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Weil Gotshal & Manges has signed a deal with The College of Law for the course provider to deliver the LPC to the US firm's trainees.
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City firm Herbert Smith has teamed up with the Times to launch an advocacy competition on the issue of diversity for all UK law students.
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US firm Dewey & LeBoeuf has been awarded Employer of the Year 2008 for its work with an ethnic minority undergraduate mentoring scheme.
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Firms across the City have recently announced modest salary increases, but several have frozen pay.
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Bristol firm Burges Salmon has increased its maintenance grant for future trainees to £7,000.
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National firm Pinsent Masons has announced plans to reward hardworking trainees with a £5,000 bonus upon qualification.
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An alliance of law firms and socially responsible organisations is developing a new carbon footprint measuring tool for those in the legal sector.
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The Law Society has presented awards to the winners of this year's Graham Turnbull essay competition.
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A former death row prisoner has delivered a speech at BPP Law School outlining his views on the death penalty, murder and how lawyers can make a difference.
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Kaplan Law at Nottingham Law School has teamed up with overseas development charity CARE International to challenge trainees to climb the highest mountain in each mainland country of the United Kingdom.
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Students and institutions from across the country were last week rewarded for their pro bono efforts in an event organised by national pro bono charity LawWorks.
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The graduate recruitment website of national firm Addleshaw Goddard has been specially commended for the second year running in an awards ceremony for the best websites in the legal sector.
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DLA Piper is launching a major new initiative to support a law school in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as part of its corporate social responsibility programme.
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A new course for lawyers will ensure that small firms remain competitive as the dawn of the Legal Services Act promises significant change in the profession.
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The Law Society has elected clinical negligence lawyer Linda Lee as its next deputy vice president.
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The University of Central Lancashire has launched a new Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice to support research and compliment the university's law-related degrees.
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The College of Law has announced plans to open a new, multimillion pound campus in Manchester in September 2009.
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Nottingham Law at Kaplan Law School is set to run a two-day summer school course at its London campus for anyone thinking of taking the GDL or LPC.
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The University of Dundee is to offer students a law degree that will enable them to qualify in both England and Scotland.
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The Bristol Institute of Legal Practice, part of Bristol Law School at the University of the West of England (UWE), has appointed a former Clifford Chance lawyer as its new head.
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A handful of students on a work placement at Allen & Overy will be jetting around the world as part of its summer scheme.
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The number of BVC graduates securing pupillage has dropped by 20% in the past eight years.
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The Law Society has finally secured a win against the government for legal aid practitioners.
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International law firm DLA Piper is set to house a new London-based course in cross-border law delivered by US law school Georgetown Law Center.
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State prosecutors could become judges, under new moves supported by the head of the Crown Prosecution Service and the attorney general.
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Wake Smith & Tofields may soon have a new bauble for their awards cabinet - the FA Cup!
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The Young Legal Aid Lawyers group (YLAL) is holding a debate on the future of legal aid - and there are some big names on the panel.
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The City of London Corporation, which provides local government services for the square mile, has launched a matchmaking service to encourage City firms to volunteer with community organisations.
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Trainees at Kent firm Clarkson Wright & Jakes have been taking advantage of the firm's new car parking arrangement - on local residents' drives!
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City firm Reynolds Porter Chamberlain last week hosted a workshop for school pupils as part of a scheme to give structured careers advice to state school students from Barking and Dagenham.
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LPC students at Liverpool John Moores University are currently limbering up for two-day placements with local lawyers – providing enough practitioners volunteer.
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Aston Business School in Birmingham has launched a brand new law with management degree that includes a one-year work placement.
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BPP Law School has created a new role to oversee LLM programmes, and named Professor Barry Rider as the first holder of the post.
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LawCareers.Net is today officially launching a brand new feature to give law students a full picture of what lawyers are like and what they actually do.
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A new list compiled by the Sunday Times names Pannone, Brabners Chaffe Street and Addleshaw Goddard as the three best law firms to work for in the United Kingdom.
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The country's major law schools - many of which have been speaking at the LawCareers.Net Basic Training events held across the country - have set new fees for the legal practice course (LPC) from September 2008.
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Dechert has announced the winner of its problem solving competition for law students.
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BPP Law School has teamed up with the Institute of Paralegals to create a new qualification designed to encourage law graduates who don't progress to the LPC to stay in the profession as paralegals.
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A recent survey shows that between 2006 and 2007 the number of female partners at UK law firms rose by 5%.
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Linklaters has been ranked as the UK law firm with the best brand.
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A BPP student has taken home a £3,500 prize for penning the winning entry in the Times Law Awards/One Essex Court essay competition.
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The Bar Council has published a new booklet to give advice to those aiming to enter the profession.
