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Some days redundancy doesn’t look like such a bad option, says City associate Louise Michael...Spare a thought for those in the early stage of their careers in law. From my own experience - and the experience of my friends – it’s clear that at ...
05 Feb 2010 | 10:00
Freshfields appoints trainee mentors and splits trainee function in HR
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is appointing two partners as mentors to each trainee intake, with the firm also moving to split the trainee function within its HR department into two separate roles. Trainee partner Simon Johnson has named intellect...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:28
Field Fisher to implement merit-based pay system for associates
Field Fisher Waterhouse will move away from paying its associates based on post qualified experience (PQE) from the start of the new financial year. The top 30 law firm is set to consult with all qualified lawyers below partner level in March about...
03 Feb 2010 | 08:28
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Career Clinic: GDL or LLB?
"I am 25 years old, French, and have been working in a legal department of an investment bank for the past year and half. "I was initially hired as an assistant, working with senior managers, but I now spend half my time doing legal work on my own,...
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Yes, the College of Law upgrades your GDL to an LLB if you do the LPC with them, but no one seriously considers an "LLB" from College of Law as a proper LLB. Even with BPP, where you actually have to do more modules to get the LLB, it is still not con...
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Freshfields' private equity veteran displays a touch of literary class (and aces the McBeal question)...
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Worth another crack at the glass ceiling
Women and law, eh? Same old, same old! Loads enter the profession but most fall off the career track of large City law firms by the time it comes to handing out partnership. By most estimates, more tha...
EVENTS CALENDAR
February 2010 events
• February 10 - BPP Law School Leeds LPC open day (for additional Leeds dates see BPP website)
• February 10 - Manchester Met LPC open day
• February 17 - BPP Law School Bristol LPC open day
• February 17 - College of Law Guildford LPC open day
• February 18 - College of Law Bristol LPC open day
• February 20 - BPP Law School Manchester LPC open day
• February 20 - College of Law London Bloomsbury and Moorgate LPC open days
• February 27 - Northumbria University BPTC open day
LATEST STUDENT NEWS
- Linklaters keeps on 76% of applicants from March trainee intake
- Student round-up: CoL signs up Beachcroft while Hammonds invites clients on vac scheme
- A&O keeps on 87% of NQs as retention rates begin to recover
- UWE to offer cut-price part-time LPC for recession-hit students
- Oxford Uni launches new law and finance masters course
- BPP offers £10,000 scholarship to beautician barrister
- Student round-up: Olswang hooks up with BPP and Chakrabarti graduates from CoL
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Ten steps to GDL success
The Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) offers an avenue into the legal profession for non-law graduates. Sometimes referred to by its historical title of the Common Professional Exam (CPE), the GDL can be studied either as a one-year full-time course or a ...
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08 Jan 2010 | 11:22
Avoid the nutters and look out for number one
Dominic Webb recalls the strategies that got him through his training contract...Forget the recruitment brochures and student law fairs. If you want to find out what life as a trainee is really like in a big City law firm? Read on...
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11 Dec 2009 | 15:04
ACC lets law firms access controversial client reviews
Outside counsel can now see what their in-house clients think of their job performance, according to the Association of Corporate Counsel's (ACC's) new law firm rating system. The ACC launched its 'value index' in October as part of its Value Chall...
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09 Feb 2010 | 11:03
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