Tag: Students
Lord Justice Vos says firms and chambers bosses are ‘discriminatory’ towards students who aren’t like them
Selection procedures for training contracts and pupillages favour the privileged, says top judge
Kaplan exodus: Mayer Brown and Holman Fenwick leave for BPP as Penningtons chooses ULaw
Trio pick other law schools ahead of Kaplan's closure, but other firms commit to stay until end of 2015-16 academic year
BPP dean embraces thug life
Straight outta law school
University of Law enters Scottish market with CMS Cameron McKenna future trainee tie-up
English-style vocational course to be launched north of the border
An 18 year old kid has qualified as a solicitor
Child prodigy Aussie is a month older than BPTC graduate Gabrielle Turnquest when she was called to the bar in 2013
2,000 law students urge judges to get to the point
Dispatches from legal Facebook-land
Mayer Brown ups intake on earn-while-you-learn training contract alternative
"High calibre of applicants" suggests new school-leaver scheme could rival traditional route
The 15 best law firms for vac schemes — according to those who have been there
Pinsent Masons leads the field, with only two magic circle players making the cut
Law school wars: Nabarro first to pick a side after Kaplan’s courses sink
City firm Nabarro makes the first move, selecting BPP as GDL and LPC provider in wake of Kaplan's withdrawal from market next year
Qualify as a solicitor in six years without going to uni – radical scheme unveiled
Reformed route could profoundly shake up traditional legal education models -- and be trouble for legal executives
CMS slashes trainee headcount by nearly 35%
Twelve newly qualified lawyers have opted to leave the large corporate outfit
Contextual recruitment hits magic circle: firms to consider students’ economic background and personal circumstances
Training contract hunters' achievements to be "contextualised"
Bagging a training contract: how it looks
It's a bit like signing for Real Madrid, only you do it in your kitchen
Law student finds ‘time capsule’ note from 1980s hidden in library book
Scrap of paper dating back to 1986 invites people to write the date and what they are doing
Event: Commercial Awareness Question Time at Norton Rose Fulbright
Get to the front of the training contract queue, with free places for 25 students up for grabs
UWE and ULaw students overturn 95% of Department of Work and Pensions ‘fit for work’ decisions — hauling in £1million
Law students 1 - 0 Iain Duncan Smith
ULaw pulls plug on business school just weeks after launch
Opening of highly touted De Broc is shelved indefinitely owing to low student interest
The Judge Rules: Bye-bye LPC and training contract, hello unified bar exam
Kaplan’s demise triggers speculation that a streamlined qualification process will arrive sooner than many anticipated
August picture caption competition
Legal Cheek revives its occasional series with a romantic image of a young barrister in London town
Bar Council snubs legal aid chambers over pupillage fair rates
Organisers claim event will widen pool of applicants, but class divisions between haves and have-nots will be clearly on display
White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP
New Yorkers' London office cuts GDL and LPC deal with ULaw's arch-rival