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Lord Sumption tells aspiring lawyers not to do a law degree

Do a history degree instead, says the history graduate

Oct 11 2016 8:55am
Revealed: 78% of Legal Cheek readers think law degrees are better than GDLs

An overwhelming win for LLBers as number of students enrolling nears 24,000 a year

Sep 29 2016 9:10am
LLB v GDL: Which one is REALLY the best?

A law degree lover and loather pitch for their course — Dragon’s Den style

Sep 21 2016 9:17am
Here’s my CV — will I get a training contract?

I’m desperate to stand out but I just don’t know how

Aug 4 2016 11:01am
GDL satisfaction survey results: Nottingham and City beat ULaw and BPP

Graduate Diploma in Law students are actually reasonably happy

May 10 2016 9:28am
Law school satisfaction survey — rate your GDL/LPC/BPTC

How good is your postgraduate legal training?

Apr 27 2016 9:05am

The Judge Rules: Bye-bye LPC and training contract, hello unified bar exam

Kaplan’s demise triggers speculation that a streamlined qualification process will arrive sooner than many anticipated

Aug 28 2015 10:30am
White & Case defects from University of Law to BPP

New Yorkers’ London office cuts GDL and LPC deal with ULaw’s arch-rival

Aug 26 2015 9:17am
Kaplan Law School to close

Third largest player in England and Wales legal education market takes a nosedive after eight years in business

Aug 25 2015 11:35am
University of Law extends money back guarantee to out-of-work GDL students

Fee rebate scheme could see ULaw paying out more to students who fail to bag jobs after graduating

Aug 19 2015 9:25am
The Judge Rules: career-focused millennials spell doom for the GDL

Like James Blunt, the law conversion course is just so 2005

Aug 7 2015 12:34pm
Two universities bin law conversion course as market tightens

Keele and Hertfordshire law schools announced today that it’s all over for their Graduate Diploma in Law courses

Aug 3 2015 4:25pm

11 weirdly passive aggressive things law students say to non-law students

What is it about non-law students that bring out law students’ inner Katie Hopkins?

May 28 2015 9:47am
Too much education: why BPP is wrong to damn its graduates to perennial studentdom

A turning point in my life was when I ran out of excuses to do…

May 8 2013 11:14am
You Have To Go All The Way With The GDL – But An LLB Gives You Options

When I was 16, I received my GCSE results and discovered that I had got…

Apr 17 2013 1:47pm
There Has Always Been A Bar Aptitude Test – And Training To Be A Barrister Is Free For Those Who Pass It

Amid all the debate about rising Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) fees and the new…

Mar 13 2013 1:59pm
Is The Criminal Bar Finally Eating Itself?

Forget the rights and wrongs of the decision by two Tooks’ barristers to start a…

Feb 28 2013 10:08am
Forget Extracurricular Activities And ‘Gap Yahs’, How Can Wannabe Lawyers REALLY Stand Out From The Crowd?

College of Law GDL student Simeon Klein is tempted to take a risk and be…

Nov 14 2012 11:24am

Please, No More ‘Nietzsche And The Law’! Why Americans Are Looking Enviously At The GDL Route To Legal Qualification

In comparison to our odd system of legal education – which sprawls haphazardly from the…

Oct 23 2012 12:50pm
The Graduate Diploma in Law: At First It Makes You Happy…

Assorted scenes from week one, term one, of the GDL And a taster of week…

Sep 25 2012 1:06pm
Blur Drummer Puts Years Of Drudgery In Chart-Topping Band Behind Him To Qualify As a Solicitor

Congratulations to Dave Rowntree, the drummer from Blur, who has qualified as a solicitor today….

Sep 17 2012 12:21pm

Lord Sumption tells aspiring lawyers not to do a law degree