Tag: Students

Vac scheme interviews demystified: A guide for City law hopefuls

Shearman & Sterling reveal how they assess wannabe lawyers

Feb 26 2016 12:38pm

Legal aid wannabe barristers offered chance to double their pupillage award

Charity to help boost measly £12k bar pay packets

Feb 26 2016 9:15am

Law Society says students should be paid at least national minimum wage for legal work experience

New best practice guidance states unpaid placements should last no longer than four weeks

Feb 24 2016 4:13pm

Could court proceedings be coming to your local boozer?

Lord Chief Justice appears to back radical move in wake of court closures

Feb 24 2016 2:32pm

SmarTech 2016: How fintech and AI are creating opportunities for junior lawyers

Top solicitors share insights with BPP students

Feb 24 2016 1:00pm

Cash-strapped Oxford Brookes law student infected with Typhoid for £2,900

Wannabe barrister turns to medical trials for much needed financial boost

Feb 23 2016 3:30pm

Students may have to fork out as much as £127k to chase barrister dream

Bar Council chair warns of escalating cost to enter profession

Feb 23 2016 12:34pm

Will EU law even be a module on law degrees next year?

Heightened Brexit fears spark student uncertainty

Feb 22 2016 2:51pm

Legal education reform proposals are an opportunity as well as a risk — and students must have a voice

King & Wood Mallesons' David Ball and Caroline Sarson want to safeguard quality and boost diversity while improving the scope of assessment

Feb 22 2016 1:14pm

Social mobility initiative goes north as Bar Placement Week makes Liverpool debut

QCs of the future could come from under privileged families outside London, and the Bar Council wants to boost odds of finding them

Feb 19 2016 10:02am

Oxbridge students shun regional law firms

Oxford and Cambridge graduates make up less than 5% of trainees outside London

Feb 19 2016 9:12am

Criminal law syllabuses to get makeover as Supreme Court gives landmark joint enterprise judgment

Felicity Gerry QC and Adam Wagner victorious as court changes the law

Feb 18 2016 12:02pm

Solicitor super-exam could ‘devalue’ and ‘dumb down’ the law

Legal establishment comes out against plan to scrap LPC and open firms to non-graduates

Feb 16 2016 3:49pm

1,000-year-old tradition of recording laws on goat and calf skin hangs in balance

Peers say scrap tradition in favour of £80,000 a year savings

Feb 16 2016 9:21am

UWE law student solicitor dream in balance after attacking pal in baby photo row

Aspiring lawyer lashed out at friend in Welsh hospital

Feb 15 2016 10:27am

Why City law firms don’t need to keep in touch with work experience students

If they want to build ties, students should show some initiative and send an email

Feb 15 2016 9:01am

Beyond corporate law: how to become a serious injury lawyer

Legal Cheek and Fletchers team up to hold careers advice session for students with leading solicitors and barristers

Feb 14 2016 10:05am

Top City law firms criticised for failing to stay in touch with social mobility work experience students

Two-thirds of PRIME students had no further contact with their allocated firm

Feb 12 2016 3:56pm