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Kennedys launches legal apprenticeship scheme for non-uni students
Kennedys is launching an apprenticeship scheme for school leavers in a bid to provide legal career opportunities for students without a degree. The scheme, which will go live in September, will offer students the chance to join the firm as a legal ...
07 Feb 2012 | 14:57
Trainee retention rates at top UK law firms see continued recovery
Trainee retention rates at UK law firms are continuing to recover after increasing for the second consecutive year, according to a new survey of 123 commercial law firms. The research, conducted by the Chambers Student Guide, shows that 80.5% of 2,...
06 Jan 2012 | 11:53 | 
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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 |
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 |
DWF opens legal apprentice academy to offer non-uni route into law
DWF has launched a paralegal academy to offer school-leavers an alternative route into the legal profession. The scheme, which has been set up in partnership with the Institute of Legal Executives (ILEX), will provide an opportunity for 'legal appr...
27 Sep 2011 | 11:43 |
Olswang signs up for touted new trainee temp business Acculaw
Olswang has become the first firm to sign up for a pilot scheme to accept trainee solicitors from Acculaw, a newly-launched body that will take on and second trainee solicitors to law firms. The company, which received approval this month from the ...
20 Sep 2011 | 12:50 |
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College of Law launches strategic review and eyes potential sale
The College of Law has launched a strategic review which could ultimately lead to the sale of one of the UK's top law schools. The College, which was incorporated as a charity by Royal Charter in 1975 and is overseen by a board of governors, is in ...
02 Sep 2011 | 12:07 |
College of Law avoids compulsory redundancies after staffing review
The College of Law has completed the redundancy consultation it launched earlier this summer, which saw 20 full-time roles placed under review. The College said it had finalised a "rebalancing" exercise of its tutor staff numbers without having res...
30 Aug 2011 | 15:32 |
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 |
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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