Suits, Law and Order and the Good Wife portray law as a glamorous, dynamic and glitzy profession, but what is it really like working for a law firm? Is the reality a little less New York City skyscraper and more about the long hours and personal sacrifice required by lawyers?
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Your New Year and New Legal Career
The new year brings about renewed feelings of hope, ambition and inspiration. We set new year’s resolutions to…
More Applications to Legal Roles, As Pay and Job Opportunities Improve
Candidates appear to be growing in confidence, despite looming political uncertainty, making now an ideal time to…
Paralegals are emerging as a go-to profession. The manner in which the legal sector is developing means that fewer and fewer consumers will be able to afford the services of solicitors or barristers.
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Dressing for Success in the Legal Sector
Oscar Wilde once said that “looking good and dressing well is a necessity”; what we wear and how we dress matters.
Critical Thinking Skills Are Vital to Working in Law
Lawyers hardly need explaining why these are so vital: legal practice requires highly developed cognitive abilities…
The legal career is an often difficult but rewarding life choice, but many believe you have to go to law school and become a lawyer to work in law. The truth is, there are many roles within the legal sphere that don’t require you to be a lawyer, and many more legal jobs that you need not go to law…
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What’s It Really Like to Be a Barrister?
Becoming a barrister is often considered one of the highest achievements for a person’s legal career and most are…
What’s It Like Applying for a Large Law Firm?
Here Toby Horner and Yasmina Kone discuss the Clifford Chance complete application process.