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Career Clinic: Will unconventional A-levels see me shut out of a career in law?
"I understand there have already been some posts published concerning the importance of A-level grades, but my situation is rather unique, so do hear me out. "I am a mature student set to start an LLB at a good Russell Group uni. I have already ach...
25 Aug 2011 | 17:11 | 10 comments
Debevoise pilots mini-MBA scheme for London and New York associates
Debevoise & Plimpton is set to roll out a mini-MBA scheme for first-year associates in its London and New York offices. From this September, all first-year associates in Debevoise's two main offices will receive four weeks of intensive training in ...
25 Aug 2011 | 11:23 | 
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BPP expands undergrad law degrees to Leeds, Birmingham & Bristol
BPP Law School is rolling out its undergraduate law degree courses to three more of its regional branches in a bid to increase access to the programme for students. The education provider will expand its law and business law degrees - currently only a...
12 Aug 2011 | 10:49 |
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Slaughters adds third New Zealand firm to secondment network
Slaughter and May has agreed a new secondment arrangement with New Zealand firm Chapman Tripp. The pair have been in discussions over the last few months and have decided to enter into a non-exclusive programme that will see junior lawyers from eac...
09 Aug 2011 | 13:26 |
Norton Rose, Addleshaws post high retention rates as Mills & Reeve keeps on just 36%
Norton Rose is among a trio of firms to have announced trainee retention rates for September, with the firm keeping on 88% of its newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). The top 10 UK firm is set to keep on 14 of 16 trainees this autumn, after all of those ...
09 Aug 2011 | 12:31 |
Five ways to stay sane throughout the pupillage hunt
This has to be the nastiest time of the year for budding barristers. It is hunting season and the prize is one of those coveted pupillages. At the end of April a swarm of hopefuls sent their carefully crafted pupillage applications whizzing off into t...
27 Jul 2011 | 14:20
Freshfields announces 96% retention rate for autumn intake as RPC keeps on 100%
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is set to retain almost all of its qualifying trainees this autumn, with 96% of its September intake set to stay on at the firm. Forty-eight of 50 newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) have accepted a job with the firm starti...
26 Jul 2011 | 10:35 |
Weil Gotshal to pay London NQs £97k as US firm boosts associate rates
Weil Gotshal & Manges has raised its salary bands for City associates, with newly-qualified (NQ) London lawyers at the US firm set to receive £97,000 from September this year. The move marks an increase of 8% on last year, when NQs were paid £90,...
25 Jul 2011 | 16:22 |
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Education without walls - opportunities in the virtual classroom
The new media age has created a generation of law students well versed in digital communication and technologies. A host of social media tools and free-to-use communication platforms have become second nature to the lawyers of tomorrow. As legal pract...
21 Jul 2011 | 00:00 |
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Interviews and assessment centres – top tips for surviving the summer season
Securing an interview out of the thousands who applied is certainly an achievement, but it's then that the hard work really begins. Outlined below are some top tips to help you make the most of (and survive!) the interview season.
18 Jul 2011 | 15:30 |
Too white, too male - what is wrong with elitism?
The Times is today running an article on whether judges are too white, too male and too elitist? (I'd link if I could, but paywalls mean I can't). As someone who is too white, and male, I am going to focus on what is meant by being too elitist. Friend...
06 Jul 2011 | 17:07 | 1 comment
BPP partners with bank to offer loans to law school's students
BPP Law School has teamed up with Investec to offer its students an exclusive law loan. The Investec loan, which students will be able to apply for from today (6 July), will be available to full-time UK students who have already accepted and enroll...
06 Jul 2011 | 15:36 |
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Slaughters and Sidley post 100% retention rates for autumn NQ intakes
Slaughter and May and Sidley Austin have both posted 100% retention rates for their autumn intake of newly-qualified lawyers (NQs). Slaughters is set to keep on all of its 59 trainees in September, marking an increase on recent rounds, after the fi...
01 Jul 2011 | 15:08 |
Aptitude tests - should the legal profession abandon its search for the G-spot?
Research published by the Legal Services Board by Chris Dewberry brings into sharper relief the value of aptitude tests and their application to the legal professions. For me, it suggests that the value of aptitude tests is most likely to be felt at t...
29 Jun 2011 | 12:34
Farrers becomes latest firm to sign up to exclusive Kaplan training deal
Farrer & Co has signed an exclusive deal with Kaplan Law School to provide the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Graduate Diploma of Law (GDL) for all of the London firm's trainees. As a part of the agreement, which will start in September 2012, ...
28 Jun 2011 | 13:47 |
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