Career-changers interested in a career in the legal profession will be interested to know that The College of Law in Birmingham is holding a series of events, called Switch to Law, aimed at people without a law degree who want to become lawyers.

The College of Law is encouraging attendees to its series of open days promoting its new two-year LLB, due to start in September 2012 at the College’s London Bloomsbury, Birmingham and Chester centres.

The College of Law is holding a series of open days in October and November at each of its eight UK locations, designed to give students and graduates an insight into what the CoL has to offer and what’s going on in the legal profession.

The College of Law has launched two new scholarships aimed at students starting the BPTC in autumn 2012.

The College of Law has launched several new scholarships to assist potential lawyers with their student fees.

From September 2011, The College of Law will be offering a part-time BPTC at its Birmingham centre.

The College of Law (CoL) is launching an initiative to provide up to £3,000 in financial support to GDL students.

The College of Law has announced 100 new awards of up to £3,000 toward course fees for students with top academic credentials.

The College of Law has recently published research that shows that vacancies for training contracts are likely to outnumber new LPC graduates within the next few years.

The College of Law is running a series of new Explore Law events aimed at school students who are keen to learn more about what working in the legal profession is like.

College of Law students have won two prestigious legal skills competitions at national level.

The College of Law's Birmingham centre has decided that resits are the only option for the 18 LPC students whose exam papers were lost after being left overnight in an unnamed tutor's car that was stolen on 29 August.

The College of Law, in collaboration with the City Solicitors’ Educational Trust, hosted a forum to investigate the best ways of promoting social mobility in the legal sector on 28 September.

The College of Law will provide a programme which combines Legal Practice Course and Master of Laws qualifications from 2013.

The College of Law has been granted full university status and will now be rebranded as the University of Law.

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The three regulators who were the prime movers behind the Legal Education and Training Review have dismissed the suggestion of setting up a formal Legal Education Council, instead preferring to refer to their commitment to "greater collaboration".

The College of Legal Practice has announced the cost of its Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) preparation courses, which are designed to be more affordable, flexible and accessible than the old route to qualification.