Chambers Student Podcast

Artificial Intelligence has its uses in a number of different industries, and the law is no different. There are, after all, a great many lawyers discussing and using AI and generative AI in their daily work. In this episode, we sat down with three lawyers at international law firm Ashurst, to discuss how AI is impacting the legal landscape, how the firm is adapting to it, and what it means for the day to day of legal professionals.

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This week, we sit down with Hardeep Plahe, a partner at the rapidly expanding Addleshaw Goddard, to hear more about why law firms expand, their key regions of interest, and why prospective applicants should take an interest.

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This week, we sat down with trainee Melanie Yu, supervisor Martin Weatherston-Wilson and training principal James Harvey to get their top tips on how to step into the space with focus, their sources for improving your commercial awareness, and insider knowledge on how to spruce up your application.

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This week, we sat down with trainee Melanie Yu, supervisor Martin Weatherston-Wilson and training principal James Harvey to get their top tips on how to step into the space with focus, their sources for improving your commercial awareness, and insider knowledge on how to spruce up your application.

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In this episode, we sit down with Clifford Chance NQ Lucy Johnson to discuss the realities of a training contract at the firm, and we hear what advice Lucy would give her younger self as she started out.

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As a trainee, or prospective trainee, partners can often seem pretty far removed from your day to day. But as any partner will tell you, they were you once. No matter how daunting it feels, they sat in your shoes and chances are, they remember it well. Recently, we sat down with Asma, Hannah and James, three lawyers at City law firm Travers Smith, to find out more.

For more insights from Asma, Hannah and James, we’ve put together an accompanying article with additional comments from all three interviewees, available here: https://www.chambersstudent.co.uk/law-firms/getting-a-training-contract/partner-origin-stories-with-travers-smith

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In this podcast we speak with trainee, Charlotte Gill and partner, Viran Ram of Clyde & Co., one of the premier law firms in insurance, to speak about just that - insurance law, what it's all about, and why you should be interested in the space...

For anyone interested in a career in law, the steps you need to take can feel pretty convoluted, and it can sometimes feel like your options are fairly limited. But while there are a host of resources available to you that will help simplify the process, it’s also worth knowing that the traditional training contract route is one option of several. In this podcast, we chat to Amy Armitage and Tom Evans at Norton Rose Fulbright to hear more about two alternative career pathways available at the firm.

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If you’re just coming out of university, it will probably feel pretty daunting to make the transition to a truly global workplace. But it’s a challenge that brings with it a near endless supply of upsides, from a more varied firm culture and a broader range of practices to secondment opportunities. In this episode, we sit down with trainees at international firm White & Case to hear more about the first steps of building a career in a global workplace.

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Wherever you wind up doing your training contract, understanding the way what’s happening around the world relates to the law is important. So important, in fact, that the phrase ‘commercial awareness’ is probably something you’ll grow pretty sick of hearing. But wrapping your head around the legal aspects of current events is something that every aspiring lawyer will need to learn how to do, and at international firms like White & Case, it’s more important than ever. In this podcast, we sit down with trainees at the firm to find out more about how to broaden your perspective, and, most importantly, how to show it off to recruiters.

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