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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
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 |
A&O sends partners on client relationship training to improve 'off-deal' advice
Allen & Overy (A&O) has drafted in McKinsey & Company to train its partners to build stronger client relationships by providing ‘off-deal’ strategic advice, after a client survey found the firm’s lawyers were too focused on technical aspects. ...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
On course to work - is flexible part-time training a realistic option for aspiring lawyers?
With tuition fees on the rise in the UK and student debt increasing, part-time study is becoming an increasingly attractive option for law students who need to work to finance their degree. The introduction of £9,000 annual tuition fees may not happe...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Thinking global - bringing international law training to India's ambitious law graduates
With two million graduates every year, there is increasing demand for international law training in India, writes Rita Dev...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Recruit by design: law firms have not yet learned to deliver the advisers GCs want
General counsel say quality of staff is the most important factor when choosing a law firm – but many advisers fail with basic commercial acumen, explain Jonathan Day and Marc Bartel of Heidrick & Struggles
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
What I wish I knew when I left uni - the profession's finest offer some life advice
They say hindsight is 20/20 – London’s senior lawyers offer their very best advice to Legal Week readers...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
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Training and education
The pros and cons of part-time law courses and an initiative bringing global law training to India's law students
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Slaughters invests in associates with new development initiatives
Slaughter and May has overhauled its associate development programme, bringing in a number of measures intended to improve feedback for junior lawyers and get them more involved in client development. Associates are being encouraged to build relati...
20 Oct 2011 | 00:00 |
Will touted new venture Acculaw provide new route to law or fuel lawyer sub-class?
Even without another downturn, the outlook for law students remains far from rosy. The number of training contracts on offer last year shrunk to 4,874, a fall of 23% against its peak in 2007-08, while the pool of legal practice course (LPC) graduates ...
29 Sep 2011 | 00:00 |
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
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