The odds of making a career out of being a professional footballer are astronomically low. The competition to turn professional is fierce, and the reality of not making the grade can be somewhat brutal. In many ways, parallels can be drawn between the hunt for a professional contract and the hunt for a training contract. […]
Paralegal work can provide individuals with a good platform to develop a range of skills and become a valued member of the team.
My career in law has thrown up a lot of challenges and opportunities for me since qualifying in 2012, but I never imagined that it would take me to Japan where I would be helping to shape global policies and influencing world leaders. That’s just what happened to me last month. At the end of […]
In the vast majority of jobs, if your computer revealed a Google search history of terms such as “speed”, “Vitamin R” or “chill pills”, you would – at the bare minimum – get a call from the management and a frosty meeting with the HR department. At a high street legal aid firm, no one […]
On top of excellent academics, a strong set of extra-curricular activities and plenty of legal experience, most firms now demand commercial awareness as part of their recruiting process. It seems like a bit of a buzzword to the uninitiated, but to a modern lawyer commercial awareness is every bit as essential as legal knowledge. Understanding […]
The second term of my first year studying an LLB law degree at Bristol University is over and with that, a fresh set of cases and concepts to get to grips with. In some of my earlier blogs I’ve talked a little about Contract and Criminal Law, so I thought I’d give those considering applying for […]
“More impenetrable than ever, he sits, and drinks, and mellows as it were in secrecy, pondering at that twilight hour on all the mysteries he knows.” Tips for Tulkinghorn will reach him on Twitter, at 79 Wells Street, W1T 3QN, or via The Lawyer news desk. *** One of the perks of being an intellectual […]
‘You may now begin.’ With these much dreaded words and a flurry of paper turning, the first of my January mid sessional papers began. Being back in an exam hall after what seemed like no time at all was a bizarre experience, particularly given that there were around 600 other students in a monstrous venue, […]
Our blogger discusses lack of time, challenging subjects and Latin in her second installment on studying an LLB It’s safe to say that my first term studying an LLB Law degree at Bristol University has been akin to a bendy road… the lack of a more frequent blog is testament to that! I can honestly admit that it […]
Chris Forsyth Current role: Partner in Freshfields’ London IP/IT practice. I trained at: Bristows My first day was: 15 September 1986 On September 15th 1986, I started my article clerkship at specialist IP firm Bristows. Articles comprised four compulsory six-month seats – company, civil litigation (a contradiction in terms?), property and IP. I sat with a […]
In the first in a new series about the LLB, our blogger gets to grips with the first weeks of her law degree Independence. If there is one thing that’s struck me about the first two weeks of an LLB Law degree at Bristol University, it’s the realisation that – unlike the structured nature of A Levels […]
This summer, I was fortunate enough to win Berwin Leighton Paisner’s Inspiring Leaders Competition, leading to the opportunity of a week’s work experience in their Singapore office. The competition was in two stages, the first involving submitting an essay, whilst the second involved giving a presentation to the London office. As a non-law student, the week spent […]