Tag: Students

Students back code for TC offers timetable — law firms don’t

Signs that City graduate recruitment departments are already moving towards a training contract free for all as the regulator ditches existing guidelines

May 13 2015 9:36am

3 videos that beautifully articulate the pain of being a law student

Results are in for US website's annual Law Review video contest -- here's a selection of the best bits

May 7 2015 1:29pm

The Judge Rules: Offering a glass of wine doesn’t amount to harassment

Women law students and young female lawyers doubtless have to battle leery male counterparts -- but there are gradations of perviness

May 1 2015 9:24am

Slaughter and May leaps to top of magic circle newly-qualified pay pile

King of the establishment firm hits psychologically important £70k mark, but still trails well behind Yanks in City

Apr 30 2015 4:20pm

ULaw cuts surprise deal to revive Exeter’s GDL and LPC

Initiative kicks off this September and will see vocational courses back at west country law school for first time in nearly a decade

Apr 30 2015 12:05pm

12 party leaders’ faces that law students can instantly relate to

Politicians and law students -- they have more in common than you might think

Apr 30 2015 9:33am

University of Law tight-lipped over BPTC launch for Leeds and Manchester

So-called northern powerhouse cities already have 285 bar courses on offer -- and only 26 pupillage places

Apr 29 2015 5:14pm

Clifford Chance outstrips rivals in bid to field most charity walkers

Law firms can’t resist competing with each other -- even over charity events, as a league table currently being updated on social media graphically illustrates

Apr 29 2015 1:20pm

Litigant-in-person files notice to ‘f*ck this court and everything it stands for’

This expletive-fuelled -- but strangely nearly cogent -- notice to a US federal court judge may be the rudest official legal document ever

Apr 29 2015 11:07am

Law firm charges wannabe solicitors thousands for homemade diploma and internship

Exclusive: The very expensive fortnight may leave students in more debt and still jobless

Apr 29 2015 9:35am

Official figures: training contracts plummet by 12.5% over last decade

Tough conditions for wannabe solicitors continues -- as stats show London tightens grip on training contract market

Apr 27 2015 12:40pm

Aussie law school boldly heads for space – but in wake of Sunderland trailblazers

University of Adelaide today takes its specialist module to the launch pad warning of fears that it’s not that lonely in space after all

Apr 23 2015 4:55pm

Cambridge law grads are the biggest earners in the legal profession

Light blues outstrip ancient rivals Oxford by £7,000, while LSE comes second and even the Scots get a look in

Apr 23 2015 3:37pm

Former watchdog tells legal execs to battle traditional lawyers for top judicial posts

Controversial plea from the ex-chairwoman of Bar Standards Board is bound agitate current barrister and solicitor leaders

Apr 22 2015 2:50pm

Law degree student numbers rocket by nearly 20% despite still hard job market

Latest figures show no loss of appetite for law as undergraduate subject -- and women far outnumbering men on degree courses

Apr 21 2015 1:23pm

City law firms retain more qualifying solicitors than before financial crash

There’s good news and bad in the figures -- retention is rising, but overall training contracts numbers are still shrinking

Apr 20 2015 9:44am

Chris Grayling flunks politicians’ equivalent of a training contract interview

Wannabe lawyer and local council candidate Alex Cisneros uses graduate recruitment criteria to review last night’s performance by Justice Secretary at a constituency hustings meeting

Apr 17 2015 12:48pm

Essex Uni law grad first over line to qualify as solicitor through paralegal shortcut

30 year-old narrowly beats gaggle of paralegals to equivalent means qualification that bypasses training contract

Apr 16 2015 10:43am

Law student hero of University Challenge has already bagged a pupillage

Cambridge Uni third year Ted Loveday secured £60,000 position with Maitland Chambers last month

Apr 15 2015 1:19pm

8 students who are winning at law revision

It almost looks fun ...

Apr 15 2015 10:18am

Social media goes wild for Cambridge law student who inspired University Challenge final win

Gonville & Caius College third year Ted Loveday hailed as a genius/heartthrob/all round great guy following virtuoso performance

Apr 14 2015 11:00am