Tag: Students

Will EU law even be a module on law degrees next year?

Heightened Brexit fears spark student uncertainty

Feb 22 2016 2:51pm

Legal education reform proposals are an opportunity as well as a risk — and students must have a voice

King & Wood Mallesons' David Ball and Caroline Sarson want to safeguard quality and boost diversity while improving the scope of assessment

Feb 22 2016 1:14pm

Social mobility initiative goes north as Bar Placement Week makes Liverpool debut

QCs of the future could come from under privileged families outside London, and the Bar Council wants to boost odds of finding them

Feb 19 2016 10:02am

Oxbridge students shun regional law firms

Oxford and Cambridge graduates make up less than 5% of trainees outside London

Feb 19 2016 9:12am

Criminal law syllabuses to get makeover as Supreme Court gives landmark joint enterprise judgment

Felicity Gerry QC and Adam Wagner victorious as court changes the law

Feb 18 2016 12:02pm

Solicitor super-exam could ‘devalue’ and ‘dumb down’ the law

Legal establishment comes out against plan to scrap LPC and open firms to non-graduates

Feb 16 2016 3:49pm

1,000-year-old tradition of recording laws on goat and calf skin hangs in balance

Peers say scrap tradition in favour of £80,000 a year savings

Feb 16 2016 9:21am

UWE law student solicitor dream in balance after attacking pal in baby photo row

Aspiring lawyer lashed out at friend in Welsh hospital

Feb 15 2016 10:27am

Why City law firms don’t need to keep in touch with work experience students

If they want to build ties, students should show some initiative and send an email

Feb 15 2016 9:01am

Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer

Legal Cheek and Fletchers team up to hold careers advice session for students with leading solicitors and barristers

Feb 14 2016 10:05am

Top City law firms criticised for failing to stay in touch with social mobility work experience students

Two-thirds of PRIME students had no further contact with their allocated firm

Feb 12 2016 3:56pm

Revealed: the areas of the country where trainee solicitors are paid the least

South West is best -- avoid the rest, apart from the City

Feb 12 2016 12:10pm

15 great photos of dogs dressed as lawyers

Dog lawyers is even more of a thing than cat lawyers

Feb 12 2016 10:34am

Senior lawyers slam ‘entitled’ millennial training contract hopefuls

But they admit that corporate law is a different beast to when they were growing up

Feb 12 2016 9:04am

Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers

We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project

Feb 11 2016 2:36pm

Ministry of Justice confirms 86 courts across England and Wales WILL close

Twenty-two that are set to close will be relocated to other sites

Feb 11 2016 1:54pm

Why does the ‘Do you know anyone at the firm’ question appear on application forms?

Law student tweets frustration after being asked for “personal contacts”

Feb 11 2016 1:04pm