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Several firms have recently opened new offices, increasing trainees' opportunities of secondments.
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The Law Society is creating a new umbrella group comprised of representatives from black and ethnic minority lawyer groups.
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The student law society at Liverpool John Moores University is planning a glamorous ball as part of its programme of events designed to raise the profile of the society and encourage greater student participation.
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Clifford Chance is sponsoring an essay competition organised by legal blog Conflict of Laws.
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The Personal Support Unit (PSU) is looking for BVC students to volunteer at its Wandsworth County Court unit.
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Eleven leading law firms in the Midlands have formed a consortium in conjunction with The College of Law to deliver a structured training programme for junior commercial property lawyers.
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International firm Dechert has hosted a quiz night for London students.
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The Law Society has recently published a careers brochure in conjunction with the Solicitors in Local Government (SLG) to outline what it's like to work as a lawyer for a local council.
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The Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG) has compiled a number of essays written by leading practitioners in a publication designed to inform students about legal aid work.
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Get your motor running and head on to the high court! A firm specialising in motorbike cases is offering training contracts.
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LawWorks, the charity that provides free legal advice to members of the public across the country, is planning to open 15 new clinics in the north.
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has launched a consultation into the changes being proposed under the Legal Services Act.
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Oxford Brookes University and Oxford Institute of Legal Practice (OXILP) are teaming up to become a major provider of legal education.
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The Law Society has launched a free online information source for all its members.
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The Law Society is launching a second judicial review in order to oblige the Legal Services Commission (LSC) to amend its legal aid contracts.
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International firm DLA Piper has unveiled a social networking website for the use of the firm's future trainees.
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The new list of QC appointments has been unveiled by the Ministry of Justice.
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The Black Lawyers Directory (BLD) has launched its two flagship diversity schemes, while new research has found that female and ethnic minority students still face obstacles on their way into top UK firms.
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The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has awarded City Law School top marks for its LPC.
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The Human Rights Lawyers Association (HRLA) is now accepting applications for its 2008 bursary scheme, designed to enable students to accept voluntary placements.
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Weil Gotshal & Manges is sponsoring an essay competition in association with King's Bench Magazine.
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Top City firm Pinsent Masons has been recognised as one of the top 100 UK employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual people in a pressure group's survey.
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Nottingham Law at Kaplan Law School has been awarded the Law Society's highest rating for its legal practice course (LPC).
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The City Solicitors' Education Trust (CSET) Summer School opens its application process on 1 February 2008.
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City firms have reported high trainee retention rates, despite the recent economic crisis hitting business.
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HSBC has teamed up with the Bar Council and the Inns of Court to offer a special loan to students on a Bar vocational course (BVC).
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) has included law in a list of non-preferred A-level subjects for undergraduate applicants.
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Lucky LawCareers.Net reader Emma Wright has scooped a healthy £1,000 cash prize for completing our online survey.
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The Law Society has officially launched the Junior Lawyers Division (JLD), its new arm for future and junior lawyers.
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The University of Huddersfield has launched a new scheme to forge better links with local law firms.
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The Law Society is inviting law students and trainee solicitors to enter the 2008 Graham Turnbull essay competition - with a £500 prize up for grabs.
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A survey has found that websites are the best tool when it comes to applying for training contracts.
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LawCareers.Net has teamed up with some of the best firms in the country to hold basic training events for all students.
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A student at The College of Law has won a £7,000 prize in a national graduate competition.
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The past month has witnessed several large scale mergers and new office launches, so here's a roundup of what's been going on.
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Advisers to the United Kingdom's main faith groups have met at Cardiff Law School to mark the launch of a unique legal network.
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The University of Kent has been awarded two prizes for the work of its exemplary law clinic.
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SEO London is offering the chance for ethnic minority students to complete multiple vacation placements with a variety of top UK and US firms throughout Summer 2008.
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Birmingham firm Wragge & Co is offering undergraduate students the chance to win a stylish makeover and to get personal tips from a graduate recruiter.
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The new chairman of the Bar Council has delivered a speech in which he addressed the big issues affecting the Bar in 2008.
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A law graduate has won an award for philanthropy after using his degree to set up a charity.
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The College of Law has launched an alumni association.
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Students at the University of York have formed a student law society, despite the university not having a law faculty.
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Herbert Smith has hired 20 trainees from India. As reported on Lawyer2B, the firm hired six graduates in April 2007 for its summer internship programme and the hire of 20 trainees is the next stage in a global recruitment drive.
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The Court of Appeal has given judgment in the appeals brought by the Law Society and the Legal Services Commission (LSC) against the earlier judgment on the LSC's amendments to legal aid practitioners' contracts.
