Tag: Students

Bar exams: BSB plans to offer ‘pen and paper’ resits as soon as possible

Regulator will launch 'lessons learned review' of testing issues

Aug 19 2020 7:17am

The trends future lawyers should look out for

Three experts based in Sheffield share their predictions for the post-COVID world

Aug 18 2020 11:28am

BPTC online exam chaos continues into second week

Twitter flooded with fresh reports of bar students being unable to access today's civil litigation assessment

Aug 17 2020 3:39pm

JLD writes to BPP over LPC lockdown complaints

'Complaints go through a robust, credible and independent procedure of review to ensure a satisfactory conclusion is reached', says law school in statement

Aug 17 2020 3:10pm

Edinburgh Uni law grad offered £1,000 to sit student’s online exam

Approached by mystery man on behalf of wealthy law student

Aug 14 2020 2:02pm

BPTC student ‘forced to defer’ exams over fears she’d have to remove headscarf for male invigilator

BSB says proctoring partner could not guarantee female assessor due to increased demand during pandemic

Aug 14 2020 11:22am

DWF scraps specific A-Level requirements for training contract seekers

Social mobility push comes amid results chaos for college leavers

Aug 14 2020 10:38am

Barristers dish out career wisdom to mark A-Level results day

Exams scrapped in wake of coronavirus mean sixth-formers receive grades based on predictions and schools' past performance

Aug 13 2020 12:58pm

BPTC students report being locked out of online ethics exam

BSB says the 'great majority' did manage to finish their assessment

Aug 12 2020 1:38pm

Farewell freebies? 7 City firms pledge greener trainee recruitment practices

Reduction in merch and limit to on-campus travel among possible changes

Aug 11 2020 12:06pm

Why law students should consider a career in the North

ULaw Leeds and Sheffield campus dean Matt Tomlinson highlights the opportunities available to students in the northern city regions and shares his advice on securing a TC amid the COVID crisis

Aug 10 2020 3:11pm

A life of crime

Chris Daw QC on life at the bar, his newly released book and venture into ‘vlawging’

Aug 10 2020 10:30am

Concerned girlfriend goes public with boyfriend’s plan to quit law school to become podcaster

‘How do I convince him this is the worst idea ever?’ she asks in Reddit post

Aug 7 2020 12:58pm

ULaw confirms SQE training deal with Sheffield University

Tie-up will see the University of Law also deliver LPC and GDL

Jul 30 2020 2:07pm

Six top commercial chambers unite to mentor ‘under-represented’ aspiring barristers

Magic circle sets look to tackle bar's ongoing diversity problem

Jul 30 2020 9:12am