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Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May say no to apprenticeships, but Freshfields gets on board

Posted on 27 April 2016

Magic circle firms Clifford Chance and Slaughter and May have said that they will not introduce legal apprenticeships to their recruitment and training models, while Freshfields may soon become the first magic circle firm to take on apprentices.

“Withering” criminal justice system as backlog of crown court cases hits record high

Posted on 18 December 2023

The backlog of crown court cases has increased by 3% on the previous quarter to 66,547, according to new figures published by the Ministry of Justice.

New award launched for law students: £5,000 and work experience on offer for winners

Posted on 30 October 2014

A new national award for law students, the Future Legal Mind award, has been launched by the National Accident Helpline.

Small claims reshuffle to speed up access to justice

Posted on 15 February 2012

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.

Lawyers urge Johnson to use majority to fix justice system

Posted on 19 December 2019

Solicitors’ and criminal barristers’ representative bodies have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to use his large Conservative majority in Parliament to address problems in the justice system.

Single deadline for LPC and GDL applications

Posted on 01 September 2011

According to reports in The Lawyer and RollonFriday, the Law Central Applications Board will be replacing staggered LPC and GDL application dates with a single (as yet unknown) deadline.

Damning essay on legality of UK drone killings wins Bar Council competition

Posted on 04 January 2016

A pupil barrister has won first prize in the Bar Council’s essay competition with a damning dissection of the legality of the UK government’s use of drones to kill people.

Gibson Dunn takes on trainees for first time

Posted on 02 November 2012

The London office of US firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has launched a training contract programme and vacation scheme, with a view to its first trainees starting in September 2015.

Lawyers march with pride

Posted on 28 June 2011

The Law Society invites people to join the legal profession march at this year's Pride London parade on Saturday 2 July.

Social Mobility Business

Posted on 05 April 2023

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Edwin Coe and Mosaic launch legal ambassadors programme

Posted on 06 November 2012

Medium-sized London commercial law firm Edwin Coe has teamed up with Mosaic, a support organisation for the career aspirations of young people from disadvantaged communities, to establish a legal ambassadors programme.

Law and business news round-up: Standard & Poor’s, inflation, Netflix, third runway

Posted on 20 October 2016

What with Brexit and Trump v Clinton, there is a lot of juicy news to fill newspaper columns at the moment.

Drop in available training contracts as law student numbers increase

Posted on 30 May 2013

The total number of training contracts on offer has decreased by 10.5% in the last year.

Government lawyers stretched by Brexit

Posted on 10 July 2017

The Government Legal Department (GLD) has warned that its lawyers face serious capacity challenges as they work on Brexit, which will be additional to the full range of legal services that they already provide in all areas of government.

Law and business: commercial news round-up 19.11.15

Posted on 19 November 2015

Short and to the point this week – read these to improve your sense of what’s going on in the commercial world.

Collaboration among LETR regulators, but no council

Posted on 25 October 2013

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".

Shoosmiths reveals 100% trainee retention rate

Posted on 25 March 2025

Leading law firm Shoosmiths has announced a 100% trainee retention rate for its spring cohort of nine trainees, with the newly qualified solicitors based across the firm’s UK offices, including London and Manchester.

Criminal Bar Association votes to accept legal aid deal

Posted on 16 April 2014

The Criminal Bar Association last week voted to accept the deal offered by the Ministry of Justice to suspend legal aid cuts to Graduated Fee cases for a year.

BSB authorises Cardiff University to deliver new Bar course

Posted on 27 January 2020

Cardiff University has become the latest education provider to be authorised by the Bar Standards Board (BSB) to deliver the vocational component of Bar training from September 2020.

Lawyers do not have same freedom to speak out as journalists, rules European Court of Human Rights

Posted on 03 June 2015

The Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights has ruled that lawyers cannot be "equated with journalists" to speak out on sensitive and high-profile cases.