The Legal Cheek Podcast

Big pay, long hours: What's it really like to pull all-nighters and work weekends as a junior lawyer?

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Has the SQE just got easier?

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The REAL REASON training contract numbers are falling (clue: it’s not AI - yet)

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What to expect on the PGDL

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Should I do the SQE even though I don’t have a training contract?

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How I landed a pupillage: what every aspiring barrister should know

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What to expect on the SQE — from someone who’s passed it

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How to secure a training contract this application cycle

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Is the CPS a good place to start your career as a trainee lawyer?

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What the lawyer picks in Andy Burnham's Cabinet tell us about the way he will govern

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From lawyer to plasterer?! Why do so many quit law?

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Why Prince Harry’s lawfare was a BIG MISTAKE

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Better together? The hidden headaches of mega mergers

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How did Keir Starmer become a top barrister when he was so bad as Prime Minister?

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White collar jobpocalypse? Is AI really going to cut trainee lawyer numbers or might it end up boosting them?

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What students get wrong about commercial awareness

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S6EP22: How to stand out on a vac scheme for all the right reasons

With summer vac scheme season fast approaching and thousands of solicitor hopefuls gearing up to storm law firm offices across the City and beyond, how can you make the m

S6EP21: How best to prepare for law school and the conversion course

Whether you’re a sixth-former aiming for a top university or a graduate considering a career change into law, this episode offers a clear and realistic guide to navigatin

S6EP20: Magic Circle, white shoe firms & the “global elite” — What does it all mean today?

What exactly is the difference between the Magic Circle, the Silver Circle, White Shoe firms and today’s so-called “Global Elite” — and do any of these labels still mean

S6EP19: BigLaw’s billion-dollar AI race

The legal AI arms race is well underway. Over the past year, elite law firms have rushed to announce partnerships with the biggest names in legal tech, as firms compete t