Tag: Students

Trainee recruitment bonanza: Firms up TC numbers — led by White & Case with 33% rise

Other big name to boost graduate hiring is Ashurst with 12.5% increase; five mid-tier outfits also offering more training contracts

Sep 17 2015 9:56am

Charlotte Proudman: Solicitor asked me for bikini photo in exchange for work experience

LinkedIn sexism row barrister also says her leg was inappropriately "rubbed" during mini-pupillage

Sep 16 2015 11:41am

11 Stone Buildings is to fold

Big-paying commercial and chancery set announces dissolution after four barristers depart

Sep 15 2015 3:57pm

Law students are creating some of the world’s most boring iPhone camera rolls

Mobile-photo albums are a treasure-trove of fond memories -- unless you're studying law

Sep 15 2015 11:15am

Silver circle pair reveal retention rates — and one is much better than the other

Contrasting retention fortunes at Macfarlanes and Ashurst

Sep 15 2015 9:19am

BPP Law School in gavel shocker

Lawyers, look away now -- the latest misuse of the auctioneer’s hammer is from an institution that should really know better

Sep 14 2015 4:58pm

What ‘commercial awareness’ means when you’re a trainee

Norton Rose Fulbright newly qualified solicitor Tom Capel on how the hard-to-define concept beloved of law firms manifests itself in real life

Sep 14 2015 2:50pm

BPTC newbies embark on first test: collecting their books

Wheelie-suitcase wielding bar students descend on law schools -- but how will the 2015-16 band of wannabe barristers use their textbooks?

Sep 11 2015 3:13pm

Lord Justice Vos says firms and chambers bosses are ‘discriminatory’ towards students who aren’t like them

Selection procedures for training contracts and pupillages favour the privileged, says top judge

Sep 10 2015 2:11pm

Kaplan exodus: Mayer Brown and Holman Fenwick leave for BPP as Penningtons chooses ULaw

Trio pick other law schools ahead of Kaplan's closure, but other firms commit to stay until end of 2015-16 academic year

Sep 9 2015 5:26pm

BPP dean embraces thug life

Straight outta law school

Sep 9 2015 3:58pm

University of Law enters Scottish market with CMS Cameron McKenna future trainee tie-up

English-style vocational course to be launched north of the border

Sep 9 2015 2:07pm

An 18 year old kid has qualified as a solicitor

Child prodigy Aussie is a month older than BPTC graduate Gabrielle Turnquest when she was called to the bar in 2013

Sep 9 2015 11:23am

2,000 law students urge judges to get to the point

Dispatches from legal Facebook-land

Sep 8 2015 5:40pm

Mayer Brown ups intake on earn-while-you-learn training contract alternative

"High calibre of applicants" suggests new school-leaver scheme could rival traditional route

Sep 7 2015 1:45pm

The 15 best law firms for vac schemes — according to those who have been there

Pinsent Masons leads the field, with only two magic circle players making the cut

Sep 7 2015 10:10am

Law school wars: Nabarro first to pick a side after Kaplan’s courses sink

City firm Nabarro makes the first move, selecting BPP as GDL and LPC provider in wake of Kaplan's withdrawal from market next year

Sep 4 2015 2:33pm

Qualify as a solicitor in six years without going to uni – radical scheme unveiled

Reformed route could profoundly shake up traditional legal education models -- and be trouble for legal executives

Sep 4 2015 12:08pm

CMS slashes trainee headcount by nearly 35%

Twelve newly qualified lawyers have opted to leave the large corporate outfit

Sep 3 2015 12:11pm

Bagging a training contract: how it looks

It's a bit like signing for Real Madrid, only you do it in your kitchen

Sep 2 2015 5:25pm