Tag: Students

Slaughter and May is targeting Ivy League law students to fill London positions

Magic circle giant resurrects policy of attending top US recruitment fairs

Feb 23 2015 1:00pm

The BPTC could be chopped up into lots of little courses

Bar regulator pledges to "build flexibility" into Bar Professional Training Course in bid to reduce cost

Feb 23 2015 12:15pm

Judge refuses to let law student observe bail hearing because he was dressed too scruffily

Wannabe lawyer booted out of immigration hearing in London's Taylor House

Feb 23 2015 11:14am

Uni law faculty takes legal aid court referral scheme nationwide

Keele University expands ‘Clock’ programme in a bid to make the most of dwindling state funding and to assist growing band of litigants in person

Feb 20 2015 1:35pm

University of Law stems flow to BPP and snares Linklaters for five-year LPC deal

Magic circle firm stays on board with enhanced masters in law business and management on offer to its trainees

Feb 19 2015 7:36am

The 10 stages of failing to get a vac scheme

It wasn't meant to be like this

Feb 18 2015 9:35am

Law student run burger shack takes top London eatery honours

Former Leicester Uni and LPC grad joins forces with mates to create an East End gastronomic sensation

Feb 17 2015 11:37am

Training contract numbers take another tumble

Newly-released figures show that there were 205 fewer training contracts registered in latest recruitment round

Feb 17 2015 9:11am

Law student jumps into role as Southampton Uni’s first male cheerleader

He’s one in a team of 100 women -- and he’s got a robust response to the sneerers

Feb 16 2015 9:46am

Fifty Shades of trainee solicitor torture

Forget the book; sod the gala film opening -- as Valentine’s Day approaches, wannabe lawyers should just read this

Feb 13 2015 9:58am

Legal Practice Course student in 155-mile arctic adventure charity bid

Lectures at the University of Law will never seem the same again after bedding down for a week in the freezing cold with a pack of dogs

Feb 13 2015 9:01am

Student ‘got a pupillage interview at Chancery set’ by legally analysing Shaggy rap on application form

But wannabe barrister's subsequent gloating on Twitter was probably not a great idea

Feb 12 2015 9:59am

BPTC student stands for local council in Grayling’s constituency

Funnily enough, young Labour party candidate and wannabe barrister takes a dim view of the Lord Chancellor’s record on access to justice

Feb 11 2015 9:22am

‘I attached a picture of my snake instead of my certificates … and I still got the job at Clyde & Co’

How do you land a role at a top City firm? Send them a picture of your pet snake

Feb 10 2015 1:30pm

The Durham Uni law student pulling in City firm-levels of cash in return for dating sugar daddies

Final year law student earns £1,500 for between two or three "dates" a month

Feb 10 2015 9:38am

The Amal Effect: More wannabe human rights lawyers, but where are the jobs?

Soaring applications for human rights courses may not be good news

Feb 6 2015 9:04am

Student rage as hackers seize control of beloved law meme Facebook page

Hell hath no fury like a law student deprived of their memes

Feb 4 2015 2:05pm

Grayling Magna Carta party latest — win raffle to open a bridge

Highlight of Ministry of Justice’s controversial Global Law Summit to be a bottleneck of traffic in east London

Feb 3 2015 9:01am

Herbert Smith Freehills and Reed Smith both post retention rates of over 90%

International City giants will hang on to 93% and 91% of their trainees

Feb 2 2015 10:21am