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The lack of access to many key legal services during the coronavirus pandemic has created a build-up of demand that the legal sector is poorly equipped to handle, leading legal figures have warned.
Today, legal technology provider Litera announced that it’s working with Microsoft to develop a Microsoft Copilot integration to streamline workflows for lawyers, improving efficiency and accuracy.
A digital skills module is being added to the Legal Practice Course at BPP University Law School to address the lack of focus on technology in the current course.
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has approved the alternative business structure licence for Jordans Corporate Law.
The Legal Services Consumer Panel, the law watchdog, has claimed in its submission to the Legal Education and Training Review that legal training is failing because it is too generalised.
BARBRI and Damar Training are urging the government to consider the impact that withdrawing levy funding for some level 7 programmes could have on access to the legal profession.
Applications for vacation schemes and training contracts are currently being processed by law firms across the globe and, as video interviews and psychometric testing continue, many candidates are now being invited to assessment centres.
Over 7,000 members of the legal profession turned out for the ninth annual London Legal Walk, which took place on 20 May.
I’m a humanities graduate planning to save up before taking a law conversion course. What paid work can I do that will be valuable for a career in law?
Where did legalese come from? Part of the answer to why lies in history. Legal English has been shaped by Latin, French and Old English influences over centuries – a scholastic and linguistic legacy that lingers in our modern drafting.
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Leading solicitors’ firm Leigh Day is advertising for black applicants to apply for solicitor apprenticeship vacancies, as part of a move to address an imbalance of “many fewer Afro-Caribbean and African qualified staff than we ought to have for our geographical area”.
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As my Legal Practice Course draws to a close, I thought now would be the perfect time to reflect back on my experience and consider what I wish I knew earlier.
John Wick – arguably the best action movie series of recent times, but, did you know that there are points that aspiring lawyers can take away from it? Just not the over-the-top violence, obviously!
Harvey Specter is a fictional corporate lawyer from US TV-series Suits. Although the show is designed for entertainment, we can still implement some of Harvey’s qualities to help with our careers in the real world.
