Tuesday 4 February 2020

The Lowdown on Law Apprenticeships

It’s National Apprenticeship Week, so what better time to talk about the various apprenticeship opportunities that law has to offer? This week’s Feature introduces the different types of apprenticeship, while the Oracle weighs up the pros and cons of pursuing an apprenticeship after your A levels over full-time university study. For more information, see The Law Apprenticeships Guide 2020. Away from apprenticeships, the Commercial Question examines the IP problems faced by McDonald’s in recent years, while the LGBT-inclusive firms being celebrated by charity Stonewall are revealed in News.

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Meet the Lawyer

Charlotte Smith – Walker Morris LLP

One of the most appealing aspects of being an employment lawyer is the variety. Charlotte Smith provides a glimpse of what a career in the employment team at Walker Morris is really like, from advising Premier League football clubs to attending employment tribunals.

Brochure Focus

Osborne Clarke LLP

With high-profile clients and award-winning development programmes, Osborne Clarke has the perfect environment in which to succeed.

Meet the Recruiter

Amy Ruff – Shoosmiths

Amy Ruff offers her advice for each stage of the recruitment process at Shoosmiths, from competency-based questions on the application form, to assessment centres, to the summer vacation scheme.

LCN Says

Five opportunities for the legal services sector offered by the growth of paralegals

Amanda Hamilton

Anyone working within the legal services sector is perfectly well aware of the increasing number of paralegals operating within it. And these aren’t simply wannabe solicitors. Many of them are individuals who wish to embark on a paralegal career in its own right.

LCN Awards winner

Macfarlanes LLP | Best Recruiter – Large City Firm

Rigour and fairness are the cornerstones of trainee recruitment at Macfarlanes, a firm that goes toe to toe with larger City competitors on clients and work quality, but does things differently when it comes growing its business.

Different types of LAW APPRENTICESHIPS | LawCareers.Net

Commercial Question

A Big Mac-tastrophe: the recipe for trade mark revocation

How can a household-name business find one its most famous trade marks being revoked? Sponsored by Womble Bond Dickinson

Features

A guide to law apprenticeships

A legal apprenticeship is a route to becoming a lawyer that combines a paid job at a law firm with studying for formal qualifications, paid for by the government and your employer. It is an alternative to the traditional route of going to university and training to be a lawyer afterwards.

The Oracle

Apprenticeship or university?

I’m considering starting a legal apprenticeship, but are the career prospects the same as the full-time university route? What are the main differences between an apprenticeship and going to university?

LCN Blogs

Game-based assessments

Kat C-W

This application cycle, I did my first game-based assessment! It was a fun way of testing skills and I was intrigued to find out a bit more about what is being tested and what some of the rationale is behind these tests.