Tag: Training contracts
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DWF defers training contract start dates by six months
Thirty-one new joiners will now start in February
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DLA Piper offers future trainees £10,000 to delay TC start dates by a year
Exclusive: Or £5,000 for six months
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10 ways to boost your chances of securing a training contract during lockdown
Learn a new skill, start a vlog, attend virtual law fairs and write for Legal Cheek -- there's plenty to do
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Rookie solicitor puts training contract on hold to work in coronavirus-battered pharmacies
King's grad Thorrun Govind dusts off pharmacy qualifications during pandemic
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How Instagram can help you get a training contract at a national law firm
Five tips courtesy of Shoosmiths
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Orrick pushes back training contract assessments ‘until early 2021’
Exclusive: Felt virtual assessments would not offer applicants same level of insight into trainee life
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An open letter to law firms considering deferring training contracts
They should look to the past before making decisions on trainees' futures
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How COVID-19 will impact law students
ULaw pro-vice chancellor Peter Crisp provides a big picture overview and draws parallels between the 2008 financial and coronavirus crises
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Kennedys launches SQE-ready solicitor apprenticeship for graduates
New 30-month TC alternative enables trainees to earn while they learn
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Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site
Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering
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Squire Patton Boggs warns it may defer training contracts
Exclusive: City firm continuing to plan for August intake but urges future trainees to ‘hold off making financial decisions’ until COVID-19 situation is clearer
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Irwin Mitchell delays trainee start dates by six months in response to pandemic
Exclusive: New starters will now join in February 2021
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Gateley furloughs trainee solicitors
Some rookies may also have qualification dates pushed back in response to pandemic
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Hogan Lovells makes training contract offers early as it cancels summer vacation schemes
Exclusive: Some candidates offered winter vacation scheme places
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‘Will coronavirus cost me my magic circle TC?’
I'm due to start in August 2022
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99 training contract interview tips
With examples of the questions you need to know how to answer
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‘Should I renege on my accepted TC offer to take one at a better firm?’
I need readers' advice
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Coronavirus could delay City law trainee spring start dates
LPC grads returning from breaks in far flung destinations will have to heed quarantine advice
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Dentons revamps training contract in bid to make trainees more resilient
Global law firm wants to create 'more good days at work'
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Student Event: Secrets to Success Leeds — with Squire Patton Boggs, Kings Chambers, Womble Bond Dickinson and ULaw
Wednesday 11 December at ULaw Leeds; open to all students and graduates
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Clifford Chance launches business internship for future trainees
New scheme will see vac scheme places reduced but additional open days introduced for penultimate-year students