Tag: Students

Ex-Slaughter and May lawyer fired from The Apprentice for ‘trying to be too smart’

Second solicitor ditched from hit BBC show by lawyer-loathing Lord Sugar

Dec 4 2014 10:23am

Legal apprenticeship schemes — cheap labour for law firms?

Some apprentices are paid less than half what their trainee counterparts earn -- raising suggestions that the role could revolutionise legal profession training

Dec 4 2014 9:24am

Law student boasts about making £300 selling stolen university library books

Is this tale of a youthful tea-leaf an illustration of modern commercial awareness -- or just outright criminality?

Dec 3 2014 11:29am

Law is one of most ethnically diverse university subjects, government stats show

Some 32% of LLB students are non-white, yet ethnic minorities remain poorly represented at many top law firms

Nov 28 2014 9:35am

Next in the gavel hall of shame — step forward Staffordshire University law school

It claims to offer students the opportunity “to develop advocacy skills in an authentic courtroom setting” -- so why the auction room hammer?

Nov 27 2014 9:27am

Irate Lord Justice Jackson uses Court of Appeal judgment to issue lawyers with student-style skeleton argument tips

Top judge snaps after wading through "35 pages of rambling prolixity"

Nov 26 2014 9:01am

Wannabe solicitor wins enough to pay his way through law degree and LPC with poker tournament triumph

Nottingham University law undergraduate is quids in after scooping £35k prize following previous £8k win

Nov 25 2014 10:05am

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