Tag: Junior Lawyers Division

SQE blunder: £250 goodwill payment ‘does not begin to repair the damage’, says Junior Lawyers Division
Could request super regulator investigation

Law Society launches new junior solicitor support network with JLD becoming ‘fully independent’ from Chancery Lane
Shift away from 'siloed divisions'

‘The overall culture in law is damaging many junior lawyers’, JLD chair warns
Mental Health Awareness Week prompts renewed calls for change as wellbeing charity LawCare extends online support

Pay training contract and qualifying work experience trainees the same, Law Society tells firms
Chancery Lane calls for parity across both routes ahead of SQE roll-out

Junior lawyer warns law firms against ‘misusing’ apprenticeship levy
JLD committee member James Kitching's comments come at the start of National Apprenticeship Week

Super-exam won’t save students money, claim junior lawyers
Junior Lawyers Division predicts that newly-approved SQE won't lower qualification costs

JLD welcomes decision not to strike off struggling junior lawyer
Susan Orton binned documents 'in a moment of sheer panic'

JLD writes to BPP over LPC lockdown complaints
'Complaints go through a robust, credible and independent procedure of review to ensure a satisfactory conclusion is reached', says law school in statement

Junior lawyers call for super-exam delay as it warns MCQs may be too easy
War of words between JLD and regulator rumbles on

SRA defends decision to prosecute junior lawyer who lost work briefcase
Claire Louise Matthews has lodged appeal against strike off

JLD: Think again before prosecuting vulnerable lawyers
Open letter urges SRA to review approach where mental health or toxic working environments play role in alleged misconduct

Why a shift towards booze free law events is a positive for the profession
Husnara Begum reflects on life as a teetotalling magic circle trainee in the nineties

LPC exam delays will have ‘serious implications’ for training contract holders, junior lawyers warn
Junior Lawyers Division offers up alternatives including online exams and coursework

Law Society boosts recommended minimum pay for trainee solicitors by 1.9%
£22,541 in London and £19,992 elsewhere

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates
Junior Lawyers Division's plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Law Society fire: I was one of the diners told to evacuate
Around 150 firefighters battled blaze over weekend at historic building on Chancery Lane

Dry January: Put down the pint and pick up the paintball gun, junior lawyers told
JLD issue fresh alcohol guidance as it bans booze from events

Super-exam could damage ‘credibility’ of solicitor qualification, junior lawyers warn
JLD urges super-regulator to think carefully before giving new exam final sign-off

Junior lawyer numbers set to rocket following SQE roll-out, predicts Google-backed legal business chief
Super-exam also tipped as pro-diversity by legal entrepreneur

Junior lawyers seek to have approval of the SQE overturned
Letter to Justice Committee aims to skewer super-exam

SRA dismisses calls to reintroduce mandatory minimum trainee solicitor pay
JLD argued rookies risk 'exploitation' under work experience element of SQE -- but regulator doesn't agree