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By Pui-Guan Man | May 30, 2013
If any doubts remained about the size of the challenge facing aspiring lawyers in today's market, then it was starkly illustrated by the news that the number of training contracts on offer at law firms across England and Wales has fallen to the lowest level for well over a decade. The Law Society's annual statistics report for 2012, released earlier this month, revealed that the number of training contracts registered in the 12-month period to July 2012 dropped to 4,869, down 10.5% from the previous year's equivalent total of 5,441. The figures are now at their lowest since training contract details were first recorded in 1998-99, when 4,827 were logged, with numbers almost 25% down on the pre-recession high of 6,303 in 2007-08.
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By Alex Newman | May 23, 2013
Kent County Council's legal team is to launch its own trainee programme, with the move coming as the local authority eyes a series of white label and cross-selling initiatives.
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By Pui-Guan Man | May 21, 2013
The number of training contracts offered at law firms in England and Wales fell 10% in 2011-12 to the lowest level since 1999, according to new research by the Law Society. The society's annual report shows that the number of training contracts registered in the 12 months leading to 31 July 2012 dropped to 4,869, down 10.5% from the previous year's equivalent total of 5,411.
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By Alex Newman | May 16, 2013
The University of Cambridge has retained its spot as the top-ranked university law faculty, according to a major study carried out by Legal Week's research arm into the perceptions of more than 3,000 law students at some of the UK's leading institutions. Legal Week Intelligence's 2013 Law Student Report found more students at Cambridge graded their university as 'excellent' than at any other institution, with the faculty coming top for the quality of its teaching, value for money and teaching facilities – three of the four categories students were asked to rate.
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By Legal Week | May 16, 2013
So you've completed got your law degree – but there's more to building a successful career than technical knowledge, as Dominic Bacon reports...
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By Georgina Stanley | May 16, 2013
Employment prospects may be dwindling as law firms continue to scale back trainee intakes and slash associate ranks through redundancy consultations, but this seems to have done little to dent law students' confidence in their higher education. This year's Law Student Report shows 10 UK institutions receiving an average overall score of good/excellent from their own students when questioned on a range of factors including employability, value for money and quality of teaching, with 17 law faculties rated above average.
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By Georgina Stanley | May 16, 2013
Employment prospects may be dwindling as law firms continue to scale back trainee intakes and slash associate ranks through redundancy consultations, but this seems to have done little to dent law students' confidence in their higher education. This year's Law Student Report shows 10 UK institutions receiving an average overall score of good/excellent from their own students when questioned on a range of factors including employability, value for money and quality of teaching, with 17 law faculties rated above average.
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By Charlotte Edmond | May 9, 2013
Apple has it by the bucket load. High-end fashion houses such as Gucci and Prada have it. Ferrari, Aston Martin and Jaguar all have it. But do Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy? According to more than 3,000 students, the answer is a resounding yes. What we're talking about is prestige – which, according to this year's annual Legal Week Intelligence Law Student Report, is one of the biggest factors in attracting would-be solicitors to apply to any given firm.
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By Charlotte Edmond | May 9, 2013
Apple has it by the bucket load. High-end fashion houses such as Gucci and Prada have it. Ferrari, Aston Martin and Jaguar all have it. But do Clifford Chance and Allen & Overy? According to more than 3,000 students, the answer is a resounding yes. What we're talking about is prestige – which, according to this year's annual Legal Week Intelligence Law Student Report, is one of the biggest factors in attracting would-be solicitors to apply to any given firm.
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By Elizabeth Broomhall in Hong Kong | May 9, 2013
The Law Society of Hong Kong is considering an overhaul of the exam system for graduates and foreign lawyers seeking to become locally qualified, with a consultation on the subject set to be issued this month. The plans for reform, which were first announced in July last year, include the proposal to scrap the existing assessment procedures at three Hong Kong universities – the University of Hong Kong (HKU), City University and Chinese University – to create one common law exam. Hong Kong law graduates currently have to complete the Postgraduate Certificate of Laws (PCLL) before being awarded a training contract. The one-year course is offered by the three universities, each of which have a limit on the number of students they can take.
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By Cassandre Coyer | January 5, 2024
Legaltech News caught up with Mark Williams and Caitlin Moon, founding co-directors of Vanderbilt Law's new AI Law Lab to discuss what the law school plans to accomplish going forward—from new coursework to partnerships with legal aid organizations.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 4, 2024
By the end of the year, nearly 30 comments—42 pages worth—had been uploaded to the ABA's website, with all but two commenters expressing support for the proposal.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 3, 2024
"I think when we do the work that needs to be done for legal education, we have to have courage," incoming AALS President Melanie Wilson said. "We have to act with courage."
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By Charles Toutant | January 2, 2024
Rutgers and the law school have policies "that a student's right of free expression does not extend to actions or behaviors that harass, threaten violence, or intimidate classmates," the suit states.
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By Christine Charnosky | January 2, 2024
"Law schools have a critical role to play in the future of our democracy," said outgoing AALS president Mark Alexander.
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By Christine Charnosky | December 28, 2023
The past year has included a couple major news stories that carried over from 2022, including many more schools pulling out of the U.S. News & World Report law school rankings and the American Bar Association considering allowing law schools to become test-optional.
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By Allison Dunn | December 27, 2023
"For too long, aspiring lawyers with disabilities could not get needed accommodations unless they could afford expensive testing to further document their disabilities," Jessica P. Weber, a partner at Brown Goldstein & Levy, told Law.com.
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By Christine Charnosky | December 26, 2023
On Dec. 15, the 2023 first-year enrollment is listed as 37,886—a decline of 174 students (0.46%) as compared to 38,060 in 2022; however, on Dec. 20, the 2023 total first-year J.D. enrollment shows 38,921, and when that figure is compared to 2022 total first-year J.D. enrollment of 39,294 that shows a decline of 373 students (nearly 1%).
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By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | December 26, 2023
Eastburn and Gray shareholders Mark S. Cappuccio and Joan Righter Price participated in the 2023 PBI Real Estate Institute in Philadelphia on Dec. 1, 2023.
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By Law Journal Editorial Board | December 24, 2023
It is an unsurprising yet disappointing sign of our times that a written policy protecting free speech must be required of law schools.
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