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"Tesco" law

It's just come into force, which means big changes are afoot for the UK's law firms. Hannah Langworth explains

"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?

20 common law interview questions

Here are the questions you're most likely to be asked in an interview for a vacation scheme or training contract in commercial law

5 great reasons to spend six months of your training contract abroad

Ever thought about completing part of your training contract overseas? A top US law firm explains why it could prove to be a great move for your career

5 things commercial law firms are thinking about at the moment

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 big deal in the beer business: how Clifford Chance helped it happen

Hannah Langworth explains the role global law firm Clifford Chance played on SABMiller's acquisition of Australian brewer Foster's

A bite out of Apple

A key shareholder has scored a court win in a battle to get hold of Apple's cash, reports Hannah Langworth

A day at Slaughter and May

Andrew Chaplin, a second-year trainee solicitor talks us through a typical day at Slaughter and May.

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 guide to magic circle law firms: meet the city

Who they are, what they do, and what they're like to work for

A guide to the different kinds of commercial law firm

Find out where you could work as a commercial lawyer

A junior lawyer on a jumbo aviation deal at Clifford Chance

A newly-qualified Clifford Chance associate on their role on the largest-ever sale in the aircraft leasing industry

A law unto themselves

Finbarr Bermingham plots the trajectories of three famous ex-lawyers and finds their legal training may not have been completely in vain

A slick litigation process

Massive claims relating to the devastating Deepwater Horizon oil spill are about to come to trial. Hannah Langworth takes a look at the workings of large-scale civil trials

A spring vacation scheme for first years at Hogan Lovells

Durham University fresher Rachel Metcalf describes her week at Hogan Lovells and how it gave her a head start on her legal career

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

A winning team: Hogan Lovells and the BPA

How this global law firm assists the renowned sporting organisation

A world of litigation at Jones Day

A London-based Jones Day litigation partner talks about the global scale of his work

Advising the dragon

The rise of China is creating new opportunities for those interested in a legal career.

An English lawyer in New York

Freshfields trainee Ryan Taylor explains why a secondment abroad is a great opportunity

An Olympian effort

Finbarr Bermingham speaks to Sarah Naisby, a trainee at Freshfields, to hear what she's getting out of an exciting client secondment

Answering commercial awareness questions

For interview at a law firm, you'll need to be commercially aware. Here The Gateway shows you how it's done

Apple loses IP battle in UK courts

Hannah Langworth on the result of a dispute over whether Samsung copied the iPad's design

Application deadlines: don't miss the boat!

Training contracts and vacation schemes: when to apply

Are you an illegal intern?

Doing an internship? Ben Lyons, co-director of InternAware, explains your position in employment law

Are you commercially aware enough to be a commercial lawyer?

There's more to being a commercial lawyer than knowing about statutes and cases. Find out how switched-on you are with our quiz

Are you pro-bono?

A partner at Freshfields Bruckhaus spoke to Will Hodges about how the legal sector is changing in its approach to CSR issues.

Asia: an exciting place to be a lawyer

Global law firm Clifford Chance's Head of Asia, Peter Charlton, tells The Gateway why