Tag: Students
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 students who are winning at law revision
It almost looks fun ...
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
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
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
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
9 things we learned from the #PupillageApps Q&A
The best bits from last night's Twitter discussion about how to bag a pupillage
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
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
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
8 top English uni law faculties dropped from Singapore bar approved institution list
Cries of protectionism ring out as Russell Group stars are axed
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
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
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 ...