Back in July we launched our first ever sponsorship scheme to support aspiring lawyers from backgrounds which are currently under-represented in the British legal system. Today we are chatting to Laura about her studies.
How much longer are our constitutional rights safe?
A common political tactic is to use a bigger event that is currently distracting the public as cover to release potentially harmful or embarrassing information. Coronavirus is the distraction that the current government is using to mount an inquiry into judicial review. However, such a review should come as no surprise. It is clear that there has been mounting tension between the judiciary and the executive in recent years with successive governments being frustrated by what they see as excessive and expanding judicial interference in politics – the peak of this being the two Miller cases.
Meet our sponsee - Simran!
How to write the perfect law essay
Revision tips for the PGDL
Revising for the PGDL this year is particularly difficult. It’s a new course this academic year. It also has new exam questions designed for the SQE (namely multiple choice questions, and we’ve written a blog about technique for answering MCQs.
Top tips for answering law MCQs
Love them or hate them, the fact is that MCQs – multiple choice questions – are going to be a key part of your legal exams. The new Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE) will test a broad range of legal knowledge through MCQs, which means that course providers are adapting their preparatory courses. BPP’s PGDL course includes a mix of MCQs alongside more traditional long-form questions.
How to stand out in a group exercise?
What are training contract interviews and assessments like?
Last month we discussed how to go about making applications for training contracts and vacation schemes and the key traits of preparation and perseverance that you’ll need to get through to an interview and assessment centre. So what is it going to be like when you do make it through?
Law firm applications – you can do it!
Applications for vacation schemes and training contracts can seem daunting. At the very least, they are enormously time-consuming, with all manner of hurdles for you to overcome before you finally get the offer you were hoping for. Many application forms for training contracts and vacation schemes are very similar, as many firms see vacation schemes as the route many of their prospective trainees will take. To tackle either of them, we recommend you do two things: prepare and persevere.
Making the most opportunities at law school
How to stand out whilst working remotely - Online Vacation Scheme Top Tips
Training Contract applications – how to get through the first cut
We all know that training contracts are not easy to get. Law firms often receive well over a hundred applications for each available space. And of these hundred applicants, the vast majority will all look excellent on paper: good universities, high grades, and a raft of extra-curricular trophies and titles.
New to law? Here’s the score!
2020 is a year like no other. As a current third year student, I will never have to experience a socially distanced freshers’ week and first year. I’m sure that you are blindingly aware that it won’t be the experience you quite imagined, but try to make the most of what you can.
Here are some quick fire tips to get you started on the best footing:
How to survive the LLB
How to survive the GDL
How to survive the LPC
Dissertation planning for LLB students
When can you get tort damages to fund something not allowed in this country?
A reminder: the rule against self-dealing by trustees is very strict indeed!
It’s well worth remembering that the rule on self-dealing by trustees is a lot stricter than the rule on fair dealing. This has been underlined by a recent case which might be quite useful if you’re having to write an essay about fiduciary duties. (If you’ve got our LLB Equity guide you might add a link to this case to page 86. It’s page 374 in our GDL guide).
Will the SQE achieve its aim of diversifying the profession?
One of the SRA’s stated aims in shaking up legal education was to improve diversity in the solicitors’ profession. The logic was that, by removing the need to take and pass the LPC before a getting a training contract and qualifying as a solicitor, students would not have to take the “LPC gamble” of spending around £15,000 on the LPC without knowing they had a job at the end of it (excluding those lucky few who were granted a training contract while on the LLB or GDL of course).