about what they gained from the day.
13-17 November was National Anti-Bullying Week 2023. It’s an annual event coordinated by the Anti-Bullying Alliance charity, which aims to raise awareness of bullying among young people. The week emphasises prevention and effective responses to bullying.
Traditionally, law firms have been run by partnerships – a group of senior lawyers who put their own money into the firm in return for a share of the profits. However, in the modern legal profession there are many different types of partnership, with huge variety in terms of how firms are structured.
Traditionally, law firms have been run by partnerships – a group of senior lawyers who put their own money into to the firm in return for a share of the profits. However, in the modern legal profession there are many different types of partnership, with huge variety in terms of how firms are structured.
Despite being described as one of the best justice systems in the world, which strives for integrity and equality, the UK’s criminal justice system has flaws and miscarriages of justice still occur.
One of the key questions to ask yourself is what type of lawyer you want to be.