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Learning at all hours of the day and night

Once, law lectures were given in fine halls. Now, students have the convenience and flexibility of electronic tutorials and online supervision

Why do state schools set the Bar so high?

Aged 10, Charlotte Pickering decided that she wanted to be a barrister. But teachers at her local comprehensive did little to encourage her dreams

Mentoring: more than a helping hand

Being matched with a volunteer from your favoured practice area can help you to network, write job applications - and be successful at interviews

Legal news in brief

Training Tanzanian lawyers, training at the Bar, an online part-time Graduate Diploma in Law and Beachcroft signs with the College of Law

It's time to spread your wings

Don't specialise too soon and be ready to change direction; that way you'll still be in demand in the bad times as well as the good

Ten amazing courtroom film scenes

The real judiciary would not permit some of these classic capers. Particularly the delinquent lawyer who drank a bottle of poison in front of a jury...

New master's degree in law and finance

The University of Oxford's groundbreaking degree - already oversubscribed - aims to boost individual careers and legal expertise in the City

Lessons in juggling your workload

Would-be lawyers have always worked hard. But the findings of a new research report suggest that things might be getting more difficult . . .

Law schools: gatekeepers or cash cows?

Undergraduate law degrees have been neglected with law schools now isolated from the profession and exposed in the battle for resources

When there are tears from the Bench

Judges must be composed. But they can still display emotion in court - they don't stop being rational or reasoning just because their eyes well up

Proving the innocent not guilty

A new book argues that the Criminal Cases Review Commission is not doing what it was set up for: to help alleged victims of wrongful convictions

How to succeed at your interview

Maximise your chances and follow these simple but important do's and don'ts to beat the intense competition for a training contract

The savour of would-be lawyers in Scotland

The recession has stolen about a third of traineeships North of the Border, but the public sector is still recruiting . . . and has no plans to stop

All change in the legal profession

There's more to a legal career than simply qualifying as a solicitor or barrister. But be prepared for tougher selection procedures

ELD - what is it and what does it do?

Four-year courses may not be right for everyone, but they can offer an edge in the highly competitive legal marketplace after you graduate

Student survey: what you have to say

Law students are a bookish bunch who want to stick with the profession even though more than half are worried about getting a job

Shop around before you start

Law students have been advised to think hard before embarking on a long, costly training with no certainty of employment at the end of it

How to make friends and influence sets

Still without a pupillage but determined to make it at the Bar? Your Inn could be the best place to start making the right connections. . .

Justices go live on television

The new Supreme Court will press the public's buttons in a way that the House of Lords never did

Why plagiarism never pays

The 300 law students caught cheating every year face penaities that range from a formal warning to expulsion

Overpaid junior barrister?

Is the stereotype of the highly paid junior an accurate one? Some could earn more working full-time in a supermarket or fast-food chain

In a class of their own

More university students are now graduating with first-class degrees. Why are so few from the law faculties among them?

Would you sue your law school?

The costs of taking a legal action against a law school could go as high as £400,000. So why are more people prepared to take the risk?

Legal life in a virtual world

The virtual universe of Second Life is fun for most people - but for a small number it can be serious stuff. Where will law firms fit in?

Taking it one stage at a time on the LPC

Over the next 12 months all providers of the Legal Practice Course will switch to a new model that will chop the programme into two stages