Tag: Social welfare
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Top City firms raise over £600,000 to support 65 aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
Mayer Brown, Ropes and Law Society among latest backers
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City law firms to fund aspiring social welfare lawyers through the SQE
£145k pledged so far to cover exam prep and fees
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Fund legal aid training contracts and pupillages, MPs and peers urge government
Cross-party group call on SRA to include social welfare modules in new SQE
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Labour to create 200-strong army of social welfare lawyers with £18 million training fund
Corbyn-led government also aims to restore legal aid cuts within first 100 days