Tips for Students

Written by Shelina Khudurun Commercial Awareness. This is one the most important phrases that you will most definitely hear throughout your legal career. It’s not only […]

  Advocacy is a term that you will find popping up consistently throughout your research and applications to chambers. The main question is: how do I […]

What is marshalling? Why should I do it? I’m glad you asked… Last August, on a warm summer’s morning I was escorted (of my own volition, […]

The Graduate Diploma in Law is underway, and students have started making notes to help them achieve the elusive distinction. You may have already seen people consulting various guides and case books, during lectures and tutorials. A quick Google search of ‘GDL revision guides’ throws up a number of different companies, making students spoiled for choice. Therefore, we’ve reviewed the most popular GDL guides currently on the market, in order to make the decision a little easier for you.

I recently attended a dreaded BPTC scholarship interview, and lived to tell the tale! What follows is an outline of my experience at Lincoln’s Inn, whilst I […]

In the new Things for Lawyers series, we'll be exploring some of the best items money can buy to make work easier, more fun or to help you look good while doing it.

Jodie McMaster provides tips on how to secure a paralegal job, and how it can help aspiring solicitors to secure training contracts. Paralegal positions are often seen as a step forward to securing a training contract. So those, who want to pursue the paralegal career, should be prepared to justify that in the interview.