Legal Education

Manchester Met Uni offers lifeline to Halliwells trainees with law firm work placement scheme

By Alex Aldridge | July 26, 2010

Manchester Metropolitan University is offering assistance to the Halliwells future trainees who saw their training contracts cancelled last week with the launch of a new scheme for unemployed graduates. The university will give £1,000 to firms that take on unemployed law graduates for a month-long work placement. The award will allow the receiving firm to pay the graduates a minimum wage salary for four weeks, without incurring costs. The source of the money is a £300,000 grant given to Manchester Met by the Higher Education Funding Council for England to help unemployed graduates gain work experience.

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Forty-five future Halliwells trainees see training contracts cancelled

By Suzi Ring | July 22, 2010

Forty-five Halliwells trainees who were due to start their training contracts during the coming year have had their offers terminated in the wake of the firm's asset sale. The trainees spread across three intakes in August this year and January and June 2011 were informed on Monday (19 July) that their training contracts have been cancelled. They will be able to reapply to the purchasing firms through the normal recruitment process, but with no guarantee of the original commitment being honoured.

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CC increases retention rates to 79% for September qualifying intake

By Sofia Lind | July 14, 2010

Clifford Chance (CC) has improved its trainee retention rates with 79% of September qualifiers due to remain with the magic circle firm. The offer rate at the firm stood at 82%, as CC offered 60 jobs to 73 qualifiers, from which 58 have accepted a role with the firm. The numbers mark an improvement of almost 10% on the rates at the City giant in March this year and in September 2009, when the retention rate stood at 70% on both occasions.

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Beachcroft defers one third of trainees from September intake

By Claire Ruckin | July 2, 2010

Beachcroft has deferred a number of trainees who were due to start their training contract at the firm this September. Ten of the 29 trainees from the firm's September intake have agreed to defer for one year, while four more are likely to take paralegal roles - including one in Auckland and another with a Beachcroft client - before commencing their training contract in one year's time.

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Norton Rose teams up with Cass to pilot partner training

By Sofia Lind | June 9, 2010

Norton Rose is set to pilot a global partner development programme after entering an agreement with Cass Business School in London. Partners at the City law firm will be trained in areas including efficiency and management under a new scheme to be rolled out later this month.

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Garrigues launches MBA management programme for law firm leaders

By Suzi Ring | June 1, 2010

Garrigues' former managing partner is set to launch an executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) to train lawyers and other professionals on leading advisory businesses. Miguel Gordillo, who stepped down from his role as managing partner at the Spanish giant in September 2009, will launch the programme in October this year alongside former chief executive of Deloitte in Europe Alberto Terol.

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A legal gig - why Blur's drummer decided to train as a lawyer

By Alex Aldridge | May 12, 2010

It's the first day of the Legal Practice Course (LPC) at BPP Law School's Holborn branch. To break the ice, the tutor suggests that each person tells everyone else what they did over the summer. Cue the usual tales of vacation schemes and exotic holidays. Finally, it's the turn of the scruffy older guy in the corner. "I did some gigs in Hyde Park, then headlined Glastonbury." "A few people thought I was joking at first," explains Dave Rowntree, LPC student and drummer in the band Blur. "But they googled me and found out I was telling the truth. Not that it was a big deal - after a day it was obvious I wasn't going to turn up in a diamond-encrusted Rolls Royce and laud it over everyone. I'm serious about the law and love learning."

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Eversheds set to launch new training academy

By Claire Ruckin | May 11, 2010

Eversheds is set to launch a new training academy as part of a major shake-up of its learning and development framework, in a bid to move further away from promotions based on post-qualification experience (PQE). Junior lawyers at the firm will be able to apply to study courses on business accounts and reporting, building commercial relationships, marketing and business development from June. The firm will also run a shortened Master in Business Administration programme.

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Student round-up: Coventry Uni unveils sports law course; Ashurst signs UAE law school deal

By Alex Aldridge | May 10, 2010

Coventry University is launching a new postgraduate certificate in sports law. The one-year programme will run for the first time from October 2010, and will be delivered at Coventry University's new London campus located in East India House in the City of London. The course, which will cost around £3,000, is open to anyone with an LLB or GDL qualification or to non-legally qualified individuals with significant experience in the sports world.

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OC signs up to exclusive College of Law training deal

By Suzi Ring | April 22, 2010

Osborne Clarke (OC) has become the latest firm to seal an exclusive deal to send all of its City trainees to study at the College of Law. From September 2010, the college will provide the Graduate Diploma in Law, the Professional Skills Course and the Legal Practice Course for all of OC's future trainees.

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Legaltech News

Orrick Trains Summer Associates in Prompt Engineering With New Course From AltaClaro

By Stephanie Wilkins | August 9, 2023

The course, which focuses on the responsible use of generative AI as well as prompt engineering, will be rolled out to additional Orrick attorneys going forward.

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Law.com

Mitchell Hamline Law School Announces Leadership Change Ahead of Schedule

By Christine Charnosky | August 9, 2023

Anthony Niedwiecki, president and dean of Mitchell Hamline School of Law, will be stepping down nearly a year earlier than anticipated.

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The Legal Intelligencer

People in the News—Aug. 9, 2023—Barley Snyder

By Victoria Pfefferle-Gillot | August 9, 2023

Barley Snyder announced that Helping Harvest Fresh Food Bank has recently elected partner Timothy G. Dietrich to serve on its board of directors.

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The Recorder

Online-Only California Law School to Change Name in Effort to Have Grads Sit for Indiana Bar

By Christine Charnosky | August 7, 2023

A non-ABA-accredited online law school based in California, which has been petitioning the Indiana Supreme Court to allow its students to sit for the Indiana bar, is changing its name as part of that process.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Public Interest Calendar of Events

By The Legal Intelligencer | August 7, 2023

Check out a new volunteer information session and the Education Law Center's annual celebration in September.

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Law.com

Beyond the Numbers: Clients Want to Know About Culture of Diversity at Law Firms

By Alaina Lancaster | Zack Needles | August 4, 2023

Clients are pushing law firms to disclose more and more diversity-related information in order to earn their business, according to Lloyd Freeman, chief diversity officer at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney.

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Legaltech News

Back to School: 5 Ways Generative AI Is Finding Its Way Into Law School

By Cassandre Coyer | August 4, 2023

Law schools across the country are quickly picking up on the need for additional educational resources around generative AI to prepare the next generation of legal professionals.

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Law.com

Law Professor Promoted to Dean of U of Illinois Law

By Christine Charnosky | August 4, 2023

"Fifteen years ago, I made the college my professional home because of its culture of intellectual rigor, inclusion and public engagement," Jamelle Sharpe said in a statement. "Today, I am honored to serve as its next dean."

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New York Law Journal

Columbia Law Is Taking Heat Over Acceptance of Video Submissions. But Other Schools Say the Practice Is Nothing New

By Christine Charnosky | August 3, 2023

"Columbia's decision to add (and then remove) a required video was unusual though—and would have been unprecedented to my knowledge," Dave Killoran, CEO of PowerScore Test Preparation, told Law.com on Wednesday. "Given the timing of their decision and the resulting backlash, it's not surprising they chose to remove that requirement quickly."

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Law.com

Columbia Law Is Taking Heat, But Law Schools Accepting Video Submissions Isn't New

By Christine Charnosky | August 3, 2023

"Columbia's decision to add (and then remove) a required video was unusual though—and would have been unprecedented to my knowledge," Dave Killoran, CEO of PowerScore Test Preparation, told Law.com on Wednesday. "Given the timing of their decision and the resulting backlash, it's not surprising they chose to remove that requirement quickly."

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