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

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

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