Tag: Students

The Apprentice Review: First solicitor axed from show blames exit on Lord Sugar’s hatred of lawyers

Lauren is out, leaving legal profession's hopes resting on shoulders of ex-magic circle solicitor Felipe

Nov 20 2014 1:17pm

Ex-poly offers City partner-level wedge to fill junior lawyer slot

Recruitment website typo gets hearts racing, but actual salary is far more like what you’d expect

Nov 17 2014 12:07pm

Law has among the lowest proportion of privately educated students of any degree subject

9% of law degree students went to private schools -- compared to 29% of medics

Nov 17 2014 9:26am

Official stats: Great Recession has devastated applications to law schools

Over the last five years the number of students aiming for either the LPC or GDL has tumbled

Nov 13 2014 9:09am

14 things that mean something completely different if you’re a law student

The world seen through the eyes of the wannabe lawyer

Nov 12 2014 9:49am

Final 6 go head-to-head in law teacher of the year awards

Most students wouldn’t know it existed, but this Oxford University Press gong is a chance for those in the tweed jackets to get a little recognition

Nov 7 2014 10:56am

Exclusive: University of Law sells Brum premises and puts Bloomsbury on market for 50 million quid in leaseback deals

Students will not be affected with business continuing as usual at prime location branches

Nov 7 2014 9:17am

The Apprentice Review: Ex-Slaughter and May man returns to scene of BCL triumph — no one cares

Family lawyer beats City lawyer in Oxford tour face-off -- but both march on to next round

Nov 6 2014 1:42pm

The top 10 law fair freebies of 2014

It has been a vintage year

Nov 6 2014 9:02am

Should English law school chiefs follow US example of being ‘roasted’?

Heads of ULaw and BPP could benefit from American tradition

Nov 5 2014 3:33pm

Royal Holloway to compete with UCL, LSE, Queen Mary and King’s as it launches latest University of London LLB

Rising student demand leads to creation of yet another law school

Nov 5 2014 1:05pm

Diversity quotas: would they be legal, would they make a difference?

Breaking the dominance of the MAWM (middle-aged white man) is even harder than some campaigning groups realise, says Judge John Hack

Nov 4 2014 9:12am

The end of the training contract? Law school and firm combine to launch new ‘articled apprenticeship’ route

It means students working through their degree, but they could qualify as solicitors debt free

Nov 3 2014 2:40pm

Inns scholarship money wasted on ‘expensive, unproductive’ BPTC, says former Lord Chief Justice

Entry to the bar could be on the verge of a historic overhaul

Nov 3 2014 10:05am

For a judge that’s ‘right up to 11’: livid Sir James Munby launches most scathing attack on Grayling yet

Shocking case — which saw vulnerable couple and their child denied legal aid — makes the blood of nation’s top family judge boil

Oct 31 2014 7:00pm

Bar regulators launch yet another education and training review

Latest reform package from Bar Standards Board seems long on jargon and short on specifics

Oct 31 2014 10:24am

Full transcript: dictator Manuel Noriega’s failed claim against Call of Duty makers for basing character on him

Panama’s former military hard-man sees case thrown out of court

Oct 30 2014 8:57am

New Tumblr names and shames media outlets which misuse gavels

A blogger on a leading social media site has joined Legal Cheek’s crusade against the misuse of little wooden hammer imagery -- but is it a losing battle?

Oct 29 2014 12:38pm

City law firm drafting fail makes Dubai student dream break impossible to win

Because lawyers can draft error-free terms and conditions, right?

Oct 29 2014 9:45am