Building a CV From Scratch Across Five Years of Law School
Right now your CV might be almost empty, and that can feel discouraging, like everyone else already has a full page and you’re starting from nothing. Here’s the reframe: a strong law CV isn’t written in a panic in final...
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How to Negotiate Your First Legal Job Offer
Here’s the question almost every fresher is too nervous to ask: “Can I negotiate my offer, or will they withdraw it if I ask for more?” The answer is yes, you can often negotiate, provided you do it respectfully and...
Corporate Law Firm Interviews: What to Expect and How to Prepare
If you have a corporate or transactional interview coming up, you’ve probably come across the phrase “commercial awareness” and wondered how much business knowledge you’re actually expected to have. You might even be worried that you’ll be questioned about complex...
How to Prepare for Campus Placements as a Law Student
Placement season has a way of making calm students panic. Suddenly everyone seems to have a strategy, a polished CV and inside information, and you’re wondering if you missed a memo. You didn’t. Placements reward preparation, not secret knowledge, and...
How to Use Referrals to Land a Legal Job
A lot of people quietly hate the idea of referrals. It feels like something reserved for the well-connected, or like you’d be reducing a genuine relationship to a favour. I get it. But here’s the reframe that changes everything: a...
How to Bounce Back From Repeated Job Rejections
Before we get into strategy, it’s worth acknowledging how this actually feels, because most advice doesn’t. Repeated rejection can be genuinely discouraging. After hearing “We’ve decided to move forward with other candidates” enough times, it’s easy to start believing the...
Fourth-Year Law Student Roadmap: Specialise and Position
Fourth year is when your career starts feeling close. Placements, whether on campus or off, are around the corner, and this is the year to turn your internships, skills, and experiences into a focused, competitive profile. If you’re wondering whether...
3-Year LLB Roadmap: How to Maximise a Shorter Degree
If you’re doing a 3-year LLB, you might be watching 5-year students with their extra two years and thinking, “Am I already behind?” Let me flip that for you. Yes, you have less time, but you also usually come in...
Skill-Building Timeline: What to Learn in Each Year of Law School
Here’s something law school doesn’t tell you clearly enough: your degree teaches you law, but your career runs on skills, research, writing, drafting, commercial awareness, and more, many of which you’re expected to pick up on the side. “Build skills”...
