Tag: Students

Legal aid lawyers depicted as menage a trois loving superheroes in lobbying film

City law firms back star-studded cast in its pre-general election bid to alert public to dangers of cuts to system

Apr 13 2015 12:21pm

BPTC is rubbish and needs urgent reform — say top barristers

Bar Council report lashes providers for churning out an expensive yet poorly regarded course -- and the aptitude test is equally lambasted

Apr 13 2015 9:34am

Law firm trainee diversity on the up, according to regulator’s figures

Smaller practices are outpacing larger firms, but across the board the profession is more diverse than the wider population

Apr 10 2015 4:53pm

9 things we learned from the #PupillageApps Q&A

The best bits from last night's Twitter discussion about how to bag a pupillage

Apr 10 2015 1:30pm

Revealed: how law school fees have spiralled far beyond rate of inflation since the millennium

Some institutions are charging 150% more than the rate of inflation for the two courses required to qualify as solicitors and barristers

Apr 9 2015 9:34am

Could festival toilets law be the hot new practice area of 2015?

From Glasto to the Isle of Wight, banks of portaloos hide a potential minefield of accidents and personal injury litigation, says England’s newest lavatory law specialist

Apr 8 2015 11:10am

These aren’t drafting tips … Prof sends students anal beads porn link in email fail‏

Philadelphia law school of many expensive names investigates how a link to Porn Hub was included in helpful guide to students

Apr 7 2015 12:46pm

8 top English uni law faculties dropped from Singapore bar approved institution list

Cries of protectionism ring out as Russell Group stars are axed

Apr 7 2015 9:41am

Yet another BPTC is being launched — despite chronic shortage of pupillages

BPP is controversially to bring its BPTC to Brum, despite only nine pupillage places available in all the West Midlands as of yesterday

Apr 2 2015 2:34pm

Judges give Grayling a special birthday present — another High Court defeat

Justice Secretary gets slapped down again, this time over prisoner transfer reforms – but happy b-day, nonetheless, Chris

Apr 1 2015 4:14pm

Lawyer left red-faced in Facebook advert typo

Today's *face palm* award goes to a US lawyer in Maryland -- but, hands up, it could happen to any of us ...

Apr 1 2015 12:43pm

Former One Direction star Zayn Malik to be fast-tracked to bar pupillage (April Fool!)

Just days after jacking in boy band -- and with no traditional qualifications -- Zayn Malik has bagged a place at a magic circle chambers

Apr 1 2015 8:55am

Law firms run Oxbridge recruitment targets as high as 50% of trainees, says diversity chief

A senior Law Society figure claims unofficial bias in favour of elitism remains rife among City and large commercial firms

Mar 30 2015 9:41am

University of Law beats rivals to bag first teaching law firm licence

Nottingham left to lick its wounds as the country’s biggest law school is awarded alternative business structure status

Mar 27 2015 3:57pm

CMS Cameron McKenna waves good-bye to 38% of spring NQs

CMS Cameron McKenna has kept just 16 of its 26 spring newly-qualified cohort, posting a comparatively woeful retention rate of 62%

Mar 27 2015 2:23pm

Pinsent Masons retains 79% of qualifying trainees

Latest City firm to put qualifying young bloods out of their misery is keeping 15 of its spring 2015 round

Mar 26 2015 2:24pm

Revealed: How law schools’ websites looked at the dawn of the millennium

Throwback Thursday: A journey back in time through the World Wide Web -- law school edition

Mar 26 2015 12:31pm

Strathclyde, Huddersfield, Greenwich and BPP are best unis for pro bono

Attorney General Student Pro Bono Awards 2015 winners announced

Mar 26 2015 9:10am

Striking again — court defeat over legal aid cuts could see barristers back on picket line

Court backs government plans for massive cuts in number of legal aid law firms, reigniting fears that law students wanting a career in crime will have to rob banks

Mar 25 2015 3:42pm