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From Uncertainty to Opportunity: Meiyang’s Journey to a Top Law Firm While Navigating University Life

Careers Service Applications, Disability and careers, Equality & Inclusion, Law 08/05/202508/05/2025 0 Comment

As a first-gen university student, Meiyang started her Cambridge law degree with “more questions than answers”. She tells us: “I progressed so much within these three years through failures, challenges and overcoming them. After countless applications, I secured a vacation scheme at DLA Piper. Here’s how I got there — and what I learned on the way.” Read more

Future Legal Mind Award: Gabrielle Butler named as a finalist in national competition

Careers Service Competitions, First year, Law 20/05/202121/06/2021 0 Comment

Gabrielle Butler, a first year Law student at Emmanuel college, has beaten competition from across the country to be named as a finalist in an annual law competition. She shared with us her thoughts on the experience, her essay, and her future plans

Introducing Class Act’s careers panels

Careers Service City, Journalism, Law, Marketing, Media, Politics 18/08/202031/01/2023 0 Comment

Charlotte Barnard, a fourth-year languages student from Newnham College, is running a pair of careers panels for the SU’s Class Act campaign this month. Here she discusses the post-admissions access group and its programme

From PhD student to trainee patent attorney

Careers Service Hands Off Science, Law 20/07/202008/05/2024PhD 1 Comment

Annie Miles completed a PhD in Medical Science at Cambridge before swapping the lab for the law firm office. She is now training as a patent attorney with J A Kemp, and spoke to us about the challenges of her new career, what inspired her to choose it, and advice for others considering a similar step

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