Graduate Diploma in Law
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Bakers confirms SQE maintenance grant of up to £17k
Also boosts GDL and LPC support
ULaw to offer LPC and LLM at Southampton Law School
New options, including masters, delivered from Russell Group uni’s campus
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
Bakers provides £4k LPC ‘boost grant’ to future trainees in financial difficulty
On top of standard £10k maintenance support
Capsticks writes off trainee debt after bumper pandemic profits
LPC and SQE loans reportedly written off
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
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
GDL student numbers jumped by over a fifth during the pandemic
Covid disruption and SQE replacement contributing factors, report finds
LPC provider pass rates vary from 100% to just 23%, latest figures show
SRA annual report reveals ‘significant differences’ among anonymised law schools
ULaw strikes training deal with Newcastle Law School
Will deliver range of courses, including SQE prep, from Russell Group uni’s campus
Inns of Court student presidents write to BPP over teaching concerns
Group express solidarity with BPP Law School bar and GDL students experiencing ‘systemic deficiencies’ this term
Will the SQE kill the GDL?
Legal Cheek talks to the main players to see where they stand on the law conversion course
Crowdfunding wannabe barrister pledges free careers advice in return for donations
Mohamed Hussein Iman needs £15k to start GDL
‘I got 50% on the GDL — should I resit exams or move onto the LPC?’
I already have a 2:1 Scottish law degree
ULaw confirms SQE training deal with Sheffield University
Tie-up will see the University of Law also deliver LPC and GDL
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
Herbert Smith Freehills offers £10,000 London GDL maintenance grant
£9,000 in the regions
ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT
Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year
BPP Law School launches new SQE-slanted GDL
Course aims to prepare non-law students for super-exam