Tag: Students

Racism at Exeter Law School: Students expelled and suspended as investigation concludes
But university tight-lipped over individual sanctions

Slaughter and May sacks two future trainees for failing LPC modules
Cut-throat world of corporate law laid bare
What actually is a law review?
An Exeter law student helps dispel the myths

Percentage of trainees experiencing mental health problems DOUBLES
High workload and client demands cited as top causes of stress

Domestic violence clinic and refugee reunion project among winners at annual student pro bono awards
Attorney General dished out the gongs

More complaints about university standards come from law students than almost any other course
Common gripes include quality of supervision and facilities

Nottingham Trent law student due in court after video showing alleged racist chanting in halls goes viral
Group can be heard repeatedly shouting 'we hate the blacks'

GDL drop-out launches luxury private members club for London students seeking ‘the finer things in life’
After being surrounded by wealthy wannabe lawyers at law school

Sexting, knife crime and social media — pro bono takes many forms
Legal Cheek catches up with GDL student and nominee Niki Mehta ahead of tomorrow's pro bono awards ceremony

More than 1,000 students join group legal action over teaching time lost to uni strikes
It could cost institutions millions, says London law firm spearheading claim

How the surge in LLB numbers is shaking up legal education
Fierce debate rages around how many law students can be taught by a single university

BSB asks chambers to provide details on how they pick their pupils
Regulator keen to identify potential 'unjustified' barriers to the bar

University says ‘no update’ on investigation into racism at Exeter Law School, one month after vile messages were made public
Five law students suspended after their WhatsApp conversations posted online

Queen Mary University student stabbed to death in East London wanted to become lawyer
Sami Sidhom was just 18-years-old

Private school slammed over bus ad showing boys as aspiring lawyers but girls becoming vocalists
£34,000-a-year school says aspirations are 'personal' to the students

From Shearman & Sterling’s LSE campus ambassador to second-seat trainee
Charlie Lord is now training at her dream firm -- but she may not have got there had she not been an ambassador first

Legal watchdog moves to quell MPs’ super-exam fears after dismissing calls to delay approval
SQE received provisional go-ahead last month

Incredible BPTC handbook advises students to wear ‘double breasted’ jackets in their advocacy exam — and says they’ll be marked down for wearing ‘kinky boots’
Points also deducted for drinking from water bottles

Crowdfunding success: LSE students awarded compensation over mouldy halls of residence
Outed 'severe rodent infestations' and 'noisy construction works'