Tag: COVID-19
How to create well-rounded lawyers of the future
Jo-Anne Pugh discusses BPP University Law School’s unique approach to the SQE and how it will prepare students for the assessments -- and for practice
UK legal vacancies plunge 75% during pandemic
Job applications also tumble, new research reveals
Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers
Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online
City Law School to tempt law firms with ‘salad bar SQE’
James Catchpole, Associate Dean and LPC Director, is thinking creatively about changes to solicitor and barrister training
Deloitte scraps summer legal internships — offers interns £500 instead
Big Four player to run voluntary four-week virtual mentorship programme, as more law firms cancel vacation schemes in view of COVID-19
COVID-19: ULaw launches £750,000 career changer scholarship fund
Law school to provide support to those whose careers have been impacted by pandemic
The technological disruption facing law firms in the wake of the pandemic
Times of necessity have rocketed innovative practices into daily life a lot sooner than many expected
‘Well said, Lord Sumption’: Elon Musk backs former Supreme Court judge’s warning that lockdown breaches human rights
Mighty tech and legal minds unite
Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site
Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering
COVID-19: The prison crisis
Why has government been so slow to implement plans for prisoner release?
Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?
Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever 'COVID clause' -- but now it's a matter for the courts
Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19
Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’
Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts
Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer
The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story
King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education
Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online
City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption
Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees
Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown
23 legal TikToks to make your day
From Donoghue v Stevenson to City law firm perks -- Legal Cheek has covered it all
Research: Over 70% of young barristers won’t survive six months in practice
Bar Council warns future of the bar looks 'bleak' in wake of pandemic
How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world
The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning
Will success of home-working prompt firms to rethink their plush City offices?
Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law's love-affair with swanky spaces
Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay
As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme