Shearman & Sterling Blog

2nd January 2019

As a history student you are often the butt of the employability jokes. I remember there were lots of memes (people still use memes, right?) when I was at university implying history graduates never got jobs (see below): However the perception that history is not an employable degree is just wrong. Law is a common […]

28th December 2018

Throughout 2018 we have created a number of blogs. Many have been written to help you with your training contract applications and to help you understand the legal sector better. Here is a list of our 10 most popular blogs written in 2018: 1. 17 WEBSITES YOU CAN USE TO RESEARCH LAW FIRMS There’s a […]

17th December 2018

I studied an undergraduate degree in Theology before starting my training contract at Shearman & Sterling. Like many Theology students, I wasn’t sure how relevant my degree would be to a career in commercial law. Having now started my training contract, I realise my Theology degree prepared me well for the application process and for […]

17th December 2018

TRANSCRIPT: A GUIDE TO LEGAL PROJECT MANAGEMENT (LPM) Well, hello, everyone. Welcome to another Whiteboard Wednesday. My name’s Anthony Widdop, I’m the Global Head of Legal Project Management here at Shearman & Sterling. Well, today we’re going to talk about an introduction to legal project management. So what is LPM? LPM is a set of […]

27th November 2018

TRANSCRIPT – Law Firm Partnership Models: Swiss Verein vs Global Partnership Hello. Welcome to Whiteboard Wednesday. And today we’re going to be talking about global partnership models, and how they work, and how they might affect your career. So, there are lots of ways to organize a law firm, but the two, sort of, models […]