Tag: GDL
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City Law School grad uses GDL knowledge to fight former employer
Samantha Savory secures victory in employment tribunal
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White & Case boosts maintenance grant by over 60% in response to ‘increased cost of living’
Future trainees to receive £17k a year during LPC and GDL
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Bakers provides £4k LPC ‘boost grant’ to future trainees in financial difficulty
On top of standard £10k maintenance support
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Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits
LPC and SQE loans reportedly written off
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‘I’m a non-law student totally confused by the new SQE’
I want to be a solicitor but I'm unsure what my options are
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GDL providers take different approaches to exams in response to Omicron spread
Some students given 24 hours to submit each exam, while others have just 2 hours
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7 things I wish I’d known before I started my GDL
Top tips for conversion course newcomers, courtesy of Durham Uni grad Sky Martle
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GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic
Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds
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LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show
SRA annual report reveals 'significant differences' among anonymised law schools
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How should non-law students prepare for the SQE?
BARBRI managing director, Sarah Hutchinson, explains how universities and law firms should advise aspiring lawyers from non-law backgrounds on their future qualification path
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Will the SQE kill the GDL?
Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course
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Future Pinsent Masons trainee to fund law scholarship with proceeds of new book
Matthew Berrick's Legal Insider provides 'unfiltered insights' from top City lawyers
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BPP students’ frustration over exam clash with winter vac scheme dates
Exclusive: Law school says it's 'unfortunate' and they 'have the opportunity to attend a 2021 scheme'
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Crowdfunding wannabe barrister pledges free careers advice in return for donations
Mohamed Hussein Iman needs £15k to start GDL
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Nottingham Trent Uni waives law student accommodation fees
Coronavirus: But uni's vice chancellor slams private third-party housing providers refusing to cancel rent costs
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LPC pass rates nosedive as report reveals one law school where just 29% of students made the grade
While achievement gap between white and ethnic minority students remains large
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STEM Future Lawyers and BPP launch 2020 GDL scholarship
Applications now open for science students interested in law
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Herbert Smith Freehills offers £10,000 London GDL maintenance grant
£9,000 in the regions
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ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year
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BPP Law School launches new SQE-slanted GDL
Course aims to prepare non-law students for super-exam