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"You'll never walk alone"

Two Slaughter and May partners on guiding Liverpool FC through its 2010 buyout

10 steps to getting into a top law firm

What can you do to build a successful application while you're at university?

A beautiful friendship

Lucy Mair finds out about Clifford Chance's work in Africa, and how you could win a trip to the location of the firm's first African office – Casablanca

A guide to City law firms

If you want to work in the City, here are the key details about the firms that you need to know about

A unique training contract

The path from law student to qualified lawyer isn't the same everywhere. A partner and trainee from Jones Day tell The Gateway about what their firm has on offer for new recruits

Banking and finance law

Find out about this important part of a commercial law firm, with the the help of a Dentons banking partner

Being a City lawyer: the pros and cons

The good – and not so good – aspects of the job

Building your career in law: Trainee

Chicago to Hong Kong: Baker & McKenzie's international vacation scheme

Meet two students who experienced the firm's international vacation scheme

Clifford Chance's Shanghai story

Lucy Mair finds out why international law firm Clifford Chance expanded into China and about the work trainees could do in the Shanghai office

Commercial law: the client perspective

We found out what businesses look for from their lawyers

Double life: fighting talk

The Gateway speaks to City shipping disputes lawyer Thor Maalouf, who also battles it out as a corporal in the Territorial Army

Driving a big deal: lawyers and the acquisition of RAC

Hannah Langworth finds out how international law firm Clifford Chance helped a private equity client make a large, landmark purchase

Female council workers win

Cooks, cleaners and carers can claim for missed bonuses, reports Kieran Corcoran

Food for thought: a seat in Sao Paulo

Mayer Brown trainee Gina Iungano loved her seat in the firm's Sao Paulo office so much that when we spoke to her she was just about to head off for a second stint

For the public good

Allen & Overy's Head of Social Investment Susan Hazledine introduces the firm's pro bono and broader CSR work

From Japan to Iceland: my international career at Slaughter and May

A Slaughter and May partner on the firm's distinctive international strategy and how his career here has taken him across the globe

From law student to City lawyer

The Gateway's guide to what you'll learn along the way

Human rights - and wrongs

Co-operation between the UK and Europe on human rights matters could be getting uncomfortable. Hannah Langworth explains

In-house lawyers: work inside a client organisation

A legal career doesn't have to mean employment at a law firm

International pride: global law firms' overseas networks

The reach of City law firms extends far beyond their London offices. Hannah Langworth takes a world tour to find out mor

Is a career as a commercial lawyer for you?

The Gateway looks at the deal on offer

Is an English law school the best place to become a lawyer?

With the training of English lawyers under review, Hannah Langworth asks if the American way is better

It's legal!

Lawyers love books, films and TV shows about what they do. Here are The Gateway's top five of each

Lawyers and London 2012

Freshfields is the official legal services provider for the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Gateway hears why lawyers are essential to their success

Litigating circumstances

Finbarr Bermingham explores this fast-paced area of the law, with the help of employees at three different stages of their careers at Mayer Brown

Meet a partner and a trainee in construction and engineering

Mayer Brown's Chris Fellowes tells Hannah Langworth about their work at this global firm

My experience of the GDL at Kaplan

Insights from The Gateway

My secondment to Munich

Freshfields trainee Cian Mansfield explains to Hannah Langworth how an international client secondment helped him develop as a lawyer

Rail deal goes off track

Hannah Langworth discusses the legal dimensions of the collapse of the West Coast mainline franchise process

Should prisoners be allowed to vote?

Hannah Langworth looks at how, and why, the law might be changing in the UK

Should we break up the banks?

Why has dividing banks' retail and investment branches come back into fashion?

Smaller law practice areas

Find out about real estate law, employment law, EU law, and tax law at commercial law firms

Speeding ahead with your law society

Law societies are a great way to further your legal career and have fun too. Finbarr Bermingham finds out more

Stansted sold after legal battle

The competition law dispute over the ownership of the UK's airports has come to a close, reports Hannah Langworth

The Bribery Act 2010

Hannah Langworth investigates the UK's incoming anti-corruption regime

The diary of... a trainee at Slaughter and May

Paras Maalde is in his second six-month seat, working in Corporate. After a busy day, he lets The Gateway peek into his diary...

The laws of trading

Hannah Langworth explains why not everyone's happy about the latest rules

Toy story: how Mayer Brown lawyers from across the firm worked together on the acquisition of Hamleys

Mayer Brown lawyers from a range of teams helped their client purchase this much-loved retailer

View from the inside: trainee at a commercial law firm

What's it really like to be a trainee at a City law firm? Our source (who asked to remain anonymous) tells Finbarr Bermingham her story

Vulture funds: are they legal?

Eyes are on investors using the courts to claim large sums of money from developing economies. Hannah Langworth reports

What does a commercial law firm do?

Lucy Mair gets a guide to the work Mayer Brown does from three trainees at the firm

What is a law firm training contract?

Everything you need to know about your first two years in London qualifying as a lawyer at a City law firm

What it takes to get a training contract and succeed at a City law firm

Hogan Lovells graduate recruitment partner Lawson Caisley on how to get a training contract, complete it successfully, and continue to progress

What it's like working at a commercial law firm

What commercial lawyers do and what it's like to be one of them

Winning a training contract: applications and interviews

Discover how you can stand out from the competition

Working as a lawyer at a global law firm

London senior partner Sean Connolly introduces the firm and explains why you might want to join it