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With news this week that Article 50 will be triggered on 29 March, the reality of what a departure from the European Union will mean for the economy is likely to start firming up.
Leading commercial set 20 Essex Street has become the first barristers’ chambers in the country to adopt Rare’s contextual recruitment system (CRS), an approach to assessing applicants that is designed to be fairer to candidates from diverse and less-privileged backgrounds.
How can you articulate commercial awareness as a graduate?
Subsequent to the Internet 2.0 with the rise of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Twitter, the new revivification of the Internet will be the emergence of the Internet of Value.
The phrase “despite the impact of covid-19” embodies the overarching theme for M&A deals in 2021 for large international law firms. There has been a complete turnaround where deals, and especially megadeals, are de facto doing better than during pre-covid time. Deals are at a 10 year high in the first quarter of 2021 in the US.
What does commercial awareness really mean to your clients and to your supervising partner?
How is commercial awareness from a regulatory perspective applicable to acquisitions?
‘Commercial awareness’ is a term you’ve probably heard thrown around a lot by law firm recruiters.
The College of Legal Practice (the College) has been accepted onto the national Apprenticeship Provider and Assessment Register, meaning organisations can now use the College to train their graduate solicitor apprentices.
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My name is Colin Hornby. I’ve recently passed the Solicitors Qualifying Exam (SQE) – SQE1 and SQE2. I’m now a consultant solicitor at national firm Taylor Rose MW.
The College of Law's new two-year LLB, which focuses on boosting students' employment prospects and professional skills, will launch this autumn at the CoL's Birmingham, Chester, Guildford and London Bloomsbury centres.
The College of Law will provide a programme which combines Legal Practice Course and Master of Laws qualifications from 2013.
The College of Law's Future Lawyers Network is running a series of podcasts, entitled Brief Chats, featuring "top legal professionals" and offering tips and advice on how to get ahead in the world of law.
The College of Law has launched an online 'virtual open day'.
Leading regional firm Coffin Mew has completed its merger with Charles Lucas & Marshall.
The Co-operative Group's announcement of its intentions to create 3,000 jobs in the legal sector is the latest and clearest sign that alternative business structures are set to have a big impact on the legal profession.
Co-operative Legal Services has announced that it will apply to the Solicitors Regulation Authority to become an alternative business structure on 3 January 2012.
Today, the Co-op Legal Services is launching five new Level 7 solicitor apprenticeships in Bristol, Manchester and Stratford-upon-Avon.
On 1 May the largest ever merger in the UK legal services market went live, with CMS UK, Nabarro and Olswang joining together to create a new super-firm
