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Kennedys launches legal apprenticeship scheme for non-uni students
Kennedys is launching an apprenticeship scheme for school leavers in a bid to provide legal career opportunities for students without a degree. The scheme, which will go live in September, will offer students the chance to join the firm as a legal ...
07 Feb 2012 | 14:57
The minimum salary for trainees: in real trouble this time
Every time there is a recession, the solicitors' profession likes to reconsider minimum salaries for its trainees. For a while this was a kind of annual sport. Chairs of the Trainee Solicitors' Group and the Young Solicitors' Group Lawyers (I did both...
26 Jan 2012 | 14:20
Taking out the heat - key points to avoid in legal letter writing
During my early legal days, I became embroiled in increasingly snarky correspondence with a respected firm of solicitors. They knew I wasn't a qualified lawyer at that stage and, I felt, they had taken several opportunities in correspondence to let me...
11 Jan 2012 | 10:03 | 2 comments
Trainee retention rates at top UK law firms see continued recovery
Trainee retention rates at UK law firms are continuing to recover after increasing for the second consecutive year, according to a new survey of 123 commercial law firms. The research, conducted by the Chambers Student Guide, shows that 80.5% of 2,...
06 Jan 2012 | 11:53 | 
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Does the legal profession need scholars?
We do not need practising lawyers to be devoted purely to the pursuit of knowledge. We cannot expect it of them, nor would it be in their client's best interests. Lots of lawyers do not have to think or learn in the scholarly sense. They understand, r...
05 Jan 2012 | 13:56 | 1 comment
Eversheds to pilot new combined LPC and training contract
Eversheds is set to pilot a new integrated training programme which will combine the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the training contract. The new scheme, dubbed the 'Combined Study Training Contract', has been developed in collaboration with BPP ...
12 Dec 2011 | 10:46 |
The hard facts - why aspiring lawyers still need more than just the internet
If I were to be completely honest about it, I’d say that I went through at least a third of my undergraduate law degree in virtual ignorance of the one thing you would expect a law student to know quite a bit about: case law. I didn’t really know ...
06 Dec 2011 | 08:00 | 4 comments
Number of law grads continuing on to vocational training sees drop-off
The percentage of law graduates signing up to full-time vocational law study fell last year, with 26.4% of 2010 graduates embarking on further study or training in the UK within six months of leaving university, according to new research. The numbe...
09 Nov 2011 | 12:24 |
Applications to study law at university see 5% year-on-year fall
The number of candidates applying to study law in the 2011 academic year has fallen by more than 5% on last year, according to figures published by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS). The figures show that only 13,139 applied t...
25 Oct 2011 | 15:51 |
The PRIME diversity initiative: game-changer or window-dressing?
a number of work experience places that is not less than 50% of the number of training contract places that [they] offer each year and will achieve this by the end of the academic year 2012-13.
28 Sep 2011 | 15:07
DWF opens legal apprentice academy to offer non-uni route into law
DWF has launched a paralegal academy to offer school-leavers an alternative route into the legal profession. The scheme, which has been set up in partnership with the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX), will provide an opportunity for 'legal appr...
27 Sep 2011 | 11:43 |
Olswang signs up for touted new trainee temp business Acculaw
Olswang has become the first firm to sign up for a pilot scheme to accept trainee solicitors from Acculaw, a newly-launched body that will take on and second trainee solicitors to law firms. The company, which received approval this month from the ...
20 Sep 2011 | 12:50 |
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Is the College of Law really up for sale?
The news this week, first reported in RollOnFriday.com and then covered by Legal Week, that the College of Law may be up for sale is not entirely unexpected. With a reported turnover of £75m - and I am assuming a good net profit - it is a valuable pr...
05 Sep 2011 | 13:41
College of Law launches strategic review and eyes potential sale
The College of Law has launched a strategic review which could ultimately lead to the sale of one of the UK's top law schools. The College, which was incorporated as a charity by Royal Charter in 1975 and is overseen by a board of governors, is in ...
02 Sep 2011 | 12:07 |
College of Law avoids compulsory redundancies after staffing review
The College of Law has completed the redundancy consultation it launched earlier this summer, which saw 20 full-time roles placed under review. The College said it had finalised a "rebalancing" exercise of its tutor staff numbers without having res...
30 Aug 2011 | 15:32 |
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