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Major firms have teamed up with Black Lawyers' Directory (BLD) to launch a new programme to help black and minority ethnic (BME) students get on the right track for a career in the law.
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Baroness Scotland, the attorney general, addressed an audience of students, lawyers and east London residents in a special public lecture on 28 November 2007.
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The Welsh Assembly has announced plans to hire in-house trainees.
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Lord Neuberger's much-anticipated report from his Working Party on Entry to the Bar is published today.
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Nottingham Law at Kaplan Law School is again offering two students the chance to study for an LPC or GDL in 2008-09, with full scholarships for their tuition fees.
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DLA Piper has announced that as of January 2008, it will raise the salaries of its 90 regional newly qualifieds (NQs) for the second time in six months. This will bring the total pay rise for the year to 11% in the English regions and 12% in Scotland.
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The Chancery Bar Association is launching a new scheme to provide careers advice to prospective barristers.
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Baroness Scotland, the attorney general, has presented three students with The College of Law's Pro Bono Student of the Year Awards.
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has launched its Business Plan for 2008.
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Baroness Scotland, the attorney general, will deliver a talk to students at the University of East London (UEL) School of Law on 28 November 2007.
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The shortlisted candidates have now been announced for the 2008 Law Teacher of the Year Award. The five candidates are competing for a £3,000 top prize.
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American firm Weil Gotshal & Manges is offering students the chance to do something scary
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Kendall Freeman and US law firm Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge (EAPD) have announced a plan to merge, effective as of January 1 2008.
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American firms Dewey Ballantine and LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae have merged to become Dewey & LeBoeuf after amending their partnership deed.
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The College of Law has launched a bespoke LPC for Birmingham stalwart Wragge & Co.
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Pro Bono Week kicked off on 12 November 2007 with cyber celebrations, mock moots
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Five large law firms have pledged more than £350,000 to a major new initiative which seeks to attract state school pupils into the legal profession.
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A student-led legal advice centre is launching a new arm just for creative clients.
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A leading gap year organisation has teamed up with a human rights project in Ghana to offer would-be lawyers the chance to help fight for women's and children's rights in the country.
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Dechert has launched a competition for a student to win a training contract interview - and a trip to New York!
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Shimmering in a fetching shade of blue, we bring you the 2008 edition of The Training Contract & Pupillage Handbook! Weighing in at a hefty 800 pages, the handbook is your essential resource to the labyrinthine pathways of law recruitment.
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has launched a review to re-evaluate the aims and objectives of the bar vocational course (BVC).
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International law firm Reed Smith has finally been given the go-ahead to merge with Richard Butler in Hong Kong, opening up the office for trainee secondments.
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The Black Lawyers Directory (BLD) has published a book showcasing the achievements of ethnic minorities in the legal profession.
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With the law fair season well and truly under way, City firm Nabarro has come up with an interesting golden ticket gimmick.
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The Legal Services Act 2007 has today passed into law after receiving Royal Assent.
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The Law Society held its Excellence Awards ceremony last week to celebrate the outstanding achievements of solicitors in England and Wales.
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Jack Straw has announced he is keen to allow cameras into the new Supreme Court when it opens in October 2009.
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The University of Northumbria Law School has moved to a dramatic new campus in the heart of Newcastle.
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A consortium of criminal lawyers' associations have teamed up to oppose the government's legal aid reforms.
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National firm Eversheds has redesigned its whole recruitment process, paying particular attention to attracting candidates from so-called non-traditional backgrounds.
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A survey has found that more students than ever before are concerned over access to the legal profession, green issues, and the diversity policies of firms and chambers.
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Standard Chartered Bank is to start taking trainees in March 2008.
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Five City firms can boast a retention rate of 100% this year, according to research.
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As the law fair season pulls out and drives forward, City firm Allen & Overy (A&O) has hijacked a double-decker bus to take on tour.
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The University of Liverpool has launched a law clinic offering free legal advice to the public.
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Members of the legal world have recently been debating BPP's new power to award degrees since the law school made the announcement in September 2007.
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A City Law School graduate has been awarded the Gamlen law prize by members of the Holborn Law Society.
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The Trainee Solicitors' Group (TSG) is holding its last ever conference and ball, and you're all invited.
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Addleshaw Goddard has continued to expand its corporate social responsibility programme by doubling the number of trainees assigned to the firm's pro bono clinic.
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All future trainees at SJ Berwin are to study the LPC at BPP Law School.
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The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) is to hold an exciting event featuring two of the country's top lawyers.
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Although the legal profession has been concerned with diversity issues recently, a survey has found that many practitioners have contrasting opinions.
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The Bar Standards Board (BSB) has expressed concern over plans to introduce a quality assurance scheme for publicly funded criminal defence work.
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