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Nottingham Law School defends decision to keep closed-book LPC exams during lockdown

Response comes amid calls from students to make assessments open-book

Jan 8 2021 9:33am
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ULaw LPC students given exam on a topic they hadn’t covered

Exclusive: University has issued new assessment and extended submission deadline

Jan 5 2021 1:30pm
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Appeal court dismisses student’s discrimination claim against ULaw

Ian Nwabueze ordered to pay £5,000 in costs

Nov 18 2020 11:28am
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Russell Group unis launch partnership with new SQE provider

Students at Manchester University and King’s College London will be offered BARBRI SQE workshops and fee discounts

Oct 13 2020 10:28am
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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

Oct 6 2020 9:13am
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BPP rebuffs claims it prioritised study materials for ‘consortium’ TC holders

Law school giant partly upholds four of 27 complaints made by LPC students

Sep 22 2020 1:36pm
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A group of anonymous BPP students have published an open letter complaining about LPC lockdown ‘failures’

‘All concerns raised by students are taken seriously and dealt with using the processes stated in our regulations,’ says law school in response

Jul 22 2020 4:35pm
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BPP students aren’t happy about having to do without hard copy course materials

Delay sending out textbooks caused by printer being closed due to COVID-19, says law school, which has moved all materials online

Jul 16 2020 1:13pm
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Journal

The relationship between law schools and tech in a post-COVID world

Quality of education must remain high if unis are to remain competitive, argues De Montfort lecturer Brett Koenig

May 22 2020 12:40pm
SRA: Trainees can qualify before completing Professional Skills Course

But must finish all modules within one year of being admitted

Apr 24 2020 11:02am
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

Mar 30 2020 12:18pm
Virus latest: Regulator to relax LPC exam rules

Law schools can apply to run assessments online to avoid delays, SRA confirms

Mar 25 2020 5:41pm

SRA dismisses call to disclose LPC provider pass rates

Junior Lawyers Division’s plea comes after stats show law school success scores vary from 100% to 29%

Feb 24 2020 10:52am
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

Feb 17 2020 11:39am
Leeds Beckett Uni apologises after forgetting to supply desks for LPC exam

Whoops

Feb 7 2020 8:54am
ULaw secures GDL and LPC training deal with national law firm TLT

Outfit takes on around 15 trainees each year

Sep 12 2019 8:53am
Canterbury Uni law grad who lived (and revised!) in her car after being made homeless during LPC battles odds to secure training contract

April Britton would park outside her law school and stick revision notes to her car windows

Aug 20 2019 3:53pm
Macfarlanes boosts LPC grant to £10,000 as it confirms 100% spring retention score

All six associates kept on

Apr 2 2019 8:41am

I’m struggling to balance working full-time as a paralegal while completing the LPC

Will it be ‘worth it in the end?’

Jan 8 2019 10:03am
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Oct 26 2017 9:40am
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Jun 26 2017 11:38am