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Clifford Chance trainee retention dips to 76% as Ashurst keeps on 78%
Clifford Chance (CC) is set to keep on 76% of its March newly-qualified lawyers, significantly lower than magic circle rivals Allen & Overy and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and the firm’s own equivalent figure for 2011.CC will keep on 39 trainees ...
27 Jan 2012 | 11:02
Top law firm trio among advisers as College of Law gears up for sale
A trio of firms have scored roles on the potential sale of the UK’s biggest legal education provider - The College of Law. Allen & Overy (A&O), Weil Gotshal & Manges and Herbert Smith are among the firms advising on the potential sale, which was con...
26 Jan 2012 | 07:01
Magic circle duo post healthy retention rates for trainee intakes
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and Allen & Overy (A&O) have announced trainee retention rates for their first intake of 2012, with both firms set to see 89% of their newly-qualified lawyers (NQs) staying on. Freshfields has offered 42 of its 46 Feb...
24 Jan 2012 | 11:51
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Career Clinic: Will voluntary redundancy look bad on my CV?
"My firm recently announced that they're planning to make a number of people redundant in my team, and it's been made known that they'd like people to come forward voluntarily. Until now I hadn't been looking to leave, but this has confirmed my suspic...
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I read in disbelief some of the comments (from well-educated lawyers) about people who have been made redundant especially the ones where apparently only the "best" people are retained during a redundancy programme. You must be very ignorant to think ...
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As the legal scourge of phone-hacking, Mark Lewis’ journey has taken him through unemployment, personal setbacks and libel battles to himself end up in the headlines. Suzanna Ring reports
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Here come the Aussies - Slater & Gordon kicks off Legal Services Act era in earnest
"Let the transformative change of RJW begin – it has been clear for a long time that the firm was itching to do something big and it now has the backing to realise its ambitions. RJW’s rivals will...
EVENTS CALENDAR
February 2012 events
- 1 February - GDL question time - BPP Law School webinar
- 1 February - NCLT careers evening, Southampton
- 1 February - Kaplan Law School presentation - Life at a US firm - Shearman & Sterling
- 4 February - Junior Lawyers Division trainee solicitors forum
- 6 February - BPP Law School pro bono in the City discussion
- 7 February - NCLT careers evening, London
- 8 February - Ince & Co presentation, University of Warwick
- 8 February - Kaplan Law School negotiation skills workshop, Trowers & Hamlins
- 14 February - BPP Law School - how to fund your career in law webinar
- 15 February - Kaplan Law School presentation - Life at a global firm - Mayer Brown
- 15 February - Ince & Co presentation, University of Nottingham
- 16 February - NCLT careers evening, Manchester
- 22 February - Nottingham Trent University LPC and GDL open day
- 22 February - NCLT careers evening, Birmingham
- 29 February - BPP law school - how legal practice work can help your CV stand out, webinar
- 29 February - Kaplan Law School personal branding workshop, Stephenson Harwood
LATEST STUDENT NEWS
- Trainee retention rates at top UK law firms see continued recovery
- Eversheds to pilot new combined LPC and training contract
- Number of law grads continuing on to vocational training sees drop-off
- Applications to study law at university see 5% year-on-year fall
- DWF opens legal apprentice academy to offer non-uni route into law
- Olswang signs up for touted new trainee temp business Acculaw
- College of Law launches strategic review and eyes potential sale
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What not to review - AKA the Coffee Machine Contract Conundrum
It is a basic principle of in-house lawyering that you are supposed to refuse to advise 'the business' (aka clients) on things that don't really require legal advice. Or if you are the GC or a senior lawyer, you are supposed to avoid advising on matt...
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02 Feb 2012 | 15:06 | 1 comment
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...
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26 Jan 2012 | 14:20
The opportunist - how one foreign lawyer turned a holiday into a legal career
Romanian-born Ligia Bob made the most of her holiday to England four years ago, eventually landing an assistant solicitor rol, as Rose Orlik reports...
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20 Jan 2012 | 00:00 |
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