Author: Legal Cheek
‘Can I do a UK training contract if I’m based overseas?’
We put one reader's question to the regulator
COVID-19: BSB pushes ahead with online exams — but offers students test centre option
Regulator publishes fresh guidance
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Travers Smith posts 89% trainee retention score
17 out of 19
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
BPTC students hit record numbers — but securing pupillage remains a big problem
1,753 bar hopefuls enrolled in 2018
Macfarlanes ups TC numbers amid COVID-19 uncertainty
31 to 33 in response to firm growth
ULaw announces proposed super-exam training deal with Sheffield Uni
Will also deliver LPC and GDL
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Baker McKenzie offers lawyers part-paid summer sabbaticals in response to pandemic
Also implements reduced working week option
‘Should I work as a paralegal at the firm I’ve secured a training contract with?’
I planned to fill the gap with legal work but the job market is flat so options are limited, writes one Legal Cheek reader
Best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
New Instagram account allows City lawyers to anonymously submit their ‘juicy secrets’
'Magic Circle Confessions' launched earlier this month
Harvard trumps Oxbridge in global law school rankings — again
World league table looks at key criteria including employer and academic reputation
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
The best of the blogs
Weekly round-up of the top legal blogosphere posts
Mills & Reeve keeps 16 out of 18 autumn NQs
One on fixed-term deal
The Legal Cheek Podcast: Why failure is just a form of feedback
We sit down with private equity partner Richard Youle ?
Monday morning round-up
The top legal affairs news stories from the weekend
Defence barrister fined £1,000 for ‘pulling faces’ at judge
She also described a decision as ‘insane'