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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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Blog a job - can an online presence enhance your career prospects?
If you asked for a show of hands in your average law school class as to what type of online activity people took part in, you would get a near 100% affirmative answer for Facebook. For Twitter, the number would be far smaller, and the number of studen...
02 Jun 2011 | 00:00 |
The perfect application - a masterclass in applying without bombing
Many would-be lawyers fall at the first hurdle and don't even land an interview. Freshfields' Simon Johnson reveals how to ensure that your application form gets noticed
21 Apr 2011 | 08:18 |
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The paralegal path - why law grads without a TC should try a paralegal role
For law graduates who haven't secured a training contract, a position as a paralegal may be equally as challenging and more readily available, reports Dominic Carman
14 Apr 2011 | 06:40 |
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BTEC - an alternative route to the legal profession
Law remains one of the most respected careers in this country. Alongside other paths such as medicine, engineering and teaching, its professionals are respected as experts in their chosen field. Traditionally, these careers have also had in common a v...
18 Jan 2011 | 07:19 |
School of hard knocks - legal education's controversies under review
By wide agreement, when Mr Justice Ormrod was appointed in 1967 to examine the state of legal education, he had his work cut out. Ormrod's remit was to tackle the conflicting demands made of educating lawyers, which meant reconciling the agenda of the...
13 Jan 2011 | 00:47 |
A different ball game - from professional footballer to lawyer
Brabners Chaffe Street trainee-to-be Ben Purkiss has just finished training. It was a light session, following the 1-0 defeat the day before, away to West Ham United in the third round of the League Cup. Purkiss, who played the full 90 minutes, is ...
26 Nov 2010 | 12:46 |
Partners believe tuition fee hikes will damage law's diversity efforts
Fewer than one in four partners are in favour of Government proposals to allow universities to charge students up to £9,000 in fees, with the clear majority of senior lawyers believing it will damage efforts to improve social diversity in commercial ...
09 Nov 2010 | 07:39 |
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Training and education: Join the queue
As the latest band of students enters the milkround, they join increasing numbers of graduates struggling to make their way onto the career ladder, with rafts of companies cutting back or closing their doors altogether to graduates as they weather the...
26 Oct 2010 | 06:15 |
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When one door closes…
In the wake of job cuts and rising competition, many who have completed law degrees and even the legal practice course (LPC), Bar vocational course (BVC) or graduate diploma in law (GDL) are finding themselves at a crossroads, with no training contrac...
30 Sep 2010 | 01:30 |
To moot or to mope around? Why mooting is a must for law students
You're a fortnight into your law degree and, if you're anything like me, you've realised that 35 of the 50 societies you signed up for in freshers' week have meetings that clash with one another. You'll have to cull a few. Perhaps more than a few. You...
10 Aug 2010 | 17:43 |
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Those who understand, teach - Notts Law School's Rebecca Huxley-Binns on her classroom secrets
Have you heard the phrase ‘you can't enter the same river twice'? That is how I regard teaching; every class, every law student, every teaching experience and every learning experience is different. That is what makes the classroom such a dynamic an...
10 Aug 2010 | 17:39 |
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The inside line - what law students need to stand out in a tough market
Specialists involved in recruiting trainees to law firms are trying to become more honest. "We have all been saying the same thing to students - that we are fantastic," says one manager. The inevitable result, she feels, is that trainees are unprepare...
10 Aug 2010 | 17:28 |
London calling still worth following: why the capital is the place to be for pupillage
It may be expensive, but the capital is the place to be for pupillage, says Field Court barrister Ayeesha Bhutta...
10 Aug 2010 | 17:22 |
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Grimmer down south - why the regions are a great bet for up-and-coming barristers
With top sets opening branches up north, the regions are a great bet for up-and-coming barristers, argues Leeds-based pupil Adam Beaumont...
10 Aug 2010 | 17:17 |
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