Legal Education

Law Student Report 2011

By Legal Week | February 15, 2010

Capturing the views of over 3,000 law undergraduates from the UK's top universities (Russell Group) as well as Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) students from the College of Law, BPP Law School and Kaplan Law School, this report identifies the reasons why students choose law as a career and how their views of law firms develop throughout their studies. This report looks at the career options considered by students, what attracts them to law and the most powerful influences on their choice of firm. The report reveals which forms of marketing have the most impact and which firms students believe are the most prestigious, the best for training contracts and best for a healthy work/life balance.

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Training and education

By Legal Week | January 4, 2010

Alex Aldridge looks at how exclusive training deals came to dominate legal education, while Charlotte Edmond assesses law firms' efforts to reach out to a more diverse group of aspiring lawyers...

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International Edition

Training and education: Moving on up

By Legal Week | December 21, 2009

It was inevitable that the recent report put together by former cabinet minister Alan Milburn would find professions such as law and medicine dominated by affluent, privately-educated individuals. While social mobility has been on the political agenda for years, the professions have seen little change, with the majority of the UK's lawyers still coming from a select group of independently-educated pupils who go on to attend Russell Group universities.

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Training and education: Moving on up

By Legal Week | December 21, 2009

It was inevitable that the recent report put together by former cabinet minister Alan Milburn would find professions such as law and medicine dominated by affluent, privately-educated individuals. While social mobility has been on the political agenda for years, the professions have seen little change, with the majority of the UK's lawyers still coming from a select group of independently-educated pupils who go on to attend Russell Group universities.

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Training and education: All tied up

By Legal Week | December 21, 2009

The last few years have seen the College of Law, BPP Law School and, to a lesser extent, Kaplan Law School jostle with each other to secure tie-ups with the top law firms. In the main, firms have been receptive to their advances, with the result being that the vast majority of UK top 20 law firms - and many top 50 firms and US firms with London offices - now have arrangements in place to send their future trainees to study the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) and Legal Practice Course (LPC) exclusively with a certain course provider.

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Career Clinic: Is my withdrawn training contract better kept secret?

By Legal Week | October 7, 2009

"I had a training contract with a top 10 City firm, but after failing a GDL exam, my contract was withdrawn. I have spoken to a few other students from the same firm and other City firms who are in the same position. Now that we are all reapplying for contracts, is it worth mentioning the previous TC? Surely it is a positive achievement despite the disappointing end? Would it be wise to mention this on a CV/application form, or would it be better to do it face-to-face with recruiters?"

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College of Law comes top of the class to seal Ashurst training tie-up

By Legal Week | September 30, 2009

Ashurst has become one of the last firms in the UK top 20 to sign an exclusive deal to send all its future trainees to a specific course provider. From 2010, all Ashurst trainees will study at the College of Law, with the law school beating competition from rivals including BPP, Kaplan Law School and the Oxford Institute of Legal Practice to secure the agreement.

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Why scrapping training contracts is a bad idea

By Legal Week | September 30, 2009

Former Taylor Wessing trainee Natalie Salunke questions the recent proposals to do away with training contracts...

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Dentons signs up to exclusive training deal with College of Law

By Legal Week | August 20, 2009

Denton Wilde Sapte has sealed a deal to send all of its future trainees to study exclusively with the College of Law. The agreement, which starts in September, will cover both the Legal Practice Course (LPC) and the Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL). It will allow those with training contracts with Dentons to study at any of the College's five centres in the UK.

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Career Clinic: Is a London TC better than training in the regions?

By Legal Week | August 20, 2009

"I secured a training contract with a regional office of a large international firm back in 2007 to start in 2009 but, as expected, I have been deferred until 2010. "My problem is that I want to change offices and start my training contract in London. My perceptions of the legal world have changed drastically since applying for TCs towards the end of my second year at university and I now feel that the level of work which is available in London is more suited to my professional aspirations for the future.

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National Law Journal

Law Schools Must Embrace AI

By Joseph Landau and Ron Lazebnik | July 10, 2023

While AI may eliminate some legal jobs, the legal profession will continue to thrive as new technology enables lawyers to spend less time on basic tasks and more time on developing creative legal strategies and providing more personalized client services.

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Law.com

Superior Court Wrongly Conducted 'In Camera' Review of Attorney-Client Privileged Documents, State Appeals Court Says

By Mason Lawlor | July 7, 2023

A father suing his former counsel for alleged legal malpractice in a parental rights lawsuit instead improperly used his privilege "as a shield" to block inquiry into an issue he raised, Judge Michael S. Catlett found.

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Law.com

Judges and Media Both Want to Get the Truth Out—but How?

By Christine Charnosky | July 7, 2023

"In one of Dr. King's speeches, he said that our destinies are inextricably intertwined," Bernice B. Donald, a nationally recognized retired federal judge, said. "And I think that is certainly true of courts and media."

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Law.com

Tips for Maximizing the Homestretch of Bar Prep

By Kimberly Wolenberg | July 7, 2023

The Fourth of July marks a pivotal point during study for the July bar exam.

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Daily Report Online

2 Ga. Law Schools Are 'Overperforming' on Bar Passage Rates, According to New Study

By Christine Charnosky | July 6, 2023

A paper recently published in the Florida Law Review gives a different perspective on law school bar passage rates—and the top 25 schools on the list yield some unexpected results.

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National Law Journal

Storming the Beach Houses

By Devon Westhill | July 6, 2023

School officials who racially discriminate should pay dearly.

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Law.com

'Don't Run Out the Door in a Moment of Crisis': The Co-Authors of 'How to Leave the Law' Talk Timing Your Exit

By Christine Charnosky | July 6, 2023

"Some of my friends said, 'Thank goodness—you haven't been happy for years.' People who knew me less well were shocked," co-author Liz Brown told Law.com about her own decision to leave the legal profession.

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Texas Lawyer

Baylor Among Law Schools 'Overperforming' on Bar Passage Rates, According to New Study

By Christine Charnosky | July 6, 2023

A paper recently published in the Florida Law Review gives a different perspective on law school bar passage rates—and the top 25 schools on the list yielded some unexpected results.

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Law.com

Here Are the Law Schools 'Overperforming' on Bar Passage Rates, According to New Study

By Christine Charnosky | July 6, 2023

A paper recently published in the Florida Law Review gives a different perspective on law school bar passage rates—and the top 25 schools on the list yield some unexpected results.

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Corporate Counsel

U.S. Supreme Court Decision Does Not Foreclose Legally Compliant DEI Initiatives in Corporate America

By Erin Connell, Mike Delikat and Jill Rosenberg | July 6, 2023

For companies committed to retaining robust DEI programs, now is the time to review and reanalyze the programs, practices and initiatives in place to ensure they are legally compliant, while still advancing the goal of promoting diversity, equity and inclusion within America's workforce.

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