Tag: Vacation schemes

‘My dream vac scheme wasn’t what I expected’
Cold partners = red flag? asks TC hopeful

5 things to avoid doing on your summer vac scheme
Sidestep these blunders!

5 top tips for mastering law firm networking events
Legal Cheek explains…

What to expect on a vacation scheme
Legal Cheek explains...

Law firm assessment centres: everything you need to know
Video interviews, aptitude tests, group tasks and more

Wanting to convert a vac scheme to a training contract? Here’s what you need to know
ULaw Campus Dean Aruna Verma discusses transferable skills and commercial awareness hot topics

Making the most of opportunities as a training contract hopeful
ULaw Vice-Chancellor Peter Crisp offers his top careers advice

The skills students need to succeed this training contract application season
Reed Smith graduate recruitment manager Rebecca Schrod on being methodical, proactive and self-reflective

Foot Anstey launches vac scheme for underrepresented BME students
Guaranteed assessment centre spot

5 tips to secure a City TC
Future trainee Anuja Venkataramani offers advice to lawyer hopefuls

How to turn your summer vac scheme into a training contract
As many aspiring lawyers embark on the final step before obtaining a TC this summer, Legal Cheek's future trainees offer their tips to put yourself in the best position

5 takeaways from our training contract application masterclass
Lawyers and graduate recruitment specialists come together to discuss the dos and don’ts of the TC process

‘Can I wear a nose piercing to my winter vac scheme?’
Readers' guidance required

BCLP increases maintenance grants and vac scheme pay — also scraps grade requirements
Boosts in response to rising living costs

Love Islanders as the people you meet on a vac scheme
Similar personality traits abound

‘Can I send LinkedIn requests to lawyers I meet on my vac scheme?’
I don't want to come across cringe

‘What should I wear for my summer vac scheme?’
I’ve heard dress codes are more relaxed now but is that actually true?

How to nail a summer vac scheme
Three future trainees give their top tips

‘Should I say I’m an incoming vac schemer on LinkedIn?’
It's been tough to get onto these schemes, but after seeing criticism online, now I'm not so sure

Travers boosts vac scheme pay by nearly 70% as it looks to get students back into the office this summer
£750 to cover week's expenses

My journey from vac schemer to junior lawyer at a global law firm
Lauren Vallender discusses her route into White & Case’s energy, infrastructure and project finance team, ahead of her appearance at this afternoon's virtual student event