Tag: Students

Pupillage interviews uncovered: law students filmed being grilled by top barristers

We spoke to a BPTC graduate who featured in a new interview project

Feb 11 2016 2:36pm

Ministry of Justice confirms 86 courts across England and Wales WILL close

Twenty-two that are set to close will be relocated to other sites

Feb 11 2016 1:54pm

Why does the ‘Do you know anyone at the firm’ question appear on application forms?

Law student tweets frustration after being asked for “personal contacts”

Feb 11 2016 1:04pm

From trainee to partner — at the same international firm

Two young City partners who only finished their training contracts in 2005-06 talk about how they made it to the top

Feb 10 2016 1:36pm

Wragge & Co gear up for Gowling WLG name switch

Newly formed international firm will continue to “review” training contract numbers post merger

Feb 10 2016 9:34am

Law firms flock to the West Country as Bristol is declared biggest legal centre after London

Is surfing helping to give law firms the Bristol bug?

Feb 9 2016 1:21pm

BPP Law School owner Apollo Education to be sold for £760 million

US education giant will be purchased by group of investors

Feb 9 2016 11:33am

Event: What will the proposed solicitor super-exam mean for law students and trainees?

International law firm King & Wood Mallesons hosts debate about impact of proposed changes that could revolutionise legal education and training

Feb 9 2016 10:14am

City law firm promotes 29 year-old to managing partner

Adam Ramlugon is joined by a 27 year-old, who was made partner alongside him

Feb 8 2016 9:07am

Kirkland & Ellis latest firm to join ‘100 club’ with junior lawyer pay boost

London office of Chicago outfit becomes the seventh firm to pay its NQs £100k

Feb 5 2016 1:25pm

LSE law student files motion to ban student society set up to stop university banning things

Final year LLB-er thinks free speech society is “self-important and ill-informed”

Feb 5 2016 12:26pm

Blackstone boosts pupillage award from £60k to £65k to keep pace with elite sets

Big-money commercial and public law set throws an extra £5,000 at its baby barristers

Feb 5 2016 9:11am

China meltdown, Brexit fears and 100% trainee retention rates — what does it all mean for wannabe lawyers?

We tested two undergraduate law students on their commercial awareness

Feb 4 2016 4:57pm

BPP law library standoff: Female GDL student confronts two male laptop thieves — grabbing one by the throat

Aspiring lawyers build human wall across Waterloo campus entrance to stop would-be thieves escaping

Feb 4 2016 2:46pm

Countdown to completion: My four weeks of hell as a London corporate finance lawyer

Three hours sleep and no social life -- what the glossy graduate recruitment brochures fail to divulge

Feb 4 2016 9:19am

Lecturers from Oxford, Bangor, Leicester, Trent, Westminster and Sheffield Hallam shortlisted for ‘Law Teacher of the Year 2016’

Frontrunners for the coveted prize recognised for their "exceptional teaching"

Feb 3 2016 11:37am

A law firm that used to make trainees pay for law school is now covering the cost of GDL and LPC fees

Partners at Fladgate flip broke students some cash -- will other firms outside the City follow?

Feb 3 2016 9:38am

Michael Gove is lampooned as he gives evidence about impact of proposed British Bill of Rights

He looked like a nervous first year giving a presentation in a public law tutorial

Feb 2 2016 2:09pm