Tag: Students

The Judge Rules: career-focused millennials spell doom for the GDL

Like James Blunt, the law conversion course is just so 2005

Aug 7 2015 12:34pm

Uni of Law ditches Birmingham part-time BPTC just six weeks before start date

Exclusive: Students with part-time places told to head to London instead

Aug 7 2015 11:04am

Killjoy bar leaders aim to phase out dining requirement for qualification as a barrister

Age-old tradition of drunken bread roll fights looks set to be pensioned off as it's not sufficiently educational

Aug 7 2015 9:28am

Trendy London law firm does its bit to tackle erectile dysfunction

Diversity recruitment agency announcement suggests Olswang has got into the good wood game

Aug 6 2015 9:32am

Shearman & Sterling’s London office switches Kaplan for Uni of Law in LPC deal

Contract kicks off this September in a post-sale boost for university

Aug 5 2015 2:23pm

Meet the ‘Humans of Law’

Inspired by global social media sensation “Humans of New York”, two Legal Cheek work experience students have set up a legal profession version

Aug 5 2015 11:37am

University of Law launches money back guarantee for out-of-work LPC students

ULaw offering 50% rebate of fees for those unable to secure job in "legal or commerce"

Aug 4 2015 11:03am

Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens

Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses

Aug 3 2015 4:25pm

University of Law boss stands down in post-sale top-tier shake-up

Exclusive: Chief executive goes and top finance man is also thought to be heading for door

Aug 3 2015 9:36am

Legal charity offers seven social welfare training contracts for second year running

Application process kicks off next week for positions across the UK

Jul 31 2015 9:33am

Last-minute training contract applications are a waste of time

Thinking of burning the midnight oil to make a bid for City glory? Don’t, advise top law firm specialists

Jul 30 2015 12:27pm

Revised trainee solicitor hiring code is here; market braces for chaos

Law firm pressure forces junior lawyers group to drop application deadline guidance

Jul 29 2015 2:44pm

‘My Family’ actor with drugs record bids to be human rights barrister

Gabriel Thomson was busted for coke seven years ago, but that's not stopping him from going for philosophy first and then the GDL

Jul 29 2015 12:54pm

#LawyerSchmovies: 13 top movie titles improved by references to the law

The latest social media craze is all about law and films

Jul 28 2015 12:27pm

Comments of the week

The best below-the-line thoughts from the last five days

Jul 24 2015 4:01pm

Supervisor tells pupil she looks ‘quite f*ckable’ — report highlights sexism at bar

Two surveys this week illustrate just how much work bar leaders have to do to drive out the Fred Flintstone attitudes

Jul 24 2015 9:14am

Fewer students apply for law school scholarships than you think

Leicester Uni law grad Hannah Blake used her Kaplan Law School LLM LPC scholarship as a springboard to a City training contract

Jul 23 2015 12:41pm

The GDL is for ‘spineless’ losers, says Bristol Uni law student

Graduate Diploma in Law is for those with a half-hearted interest in legal profession, claims LLBer, amid decline in popularity of conversion route

Jul 23 2015 10:08am

From wasps to car-hire — junior lawyers need to diversify

There are many ways to exhibit commercial awareness...

Jul 22 2015 4:17pm

Financial Conduct Authority trainee flogs top City law firm training contract application answers

Exclusive: Graduate offers students an "unfair advantage" in return for cash

Jul 22 2015 10:28am

Bar Council must delay plans to move Pupillage Gateway deadline

Clarity is urgently needed instead of tumbleweed blowing across the website’s alerts page

Jul 20 2015 11:28am