Legal Education

Barclays to partner with panel firms for university work experience scheme

By Alex Newman | March 23, 2014

Barclays' in-house team is to offer work experience places to undergraduates, amid plans to launch legal apprenticeships from 2015.

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Slaughters extends PRIME social mobility partnership with inner-city school

By Pui-Guan Man | March 7, 2014

Slaughter and May is extending its career advice and tutorial programme with a North London school as part of the PRIME social mobility initiative. The magic circle firm will fund its programme of weekly one-to-one tutorials, workshops and career events at Islington's Central Foundation Boys' School for a further three years when the current two-year arrangement comes to an end in the summer.

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BBC kicks off legal services apprenticeship scheme

By Pui-Guan Man | March 5, 2014

The BBC is set to hire three legal services apprentices, who will join the broadcaster's in-house team in London. The apprenticeship aims to cover employment and commercial aspects of the BBC's work, with the broadcaster considering any school leavers who can start in September 2014.

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BLP joins with ULaw to launch internationally focused course for trainees

By Anna Reynolds | February 26, 2014

Berwin Leighton Paisner has joined forces with the University of Law (ULaw) to launch a new course that will be taken by all future trainees at the firm. The launch comes eight years after the firm developed its own legal practice course (LPC).

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Nigel Savage to retire from University of Law in April

By Alex Newman | February 6, 2014

The University of Law's president Nigel Savage will retire from his full-time post in April, after eighteen years leading the institution.

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Higher power - how apprenticeships are opening up the legal sector

By Legal Week | January 21, 2014

In December, the Government confirmed £40m of funding for 20,000 Higher Apprenticeships in the next two years. Jason Holt, a former solicitor and now the Government's apprenticeship ambassador for small businesses, outlines how law firms are using these Higher Apprenticeships

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Playing a blinder - can CC overcome Oxbridge bias with CV blind policy?

By Legal Week | January 10, 2014

The Independent reports today that Clifford Chance (CC) has "quietly introduced a "CV blind" policy for final interviews with all would-be recruits," to overcome Oxbridge bias. There are lots of interesting questions to ask about this. Why quietly? I am guessing this is/was to see how they feel about the quality of recruits a couple of years in, without committing to the scheme prematurely.

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CLLS calls for LSB paper on training to be 'withdrawn'

By Anna Reynolds | December 24, 2013

The Legal Services Board's (LSB) proposed statutory overhaul of solicitors' training has been condemned by the City of London Law Society (CLLS) as 'deeply flawed'.

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A&O unveils business-focused LPC for incoming lawyers

By Pui-Guan Man | December 16, 2013

Allen & Overy (A&O) has joined forces with BPP Law School for the launch of a business-focused Legal Practice Course (LPC). The firm will require its trainees to undertake an enhanced LPC from January 2015, as the firm makes a bid to increase commercial awareness among its junior lawyers.

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NQ intake at London offices of top US firms dips by 6%

By Alex Newman | November 28, 2013

The intake of newly qualified lawyers (NQs) at the largest US and international firms in the UK fell by 6% in the last year, highlighting the continued uncertainty for lawyers at the junior end of the profession. Just a handful of firms in the group of 21 surveyed by Legal Week posted year-on-year increases in the number of NQs who were offered and accepted a training contract. These included Mayer Brown, Shearman & Sterling, McDermott Will & Emery and Sidley Austin. Sidley Austin, alongside Paul Hastings and Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom were the only firms to retain 100% of their intake. The research also highlighted the sizeable impact US and international firms have had on the graduate recruitment market, with Reed Smith, Dentons and Baker & McKenzie each taking on at least 25 NQs in 2013.

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Law.com

Yale and Stanford Law Schools Move Virtual Interviews to June

By Christine Charnosky | February 8, 2024

"We strongly believe that moving OCI earlier will be less onerous on our students than a recruiting process that includes both OCI and direct applications and stretches from June through the end of August," according to SLS's announcement.

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The Recorder

Judge Rejects Challenge to UC Law San Francisco's Name Change

By Cheryl Miller | February 7, 2024

A lawyer for those trying to keep the UC Hastings name said his clients "look forward to appealing" the judge's ruling.

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New Jersey Law Journal

Former Seton Hall President Files Suit Against School Alleging Sexual Harassment, Breach of Contract

By Christine Charnosky | February 7, 2024

Former Seton Hall University President Joseph Nyre and his wife Kelli Nyre filed a lawsuit on Monday alleging various claims against the university and other defendants, including retaliation, breach of contract and sexual harassment, among other claims.

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Legaltech News

African Legal Tech Network SALT Launches Online Courses to Fill 'Modern' Gaps in Legal Education

By Alfred Olufemi | February 7, 2024

The South African Legal Technology network has launched its SALTed division to help make legal education more inclusive and representative of the diverse African demographic.

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Daily Business Review

FAMU Law Dean, Who Resigned Suddenly, Calls School's Behavior 'Abusive'

By Christine Charnosky | February 6, 2024

"My efforts to strengthen the College's student body, its relationship with the bar, bench, surrounding community, its alumni and the University have recently been met with behavior on the part of the University that can only be properly characterized as abusive," Deidré Keller wrote in her resignation letter.

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The Recorder

Dan Burk, Founding Faculty Member of UC Irvine Law, Dies

By Christine Charnosky | February 6, 2024

A memorial service celebrating Burk's life and contributions to the legal community will be announced later, a UC Irvine spokesperson told Law.com.

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Law.com

SIU Law School Looks at Name Change With $10M Donation

By Christine Charnosky | February 6, 2024

In honor of the generosity of John and Jayne Simmons, the law school will be named Simmons Law School, pending approval from the SIU Board of Trustees in April.

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Law.com

ABA HOD Adopts Council's 'Academic Freedom' Proposal

By Christine Charnosky | February 5, 2024

The American Bar Association's House of Delegates on Monday adopted Standard 208, which the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar sent to HOD in November for consideration.

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Delaware Law Weekly

DSBA to Host Corporate Transparency Act CLE

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | February 5, 2024

The Delaware State Bar Association (DSBA) is scheduled to host an upcoming live CLE titled "Seeing Through the Corporate Transparency Act" to be held from 9:30 to 11 a.m. on Thursday.

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Daily Business Review

FAMU Law Dean Resigns Suddenly

By Christine Charnosky | February 5, 2024

HBCUs are so underresourced that it makes it very difficult to get to the place of success, Keller told Law.com in 2022 in a report identifying the many challenges that the six schools face.

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