{"id":4515,"date":"2025-02-11T14:35:06","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T14:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/?p=4515"},"modified":"2025-02-13T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T15:52:11","slug":"secrets-to-success-with-ashfords-michelmores-trowers-hamlins-and-ulaw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/2025\/02\/11\/secrets-to-success-with-ashfords-michelmores-trowers-hamlins-and-ulaw\/","title":{"rendered":"Secrets to Success: with Ashfords, Michelmores, Trowers &amp; Hamlins and ULaw"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/lawbulletin\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2025\/02\/LEGAL-CHEEK-EVENT-FEB-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Legal Cheek<\/strong><\/em><strong> is coming to Exeter for the latest in its 2025 series of IN-PERSON Secrets to Success events \u2013 run in association with <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/law-school\/the-university-of-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>The University of Law<\/u><\/strong><\/a><strong>(ULaw) \u2013 to help students boost their commercial awareness ahead of vacation schemes and training contract interviews.<\/strong><br>The event takes place on <strong>Wednesday 26 February<\/strong> in the Amory Building at the University of Exeter\u2019s Streatham Campus, and features lawyers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/firm\/ashfords\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>Ashfords<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/firm\/michelmores\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>Michelmores<\/u><\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/firm\/trowers-hamlins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><u>Trowers &amp; Hamlins<\/u><\/strong><\/a>, alongside a careers expert from ULaw. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The speakers will share the secrets to their own success, telling the stories of their career journeys and advising students on how they can best position themselves to obtain training contracts with leading law firms. Also up for discussion will be the key commercial awareness topics that students need to have on their radar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The speakers:<br>\u2022 <strong>Laura Reeve<\/strong>, partner in the construction team and training principal at Ashfords<br>\u2022 <strong>Matthew Rundle<\/strong>, associate in the real estate team at Trowers &amp; Hamlins<br>\u2022 <strong>Susan Starr<\/strong>, campus manager at ULaw Exeter and former barrister<br>\u2022 <em>Further speakers to be announced<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After the Question Time-style discussion, which will be chaired by a <em>Legal Cheek<\/em> journalist, there will be networking over drinks and snacks with the speakers, current trainees from the firms and members of their graduate recruitment teams. It\u2019s a great opportunity not only to meet the firms but also to check out ULaw Exeter, situated at the heart of the University of Exeter\u2019s picturesque Streatham campus.<br><strong>Apply to attend. You\u2019ll be asked to submit two questions for the speakers.<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.futurelawyershub.com\/event\/367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Apply to attend<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Find out more details on the webpage here: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/event\/secrets-to-success-exeter-2025\/\">https:\/\/www.legalcheek.com\/event\/secrets-to-success-exeter-2025\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wednesday 26 February: 4-6.30pm, Amory Building<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[73,381],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Secrets to Success: with Ashfords, Michelmores, Trowers &amp; 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