Tag: COVID-19

How to create well-rounded lawyers of the future

Jo-Anne Pugh discusses BPP University Law School’s unique approach to the SQE and how it will prepare students for the assessments -- and for practice

May 7 2020 11:48am

UK legal vacancies plunge 75% during pandemic

Job applications also tumble, new research reveals

May 7 2020 9:59am

Bar Council clarifies position on whether law centres are proper lawyers

Statement on coronavirus funding sparks commotion online

May 6 2020 1:49pm

City Law School to tempt law firms with ‘salad bar SQE’

James Catchpole, Associate Dean and LPC Director, is thinking creatively about changes to solicitor and barrister training

May 6 2020 12:21pm

Deloitte scraps summer legal internships — offers interns £500 instead

Big Four player to run voluntary four-week virtual mentorship programme, as more law firms cancel vacation schemes in view of COVID-19

May 6 2020 11:24am

COVID-19: ULaw launches £750,000 career changer scholarship fund

Law school to provide support to those whose careers have been impacted by pandemic

May 5 2020 2:25pm

The technological disruption facing law firms in the wake of the pandemic

Times of necessity have rocketed innovative practices into daily life a lot sooner than many expected

May 5 2020 10:28am

Former Milbank junior lawyer probed over ‘opportunistic’ COVID-19 mentoring site

Singapore-based associate accused of targeting vulnerable TC hunters with costly online offering

May 4 2020 11:18am

COVID-19: The prison crisis

Why has government been so slow to implement plans for prisoner release?

May 1 2020 12:06pm

Did Davis Polk predict the pandemic?

Multi-million dollar purchase agreement, signed in February, features clever 'COVID clause' -- but now it's a matter for the courts

May 1 2020 8:55am

Bar bigwigs take temporary pay cuts in wake of COVID-19

Bar Council and BSB tighten belts as they brace for ‘significant drop in income’

Apr 30 2020 2:03pm

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

Apr 30 2020 9:12am

The SQE is just one part of a much bigger story

King’s College London’s Chris Howard shares his vision for the future of legal education

Apr 29 2020 1:20pm

Freshfields and Taylor Wessing summer vacation schemes will go ahead — online

City law firms continue to switch to virtual programmes amid virus disruption

Apr 29 2020 10:48am

Canterbury University law student urges private landlords to waive final rent fees

Some students expected to pay upwards of £2,000 for rooms no longer in use during COVID-19 lockdown

Apr 29 2020 9:09am

23 legal TikToks to make your day

From Donoghue v Stevenson to City law firm perks -- Legal Cheek has covered it all

Apr 28 2020 12:47pm

Research: Over 70% of young barristers won’t survive six months in practice

Bar Council warns future of the bar looks 'bleak' in wake of pandemic

Apr 28 2020 9:12am

How technology can help trainees in the new SQE world

The College of Legal Practice chief, Giles Proctor, sketches out a vision for the new super-exam that draws on the college’s strength in tech-based online learning

Apr 27 2020 2:15pm

Will success of home-working prompt firms to rethink their plush City offices?

Pandemic puts question mark over corporate law's love-affair with swanky spaces

Apr 27 2020 12:50pm

Shearman & Sterling lawyers offered six month sabbaticals for 30% pay

As Reed Smith introduces unpaid leave scheme

Apr 27 2020 11:51am