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                  <title>Scottish firm Biggart Baillie advises Rangers FC administration</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[Scottish law firm Biggart Baillie has been tasked with advising administrators from Duff & Phelps regarding the case of Glasgow Rangers Football Club, which went into administration on 14 February. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>LC.N covers law through a lens</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[LawCareers.Net has launched its very own YouTube channel, with a view to helping students build up their commercial awareness, sharing top career tips and going behind the scenes with the legal profession's movers and shakers.]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Freshfields and UCL launch social mobility scholarship</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[International firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer has teamed up with the law department at University College London to provide two annual scholarships for aspiring lawyers from socially and economically less-privileged backgrounds. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>BPP offer last chance to get a law degree before fees increase</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[BPP University College is offering a last chance to undertake a law degree at the current rate of £3,225 per year before increases in course fees are implemented in September. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Small claims reshuffle to speed up access to justice</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[The government is expected to announce this week that the limit for small claims cases will be doubled to £10,000, while the restrictions for county court cases will rise from £15,000 to £100,000 except for personal injury cases. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Trainee retention rates revealed at more top firms</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[Following the encouraging retention figures released by several firms in January, more big names have disclosed their retention rates for March 2012. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>SRA's work-based learning pilot enters final evaluation stage</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[Following a report last year, the SRA has appointed BMG Research to conduct the final evaluation of the regulator's work-based learning pilot. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Fewer students apply for law courses</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[UCAS figures have revealed that as at the end of January, there had been a nearly 9% drop in the number of people applying for a university place. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Duke Street invests in Parabis as ABS applications near 100</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[In a high-profile utilisation of new alternative business structure regulations, the investment firm Duke Street has provisionally acquired a significant stake in the Parabis Group, a leading legal services provider for travel, insurance and personal injury claims. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Deadline looms for pro bono essay competition</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[The Access to Justice Foundation, which aids pro bono work, is running its third annual essay competition for law students]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Magic circle advise on CoL sale</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[City firms Allen & Overy, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Herbert Smith have all landed advisory roles on the potential sale of The College of Law - the country’s biggest provider of legal education. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Survey reveals most barristers would choose Bar again</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[The Bar Council and the Bar Standards Board have released results from a survey entitled "Barristers' Working Lives". It aimed to provide data on the Bar’s profile, and to gather insight into the working lives and employment experiences of barristers. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Law Soc president’s speech addresses profession’s future</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[In a recent speech, Law Society President John Wotton addressed key issues regarding the present and future of the legal profession, claiming that the professional distinction between barristers and solicitors may become a thing of the past. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>World’s first listed firm acquires RJW in &#163;53.8 million deal</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[Slater & Gordon, the Australian practice credited as the world’s first listed law firm, has agreed to acquire PI specialists Russell Jones & Walker for £53.8 million in a landmark transaction for the legal world. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                  <title>Freshfields to run workshops and competition for students</title>
                  <description><![CDATA[Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer is now accepting applications for two upcoming events that are designed to help students learn more about life as a lawyer in a commercial firm, as well as entries to a competition with Olympics tickets as the prize. ]]></description>
                  <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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