Tag: LPC

Huge disparity in LPC provider pass rates as SQE was introduced
Between 100% and 21%

Law firm defends LPC-requirement for receptionist role
Sign of the times?

Full video: SQE v LPC: which route is best for me?
BPP University careers experts weigh up the options available to future solicitors

Torn between the SQE and LPC? Here’s what to consider
BPP's Head of Outreach Jonny Hurst lists the key considerations for students electing between the two solicitor qualification routes

Full video: LPC or SQE — which is best for me?
BPP careers experts break down the considerations to guide students’ decisions

White & Case boosts maintenance grant by over 60% in response to ‘increased cost of living’
Future trainees to receive £17k a year during LPC and GDL

Bakers provides £4k LPC ‘boost grant’ to future trainees in financial difficulty
On top of standard £10k maintenance support

Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits
LPC and SQE loans reportedly written off

A fifth of law firms will require LPC grads to sit parts of the SQE
Future trainees to undergo further training but at firm's expense, Legal Cheek research reveals

HSF ups financial support for future trainees studying the LPC to £12,500
New figure matches majority of magic circle

Freshfields and Slaughters follow Clifford Chance in upping LPC maintenance grants by a quarter
Future trainees to receive £12,500 in financial support

Clifford Chance increases financial support for incoming trainees
LPC and SQE cohorts provided £12.5k maintenance grants

Pandemic has little impact on LPC pass rates, stats show
Exam deferrals more than doubled

Should I do the LPC or SQE?
BPP’s Head of Outreach Jonny Hurst shares the drivers for students’ decision-making

Clifford Chance appoints ULaw as exclusive SQE prep course provider
First rookies start next summer

GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic
Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds

SRA: Online exams here to stay
LPC providers given option to continue with proctoring measures post-pandemic

LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show
SRA annual report reveals 'significant differences' among anonymised law schools

ULaw students face exam notes headache after proctoring switch
Exclusive: Law school says it's looking to resolve issues as soon as possible